224 Highland Boulevard

Brooklyn, NY

BBL 3-03886-0010BIN 3086213Plain-text version

Concern level4 of 4

Severe

0147 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 88 apartments
0235 of those issued in the last 3 years
032 open rent-impairing violation(s)
041 active DOB violation(s)
052 evictions executed in the last 3 years
061 OATH/ECB fine lost by default (unpaid)

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 OATH/ECB 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 4 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 88 apartments.

2018 — 6 units registered2023 — 4

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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The building

1940

Built

Floors

Residential units

Elevator apartments

Type

This building and the landlord's others

This building11 others linked to the same owner

HPD housing-maintenance violations

182

Open now

1238

On record

Open Class C

107

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. HPD writes a separate violation for each room or spot, so one inspection can produce several near-identical entries; those are grouped below by apartment and date.

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 309Issued 2026-07-063 violations

§ 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE REMOVE DEVICE PREVENTING DOOR FROM BEING SELF-CLOSING CONSISTING OF DOOR-SWEEP IN THE 1st ENTRANCE FROM NORTH LOCATED AT BSMT-APT 309, 2nd BSMT-APT FROM EAST AT SOUTH , SECTION AT WEST
HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF ROACHES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT BSMT-APT 309, 2nd BSMT-APT FROM EAST AT SOUTH , SECTION AT WEST

1 more from the same inspection

HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF MICE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT BSMT-APT 309, 2nd BSMT-APT FROM EAST AT SOUTH , SECTION AT WEST

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 711Issued 2026-07-062 violations

HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF MICE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 711, 4th STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST , SECTION ''WEST''
HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF ROACHES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 711, 4th STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST , SECTION ''WEST''

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 507Issued 2026-06-24

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR AT CEILING, NORTH AND EAST WALLS IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 507, 5th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 711Issued 2026-06-092 violations

HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF ROACHES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 711, 6th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST
HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF MICE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 711, 6th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

227

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water66

Paint/Plaster40

Unsanitary Condition23

Plumbing22

Water Leak18

Flooring/Stairs17

Door/Window13

General12

Heat/Hot WaterEntire Building2026-10-17 · closed

Paint/PlasterCeiling2026-09-15 · closed

Water LeakHeavy Flow2026-09-15 · closed

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

458

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential285

Street/Sidewalk112

Vehicle50

Unspecified6

Commercial3

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

143

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony60

Misdemeanor64

Violation19

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 6 annual bedbug reports and reported no infested units. Filing with zero infestations is the compliant, reassuring case.

DOB building violations

Active

On record

Active, last 3 yrs

Violations issued by the Department of Buildings that the owner must correct. Most don't carry a fine on their own; summonses that go to a hearing and can be fined are listed separately under OATH/ECB.

ACTIVE · C-CONSTRUCTION OTHER OPTIONAL2025-09-22

STRUCTURE RENDERED NON-COMPLIANT DUE TO DANGER STRUCTURAL/ FACADE/PARAPET FAILURE AT 113 SUNNYSIDE AVE. VACATE THE REAR YARD/ TERRACE OF 224 HIGHLAND BLVD WITHIN 10' OF THE EDGE.

DOB building violations

OATH/ECB violations and fines

$3,125

Balance due (active)

Active violations

Lost by default

These are separate from DOB violations. They are summonses written by DOB inspectors and decided at a hearing before OATH, the city's administrative court (formerly the Environmental Control Board), and they can carry a fine. "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.

DEFAULTElevatorsClass 22025-11-14$3,125 due

OATH/ECB violations and fines

Evictions

Executed, all time

Last 3 years

2026-05-27Apt 701residential

2026-01-21Apt 709residential

2018-10-19Apt 501residential

2018-02-02Apt 405residential

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: repair & harassment cases

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 2026-06-22

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2026-05-27

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2026-05-21

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2025-10-23

Tenant action

These are cases HPD is a party to, mostly tenants suing to force repairs or stop harassment. Eviction cases landlords file against tenants are not in the city's open data, so they don't appear here; the Evictions section shows only evictions a marshal carried out.

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

224 HIGHLAND BLVD TEN CORP

Head officer

MOSHE HALBERSTAM

Managing agent

DIAMOND MANAGEMENT

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

1001 WOODYCREST AVENUEBRONX 1041 NELSON AVENUEBRONX 158 JOHNSON AVENUEBROOKLYN 30 WEST 190 STREETBRONX 3140 KINGSBRIDGE AVENUEBRONX

Landlord and related buildings

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale1989-11-09 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2021-05-21 · $860,287.8

Mortgage2021-05-21$860,287.8

borrower 224 HIGHLAND BLVD. OWNERS CORP. · lender NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK

Mortgage2015-07-14$968,765.3

borrower 224 HIGHLAND BLVD. OWNERS CROP. · lender NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK

Mortgage2010-04-08$209,926.86

borrower 224 HIGHLAND BLVD. OWNERS CORP. · lender NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK

Mortgage2003-03-27$363,005.89

borrower 224 HIGHLAND BLVD. OWNERS CORP. · lender INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK F/K/A, INDEPENDENCE SAVINGS BANK

Mortgage1998-07-30$217,467.56

borrower 224 HIGHLAND BLVD. OWNERS CORP · lender INDEPENDENCE SAVINGSBANK

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.