# 568 Watkins Street, Brooklyn, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/3036170036/568-watkins-street-brooklyn).
BBL 3036170036 · BIN 3398656 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: severe

- 17 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 16 apartments
- 17 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 9 open rent-impairing 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.

## Rent stabilization

Likely rent-stabilized. The owner registered 16 stabilized units for 2023, of about 16 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 16, 2019: 16, 2022: 16, 2023: 16.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 2009, 4 floors, 16 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

18 open (class C immediately hazardous: 11, class B hazardous: 5, class A non-hazardous: 2); 97 on record.
11 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
5 open violations are rent-impairing.
This tax lot has 2 buildings; these counts are for this building only.

## DOB building violations

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

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

0 active of 1 on record; 0 decided by default; $0 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

38 in the last 12 months; 140 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (38), UNSANITARY CONDITION (37), FLOORING/STAIRS (21), PLUMBING (18), WATER LEAK (11).

## Bedbugs

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

## Evictions

0 executed in the last 3 years; 2 on record.

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

2 cases on record, 0 open, 2 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: 550 WATKINS STREET LLC
- Agent: THE WAVECREST MANAGEMENT TEAM
- HeadOfficer: AARON GRAF
- Officer: LAWRENCE BELL
- SiteManager: CHRISTINA PIMENTEL

The same owner is linked to 6 other buildings (AARON GRAF at 28 EAST 28TH STREET).

## 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/3036170036/568-watkins-street-brooklyn