532 Chester Street

Brooklyn, NY

BBL 3-03613-0047BIN 3082599

Concern level4 of 4

Severe

016 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 6 apartments
021 of those issued 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 2019 — essentially all of the building's 6 apartments.

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1930

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building19 others linked to the same owner

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

143

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 HAZARDOUSApt 1F1AIssued 2026-05-15

§ 27-2026, 2027 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE EVIDENCE OF A WATER LEAK AT THE CEILING IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 1F1A, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 3RIssued 2022-02-18

§ 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... AT THE CEILING AND WALLS ( CEILING APPX. 20 SQ FT, WALLS APPX. 25 SQ. FT ) A TOTAL OF 45 SQ FT IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 3R, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST

Status: Defect letter issued

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 3RIssued 2022-01-25

§ 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... AT CEILING, NORTH, EAST, SOUTH AND WEST WALL, TOTAL 80 SQ FT IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 3R, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST

Status: Defect letter issued

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 2BIssued 2020-01-025+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... APPROX, 18 SQ. FT. AT CEILING AND 2 SQ. FT. AT ALL WALLS IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 2B, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST ORIGINAL VIOLATION 13316130 ISSUED 03-OCT-19 HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO CLASS C PER ADMINISTRATIVE CODE §27-2017.3a(5)(a) or (b).

Status: HPD couldn't get in to re-inspect

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water11

Unsanitary Condition10

Water Leak6

Plumbing5

Appliance4

Paint/Plaster1

General1

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

About averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

287

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential135

Street/Sidewalk80

Vehicle27

Unspecified19

Commercial15

Park10

Helicopter1

311 noise complaints within about 1,000 ft (a few blocks) in the last year. Most reports here are about outdoor noise (mostly residential) — street life and traffic more than neighbors. 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

352

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony113

Misdemeanor176

Violation63

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 8 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

No executed evictions on record for this building.

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 2026-05-04

Tenant action

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

532 CHESTER STREET LLC

Head officer

CHRISTOPHER BRAMWELL

Managing agent

SHINDA MANAGEMENT CORPORATION

19 other buildings share this owner's registration contacts. Shared contacts suggest common control, but they are not proof of ownership.

102 RALPH AVENUEBROOKLYN 135 WEST 175 STREETBRONX 1445 ST MARKS AVENUEBROOKLYN 147 HANCOCK STREETBROOKLYN 1492 PARK PLACEBROOKLYN

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 sale2006-06-01 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2007-06-13 · $247,502

Mortgage2007-06-13$247,502

borrower 532 CHESTER STREET, LLC · lender THE COMMUNITY PRESERVATION CORPORATION

Mortgage2007-06-13$750,000

borrower 532 CHESTER STREET, LLC · lender THE COMMUNITY PRESERVATION CORPORATION

Mortgage2007-05-08$130,000

borrower 532 CHESTER STREET LLC · lender THE COMMUNITY PRESERVATION CORPORATION

Sale2006-06-01no recorded price

NYC COMMISSIONER OF FINANCE → NEIGHBORHOOD RESTORE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND

Mortgage2001-07-06$143,000

borrower CROFT, TERENCE C, CROFT, JUDITH A · lender COMMUNITY PRESERVATION CORPORATION

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