620 Howard Avenue

Brooklyn, NY

BBL 3-03511-0057BIN 3080879

Concern level4 of 4

Severe

016 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 6 apartments
022 of those issued in the last 3 years
031 eviction executed in the last 3 years

How this is set: open hazardous violations measured against the building's size, then raised by strong distress signals — HPD's enforcement program, court harassment findings, recent evictions, unpaid DOB fines, open housing-court cases, and a sold tax lien. Neighborhood noise and crime are not part of it. It describes the public record, not the condition of any one apartment, and a quiet record is not proof of a good building.

Rent regulation

Likely rent-stabilized

The owner registered 6 stabilized units with New York State for 2021 — essentially all of the building's 6 apartments.

2018 — 6 units registered2021 — 6

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1925

Built

Floors

Residential units

Mixed residential / commercial

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

On record

Open Class C

Open Class B

Open Class A

Class C is immediately hazardous, Class B is hazardous, Class A is non-hazardous. A violation stays open until HPD certifies the repair, so some open items may already be fixed.

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2025-02-27

§ 27-2029 ADM CODE DEVICE PRESENT ON CENTRAL HEATING SYSTEM WHICH IS CAPABLE OF CAUSING AN OTHERWISE OPERABLE SYSTEM TO BECOME INOPERABLE AT BOILER AT CELLAR

Status: Certified late

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 6Issued 2024-06-13

§ 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... APPROXIMATELY 50 SQ FT AT NORTH WALL IN THE 5th ROOM FROM EAST LOCATED AT APT 6, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST

Status: Certified late

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 6Issued 2023-09-22

HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF MICE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 6, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST

Status: Certified late

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 6Issued 2023-09-22

HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF ROACHES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 6, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST

Status: Certified late

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Paint/Plaster4

Heat/Hot Water3

Unsanitary Condition2

Electric1

Water Leak1

Heat/Hot WaterApartment Only2026-01-25 · closed

Paint/PlasterCeiling2025-07-20 · closed

Paint/PlasterWall2024-07-02 · closed

Complaints record what a tenant reported, not a finding by the city. "Closed" often means the inspector could not gain access.

311 complaints from tenants

Neighborhood noise

Higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

412

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential238

Street/Sidewalk93

Unspecified53

Commercial14

Vehicle14

311 noise complaints within about 1,000 ft (a few blocks) in the last year. Most reports here are about noise from inside buildings — neighbors, not the street. This counts how often people call 311, which tracks how densely populated and busy an area is as much as how loud it is — it is not a sound measurement.

Neighborhood noise

Neighborhood crime

Higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

312

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony82

Misdemeanor152

Violation78

NYPD complaints reported within about 1,000 ft (a few blocks) in the last year, by severity. This reflects what gets reported and where police are active as much as actual safety, and busier, denser, higher-foot-traffic blocks log more. Locations are approximate — the NYPD shifts each report to the nearest corner for privacy — so read this as rough context, not a safety score.

Neighborhood crime

Bedbug history

No bedbugs reported

The owner filed 4 annual bedbug reports and reported no infested units. Filing with zero infestations is the compliant, reassuring case.

Bedbug history

DOB building violations

Active

On record

Active, last 3 yrs

No active DOB violations.

DOB building violations

Evictions

Executed, all time

Last 3 years

2026-08-03Apt 6residential

2019-08-07Apt 5residential

Executed by a city marshal. An eviction can be lawful; a high or rising count is a displacement signal, not proof of wrongdoing.

Evictions

Housing court

Cases on record

Open now

Tenant-brought

Harassment found

With a judgment

Most cases are tenants taking the owner to court to force repairs. A case is not proof of wrongdoing; a harassment finding or judgment is a court ruling against the owner.

CLOSEDOpened 2025-01-28

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2019-06-07

Tenant action

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

620 A&M REALTY,LLC

Head officer

VALERIE LEBREW

Managing agent

620 A&M Realty, LLC

No other buildings found sharing this building's registered contact.

Landlord and related buildings

Unpaid city fines

Balance due (active)

Active violations

Lost by default

DOB violations adjudicated by OATH carry money penalties. "Lost by default" means the owner never appeared at the hearing. An unpaid balance is a stronger "ignoring the city" signal than a raw violation count.

Unpaid city fines

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2016-06-15 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2022-02-28 · $520,000

Mortgage2022-02-28$520,000

borrower 620 A&M REALTY LLC · lender SILVER HILL FUNDING LLC

Mortgage2018-03-28$400,000

borrower 620 A&M REALTY LLC · lender APEX MORTGAGE CORP.

Sale2016-06-15no recorded price

LEBREW, VALERIE → 620 A&M REALTY LLC

Sale2014-08-29no recorded price

CAMPBELL, MARIE → LEBREW, VALERIE

Mortgage1990-04-11$9,900

borrower CAMPBELL, MARIE · lender CAPITAL RESOURCES CORP

From ACRIS recorded documents. Amounts are often $0 or nominal for transfers between related parties, and LLCs can obscure who is really involved — treat this as public-record context, not a valuation.

Ownership & money

City debt & tax-lien sale

Not on the city's tax-lien sale list (2019–2025). The owner has not fallen far enough behind on property tax or water charges to be flagged for a lien sale.

City debt & tax-lien sale