446 East 98 Street

Brooklyn, NY

BBL 3-04694-0061BIN 3102739

Concern level2 of 4

Moderate

014 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 11 apartments

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 42 stabilized units with New York State for 2018 — of about 43 apartments.

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1928

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building47 others linked to the same owner

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

407

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 C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt C5Issued 2023-01-25

HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF MICE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT C5, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt B5Issued 2023-01-20

§ 27-2056.7, 27-2056.8, 27-2056.9 ADM CODE -CERTIFY COMPLIANCE WITH LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD CONTROL REQUIREMENTS DURING PERIOD OF UNIT VACANCY BY PERFORMING ACTIVITIES NECESSARY TO ABATE TESTED LEAD-BASED PAINT FROM REQUIRED WINDOW AND/OR DOOR FRICTION SURFACES FOR APARTMENT AND MAKE FLOORS SMOOTH AND CLEANABLE, POSITIVE LEAD-BASED PAINT IN AN APARTMENT WITH A CHILD UNDER SIX LOCATED AT APT B5, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH , SECTION ''North''

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 5CIssued 2021-04-305+ YRS OLD

HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF MICE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 5C, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt C8Issued 2007-08-315+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2056.6 ADM CODE - CORRECT THE LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD - PRESUMED LEAD PAINT THAT IS PEELING OR ON A DETERIORATED SUBSURFACE USING WORK PRACTICES SET FORTH IN 28 RCNY §11-06(B)(2) CEILING IN THE 1st ROOM FROM NORTH AT EAST LOCATED AT APT C8, 3rd STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST

Status: Defect letter issued

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Unsanitary Condition15

Electric9

Heat/Hot Water9

Water Leak8

Door/Window8

General8

Appliance7

Paint/Plaster6

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

Higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

600

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential424

Street/Sidewalk102

Vehicle50

Unspecified16

Commercial8

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

428

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony139

Misdemeanor204

Violation85

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

Infested, latest filing

Annual filings

2024–20250 infested · 0 eradicated

2023–20240 infested · 0 eradicated

2022–20230 infested · 0 eradicated

Self-reported by the owner for the year ending each filing. Counts are building-wide and do not say which apartment was affected.

Bedbug history

DOB building violations

Active

On record

Active, last 3 yrs

No active DOB violations.

DOB building violations

Evictions

Executed, all time

Last 3 years

2023-01-20Apt 5Bresidential

2018-07-27Apt 3Aresidential

Executed by a city marshal. An eviction can be lawful; a high or rising count is a displacement signal, not proof of wrongdoing.

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 2021-11-05

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2017-10-18

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2014-08-18

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2011-05-17

Access Warrant - Non-Lead

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

446 EAST 98TH REALTY LLC

Head officer

PETER REBENWURZEL

Managing agent

446 EAST 98TH REALTY, LLC

47 other buildings share this owner's registration contacts. Shared contacts suggest common control, but they are not proof of ownership.

1035 CLARKSON AVENUEBROOKLYN 1077 NEW YORK AVENUEBROOKLYN 1114 NEW YORK AVENUEBROOKLYN 1115 WILLMOHR STREETBROOKLYN 1124 WINTHROP STREETBROOKLYN

Landlord and related buildings

Unpaid city fines

No DOB/ECB violations on record for this building.

Unpaid city fines

Ownership & money

Speculation watch

·Bought and resold within a few years — rapid turnover is a common speculation signal

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

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2009-01-28 · $6,200,000

Most recent mortgage2018-08-30 · $3,230,000

Mortgage2018-08-30$3,230,000

borrower 446 EAST 98TH REALTY LLC · lender SIGNATURE BANK

Mortgage2018-08-30$170,000

borrower 446 EAST 98TH REALTY LLC · lender SIGNATURE BANK

Mortgage2014-08-06$3,447,530.3

borrower 474 EAST 98TH REALTY LLC, 446 EAST 98TH REALTY LLC · lender CUSTOMERS BANK

Mortgage2012-03-28$715,260.75

borrower 446 EAST 98TH REALTY LLC, 474 EAST 98TH REALTY LLC · lender ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION

Sale2009-01-28$6,200,000

474 REALTY NY LLC, 446 REALTY NY LLC → 446 EAST 98TH REALTY LLC, 474 EAST 98TH REALTY LLC

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