# 179 Thatford Avenue, Brooklyn, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/3036150001/179-thatford-avenue-brooklyn).
BBL 3036150001 · BIN 3342607 · Generated 2026-10-30

## Concern level: moderate

- 4 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 27 apartments
- 1 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 4 evictions executed in the last 3 years

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.

## Rent stabilization

Likely rent-stabilized. The owner registered 96 stabilized units for 2023, of about 108 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 96, 2019: 96, 2020: 96, 2021: 96, 2022: 95, 2023: 96.
Receives the 421-a tax benefit; stabilization tied to 421-a generally ends when the benefit does.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1986, 3 floors, 108 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

7 open (class C immediately hazardous: 4, class B hazardous: 1, class A non-hazardous: 2); 127 on record.
1 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.

## DOB building violations

0 active (0 issued in the last 3 years); 4 on record.

## 311 housing complaints

5 in the last 12 months; 59 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (21), UNSANITARY CONDITION (11), PLUMBING (10), APPLIANCE (5), PAINT/PLASTER (3).

## Bedbugs

50 annual bedbug filings by the owner; latest reports 1 infested unit.

## Evictions

4 executed in the last 3 years; 13 on record.

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

6 cases on record, 0 open, 6 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: NEWPORT GARDENS APARTMENTS, L.P.
- Agent: PATHS MANAGEMENT SERVICES, LLC
- SiteManager: NATASHA FLEMMING
- HeadOfficer: FERMIN GARCIA

The same owner is linked to 61 other buildings (FERMIN GARCIA at 909 THIRD AVENUE).

## 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/3036150001/179-thatford-avenue-brooklyn