659 Miller Avenue

Brooklyn, NY

BBL 3-04087-0009BIN 3090641

Concern level4 of 4

Severe

01On HPD's Alternative Enforcement Program — the city's most-distressed-buildings list
0242 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 6 apartments
0324 of those issued in the last 3 years
044 open rent-impairing violation(s)
052 active DOB violation(s)

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.

HPD enforcement

On the Alternative Enforcement Program

HPD placed this building in its Alternative Enforcement Program (AEP Round 19), active since 2026-02-02. AEP is the city's response to its most distressed buildings — it had 283 open B/C violations at selection.

Rent regulation

Likely rent-stabilized

The owner registered 6 stabilized units with New York State for 2019 — essentially all of the building's 6 apartments.

2018 — 6 units registered2019 — 6

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

1925

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

304

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 I · NON-HAZARDOUS

§27-2153 ADM CODE THE PREMISES HAS BEEN SELECTED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ALTERNATIVE ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM WHICH MAY RESULT IN BUILDING-WIDE INSPECTIONS, FEES, AND EXTENSIVE REPAIR WORK TO CORRECT VIOLATIONS AND UNDERLYING CONDITIONS. CHARGES FOR REPAIR WORK DONE PURSUANT TO THIS ORDER, IF NOT PAID, WILL BECOME LIENS ON THE PROPERTY

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2026-10-08RENT-IMPAIRING

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE ROOF SO THAT IT WILL NOT LEAK AT CEILING AT PUBLIC HALL, 3rd STORY

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2026-10-08

§ 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE METAL WINDOW LINTEL 2ND STORY AVOBE BUILDING ENTRANCE DOOR AT FRONT YARD

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2026-10-08

§ 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE ROOF COVERING AT ROOF

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

148

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water42

Flooring/Stairs24

Plumbing22

Unsanitary Condition20

Paint/Plaster16

Door/Window8

Electric7

Appliance6

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

About averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

373

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential279

Street/Sidewalk52

Commercial17

Vehicle12

Unspecified10

House of Worship3

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

Higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

453

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony133

Misdemeanor210

Violation110

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.

Bedbug history

DOB building violations

Active

On record

Active, last 3 yrs

ACTIVE · LL6291-LOCAL LAW 62/91 - BOILERS BOILER REQUIRED2000-02-07

ACTIVE · LL6291-LOCAL LAW 62/91 - BOILERS BOILER REQUIRED1995-08-29

DOB building violations

Evictions

No executed evictions on record for this building.

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 2021-05-10

Heat / hot water

CLOSEDOpened 2014-01-31

Heat / hot water

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Managing agent

WINSTON ROBIN

No other buildings found sharing this building's registered contact.

Landlord and related buildings

Unpaid city fines

No DOB/ECB violations on record for this building.

Unpaid city fines

Ownership & money

Speculation watch

·Changed hands in 2026 — new owners sometimes move to raise rents or deregulate units

A pattern, not a prediction — many transfers are ordinary or between related companies.

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2026-06-17 · $680,000

Most recent mortgage2026-06-17 · $455,000

Sale2026-06-17$680,000

ROBIN, EULINE T, ROBIN, WINSTON A → 659 MILLER LLC

Mortgage2026-06-17$455,000

borrower 659 MILLER LLC · lender ROBIN, EULINE T, ROBIN, WINSTON A

Mortgage2014-12-17$190,000

borrower ROBIN, EULINE T, ROBIN, WINSTON A · lender EMIGRANT FUNDING CORPORATION

Mortgage2003-10-24$130,000

borrower WINSTON A. ROBIN, EULINE T. ROBIN · lender FLUSHING SAVINGS BANK, FSB.

Mortgage2003-10-24$75,000

borrower WINSTON A. ROBIN, EULINE T. ROBIN · lender FLUSHING SAVINGS BANK, FSB.

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