220 Highland Boulevard

Brooklyn, NY

BBL 3-03886-0005BIN 3086212

Concern level3 of 4

High

0116 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 6 apartments
026 of those issued in the last 3 years
037 active DOB violation(s)
0413 evictions 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 65 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 94 apartments.

2018 — 67 units registered2023 — 65

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

Registration counts apply to the building, not to unit numbers. To confirm your own apartment, request your rent history from New York State Homes and Community Renewal — it is free and takes a few weeks.

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Rent regulation

The building

1928

Built

Floors

Residential units

Elevator apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building24 others linked to the same owner

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

635

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 APT6JIssued 2026-10-15

§ 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE LOWER WINDOW SASH SPRING BALANCE 1ST WINDOW FROM WEST AT NORTH WALL IN THE 3rd ROOM FROM EAST LOCATED AT APT APT6J, 6th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt APT6JIssued 2026-10-15

§ 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE LOWER WINDOW SASH SPRING BALANCE 1ST WINDOW FROM EAST AT SOUTH WALL IN THE 2nd ROOM FROM EAST AT SOUTH LOCATED AT APT APT6J, 6th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt APT6JIssued 2026-10-15

§ 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE LOWER WINDOW SASH SPRING BALANCE 2ND WINDOW FROM EAST AT SOUTH WALL IN THE 2nd ROOM FROM EAST AT SOUTH LOCATED AT APT APT6J, 6th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 2IIssued 2026-09-10

§ 27-2005, 2006, 2037 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR AND ABATE UNSAFE ELECTRIC WIRING CONDITION CONSISTING OF EXPOSED ELECTRIC WIRES AT CEILING LIGHT FIXTURE IN THE 1st ROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT APT 2I, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH

Status: Civ14 Mailed

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

241

All time

Last 12 months

Unsanitary Condition44

Heat/Hot Water42

Door/Window29

Plumbing28

Paint/Plaster28

General22

Water Leak19

Flooring/Stairs15

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

452

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential265

Street/Sidewalk124

Vehicle52

Unspecified7

Commercial2

House of Worship2

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

Lower than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

145

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony62

Misdemeanor65

Violation18

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

Infested, latest filing

Annual filings

2024–20250 infested · 0 eradicated

2023–20240 infested · 0 eradicated

2022–20231 infested · 1 eradicated

Self-reported by the owner for the year ending each filing. Counts are building-wide and do not say which apartment was affected.

Bedbug history

DOB building violations

Active

On record

Active, last 3 yrs

ACTIVE · AEUHAZ1-FAIL TO CERTIFY CLASS 1 NONE2024-04-17

FAILURE TO CERTIFY CORRECTION ON IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUS (CLASS 1) ECB VIOLATION

ACTIVE · AEUHAZ1-FAIL TO CERTIFY CLASS 1 NONE2024-02-07

FAILURE TO CERTIFY CORRECTION ON IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUS (CLASS 1) ECB VIOLATION

ACTIVE · LBLVIO-LOW PRESSURE BOILER BOILER REQUIRED2023-06-20

VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2018 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION

DOB building violations

Evictions

Executed, all time

Last 3 years

2026-02-06Apt 4Fresidential

2026-01-06Apt 6Jresidential

2025-10-30Apt 4Fresidential

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 2025-10-20

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2025-06-03

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2022-08-22

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2020-11-19

Tenant action

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

BNS.BUILDINGS LLC

Head officer

EFSTATHIOS VALIOTIS

Managing agent

NCONWAY@ALMAREALTY.COM

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

106-20 SHORE FRONT PARKWAYQUEENS 1911 SOUTHERN BOULEVARDBRONX 200 HIGHLAND BOULEVARDBROOKLYN 2011 AMSTERDAM AVENUEMANHATTAN 209 UNDERHILL AVENUEBROOKLYN

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.

ConstructionClass 12025-11-28$12,500 penalty

ConstructionClass 12024-02-07$2,500 penalty

ConstructionClass 12023-11-21$2,500 penalty

Local LawClass 22022-12-09$1,250 penalty

Unpaid city fines

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale1998-12-30 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2022-04-04 · $2,274,442.72

Mortgage2022-04-04$2,274,442.72

borrower BNS BUILDINGS LLC · lender THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF LONG ISLAND

Mortgage2017-02-16$4,739,926.22

borrower BNS BUILDING LLC · lender NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK

Mortgage2013-07-09$3,139,908.59

borrower BNS BUILDINGS, LLC · lender NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK

Mortgage2004-09-01$1,953,378.3

borrower BNS BUILDINGS, LLC · lender NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK

Mortgage2002-04-19$1,855,268.69

borrower BNS BUILDINGS LLC · lender NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK

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