# 243 East 51 Street, Brooklyn, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/3046380039/243-east-51-street-brooklyn).
BBL 3046380039 · BIN 3100878 · Generated 2026-10-23

## Concern level: severe

- 8 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 6 apartments
- 5 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 4 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 15 active DOB violation(s)

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 6 stabilized units for 2019, of about 6 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 6, 2019: 6.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1931, 3 floors, 6 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

42 open (class C immediately hazardous: 8, class B hazardous: 19, class A non-hazardous: 15); 130 on record.
5 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
4 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

15 active (2 issued in the last 3 years); 17 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

0 active of 1 on record; 0 decided by default; $0 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

3 in the last 12 months; 29 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (9), PAINT/PLASTER (6), WATER LEAK (3), ELECTRIC (3), PLUMBING (3).

## Bedbugs

1 annual bedbug filing by the owner; latest reports 0 infested units.

## Evictions

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

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

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

## City debt and tax-lien sale

On a tax-lien sale list in 2025 (30-day notice).

## Landlord

- HeadOfficer: Joan Casey
- CorporateOwner: SCOMAZ LLC
- Agent: BROOKLYN PROPERTY MANAGERS
- SiteManager: MICHAEL SORENSEN

## 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/3046380039/243-east-51-street-brooklyn