744 Pennsylvania Avenue

Brooklyn, NY

BBL 3-04322-0016BIN 3097293

Concern level4 of 4

Severe

0131 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 36 apartments
0210 of those issued in the last 3 years
039 open rent-impairing violation(s)
042 active DOB violation(s)
051 DOB 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 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 35 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 36 apartments.

2018 — 35 units registered2023 — 35

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1930

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building

HPD housing-maintenance violations

162

Open now

387

On record

Open Class C

114

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 B6Issued 2026-09-10

HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF ROACHES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT B6, 2nd STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH , SECTION AT SOUTH

Status: Certification rejected by HPD

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt B6Issued 2025-09-02

HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF MICE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT B6, 2nd STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH , SECTION ''SOUTH''

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt B6Issued 2025-09-02

HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF ROACHES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT B6, 2nd STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH , SECTION ''SOUTH''

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2025-04-07

§ 27-2005, 27-2007, 27-2041.1 HMC, §238, § 309; § 107 (2) ( C) MDL AND 28 RCNY §25-171: REPLACE OR REPAIR THE SELF-CLOSING DOORS THAT IS MISSING OR DEFECTIVE HINGES AT BULKHEAD DOOR AT PUBLIC HALL STAIRS, 4th STORY, SECTION AT SOUTH

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water36

Door/Window10

Unsanitary Condition9

Paint/Plaster9

General7

Water Leak6

Plumbing5

Electric5

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

Lower than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

111

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential70

Street/Sidewalk22

Unspecified16

Commercial2

Vehicle1

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

About averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

259

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony76

Misdemeanor120

Violation63

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 1 annual bedbug report 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 · EGRADE-FAILURE TO POST ENERGY GRADE/SCORE NONE2023-12-01

FAILURE TO DISPLAY ENERGY EFFICIENCY SCORE AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY GRADE AS PER ADCODE SEC. 28-309.12.3

ACTIVE · EGRADE-FAILURE TO POST ENERGY GRADE/SCORE NONE2022-12-01

FAILURE TO DISPLAY ENERGY EFFICIENCY SCORE AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY GRADE AS PER ADCODE SEC. 28-309.12.3

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 2020-08-18

Harassment case

CLOSEDOpened 2019-10-02

Heat / hot water

CLOSEDOpened 2018-04-13

Heat / hot water

CLOSEDOpened 2015-07-20

Harassment case

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Head officer

LUCIEN MICHEL

Managing agent

CARLY MICHEL

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

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.

DEFAULTBoilersClass 22020-02-24$3,125 penalty

BoilersClass 12019-09-12$312 penalty

SignsClass 12012-03-24$10,000 penalty

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 sale2026-05-20 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage1993-02-19 · $400,000

Sale2026-05-20no recorded price

MICHEL, MARIE SUZETTE, MICHEL, SUZETTE → MARIE SUZETTE MICHEL LIVING TRUST, MARIE SUZETTE MICHEL, AS TRUSTEE

Mortgage1993-02-19$400,000

borrower MICHEL, LUCIEN, MICHEL, SUZETTE · lender CITIBANK NA

Mortgage1990-05-18$115,000

borrower MICHEL, LUCIEN, MICHEL, SUZETTE · lender LA FRANCE TRAVEL & TOUR, DE JEAN, PIERRE

Sale1990-04-27no recorded price

LA FRANCE TRAVEL & TOUR, DE JEAN, PIERRE → MICHEL, LUCIEN, MICHEL, SUZETTE

Mortgage1989-09-14$50,000

borrower LA FRANCE TRAVEL & TOUR, HEROLD, MICHELINE, HEROLD, JEROME · lender DE JEAN, PIERRE

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