# 158 Pennsylvania Avenue, Brooklyn, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/3037030027/158-pennsylvania-avenue-brooklyn).
BBL 3037030027 · BIN 3083652 · Generated 2026-10-23

## Concern level: severe

- 7 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 2 apartments
- 2 of those issued 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 16 stabilized units for 2023, of about 16 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2019: 16, 2020: 16, 2021: 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 1921, 4 floors, 16 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

11 open (class C immediately hazardous: 7, class B hazardous: 2, class A non-hazardous: 2); 216 on record.
2 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.

## DOB building violations

0 active (0 issued in the last 3 years); 5 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

0 active of 4 on record; 0 decided by default; $0 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

4 in the last 12 months; 23 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (18), ELECTRIC (2), PAINT/PLASTER (2), PLUMBING (1).

## Bedbugs

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

## Evictions

0 executed in the last 3 years; 1 on record.

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

6 cases on record, 0 open, 4 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: PENN APARTMENTS LLC
- Agent: PENN APARTMENTS LLC
- HeadOfficer: SARA CHACON
- Officer: ANTHONY CHACON
- Shareholder: MILTON CHACON

The same owner is linked to 21 other buildings (SARA CHACON at 98 BEDFORD AVE).

## 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/3037030027/158-pennsylvania-avenue-brooklyn