# 741 Pennsylvania Avenue, Brooklyn, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/3043230052/741-pennsylvania-avenue-brooklyn).
BBL 3043230052 · BIN 3097330 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: severe

- On HPD's Alternative Enforcement Program — the city's most-distressed-buildings list
- 44 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 6 apartments
- 44 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 21 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 4 active DOB violation(s)
- 2 OATH/ECB fines lost by default (unpaid)

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.

## HPD Alternative Enforcement Program

Currently on AEP, the city's most-distressed-buildings program, since 2025-01-31.

## Rent stabilization

Likely rent-stabilized. The owner registered 6 stabilized units for 2019, of about 6 apartments.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1930, 3 floors, 6 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

149 open (class C immediately hazardous: 44, class B hazardous: 90, class A non-hazardous: 14); 656 on record.
44 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
21 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

4 active (2 issued in the last 3 years); 14 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

3 active of 4 on record; 2 decided by default; $2,500 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

89 in the last 12 months; 240 on record.
Most common: PLUMBING (63), UNSANITARY CONDITION (32), HEAT/HOT WATER (30), DOOR/WINDOW (26), PAINT/PLASTER (23).

## Bedbugs

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

## Evictions

0 executed in the last 3 years; 0 on record.

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

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

## City debt and tax-lien sale

On a tax-lien sale list in 2025 (10-day notice), water/sewer debt only.

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: 741 Pennsylvania LLC
- Agent: Chaim Schwartz
- HeadOfficer: Chaim Schwartz
- Officer: Chaim Schwartz
- Shareholder: Chaim Schwartz
- SiteManager: Chaim Schwartz

The same owner is linked to 9 other buildings (Chaim Schwartz at 894 Myrtle Ave).

## 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/3043230052/741-pennsylvania-avenue-brooklyn