# 1301 Putnam Avenue, Brooklyn, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/3033690051/1301-putnam-avenue-brooklyn).
BBL 3033690051 · BIN 3077054 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: severe

- 3 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 2 apartments
- 3 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 1 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 1 active DOB violation(s)

Scale: low, moderate, high, severe. Set from open hazardous violations relative to building size, raised by distress signals (HPD's Alternative Enforcement Program, court harassment findings, evictions, unpaid OATH/ECB fines, open housing-court cases, a sold tax lien). It describes the public record, not any one apartment.

## HPD Alternative Enforcement Program

Previously on AEP, discharged 2014-06-17.

## Rent stabilization

Likely rent-stabilized. The owner registered 2 stabilized units for 2018, of about 6 apartments.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1903, 3 floors, 6 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

25 open (class C immediately hazardous: 3, class B hazardous: 11, class A non-hazardous: 11); 470 on record.
3 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
1 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

1 active (0 issued in the last 3 years); 10 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

0 active of 16 on record; 0 decided by default; $0 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

11 in the last 12 months; 26 on record.
Most common: PAINT/PLASTER (9), GENERAL (7), WATER LEAK (6), UNSANITARY CONDITION (2), PLUMBING (1).

## Bedbugs

4 annual bedbug filings by the owner; latest reports 0 infested units.

## Evictions

0 executed in the last 3 years; 0 on record.

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

3 cases on record, 0 open, 1 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## Landlord

- IndividualOwner: JOSEPH LEFKOWITZ
- SiteManager: TOMMY KARRAN

The same owner is linked to 2 other buildings (JOSEPH LEFKOWITZ at 255 MCKIBBIN ST).

## Sources and limits

NYC Open Data (HPD, DOB, OATH/ECB, 311, DOF, PLUTO) and NYS DHCR building lists. This is a screening signal from public records, not legal advice; records lag and contain errors. Full interactive report with violation details and maps: https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/3033690051/1301-putnam-avenue-brooklyn