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686 Sheffield Avenue

Brooklyn, NY
BBL 3-04297-0028BIN 3096346
Concern level3 of 4
High

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.

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Rent regulation

Likely rent-stabilized

The owner registered 3 stabilized units with New York State for 2019 — of about 4 apartments.

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2018 — 3 units registered2019 — 3
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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The building
1923
Built
2
Floors
4
Residential units
Walk-up apartments
Type
This building and the landlord's others
This building56 others linked to the same owner
HPD housing-maintenance violations
311 complaints from tenants
Neighborhood noise
Neighborhood crime
Bedbug history

No bedbugs reported

The owner filed 8 annual bedbug reports and reported no infested units. Filing with zero infestations is the compliant, reassuring case.

DOB building violations
0
Active
0
On record
0
Active, last 3 yrs

No active DOB violations.

Evictions

No executed evictions on record for this building.

Housing court

No HPD housing-court cases on record for this building.

Landlord and related buildings
Unpaid city fines

No DOB/ECB violations on record for this building.

Ownership & money
City debt & tax-lien sale