# 444 Jamaica Avenue, Brooklyn, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/3039080005/444-jamaica-avenue-brooklyn).
BBL 3039080005 · BIN 3328200 · Generated 2026-10-23

## Concern level: severe

- 17 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 2 apartments
- 2 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 6 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 2 active DOB violation(s)
- 3 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 36 stabilized units for 2023, of about 36 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 36, 2019: 36, 2020: 36, 2021: 36, 2023: 36.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1905, 4 floors, 36 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

21 open (class C immediately hazardous: 14, class B hazardous: 6, class A non-hazardous: 1); 129 on record.
2 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

2 active (0 issued in the last 3 years); 9 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

0 active of 3 on record; 0 decided by default; $0 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

11 in the last 12 months; 81 on record.
Most common: PAINT/PLASTER (17), UNSANITARY CONDITION (15), PLUMBING (10), SAFETY (7), HEAT/HOT WATER (6).

## Bedbugs

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

## Evictions

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

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

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

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: JAMAICA REALTY LLC
- HeadOfficer: Freddy Mendoza
- SiteManager: FREDDY MENDOZA
- Agent: JAMAICA REALTY LLC

The same owner is linked to 2 other buildings (Freddy Mendoza at 549 EMPIRE BLVD).

## 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/3039080005/444-jamaica-avenue-brooklyn