# 85 East 43 Street, Brooklyn, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/3048640038/85-east-43-street-brooklyn).
BBL 3048640038 · BIN 3108390 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: severe

- 10 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 2 apartments
- 5 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 5 open rent-impairing 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 24 stabilized units for 2023, of about 24 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 24, 2019: 24, 2020: 24, 2021: 24, 2022: 24, 2023: 24.
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, 4 floors, 24 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

68 open (class C immediately hazardous: 10, class B hazardous: 44, class A non-hazardous: 14); 308 on record.
5 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
5 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

0 active (0 issued in the last 3 years); 3 on record.

## 311 housing complaints

4 in the last 12 months; 42 on record.
Most common: UNSANITARY CONDITION (14), PAINT/PLASTER (11), WATER LEAK (6), HEAT/HOT WATER (4), FLOORING/STAIRS (2).

## Bedbugs

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

## Evictions

0 executed in the last 3 years; 2 on record.

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

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

## Landlord

- Shareholder: SOLOMON LANDAU
- SiteManager: HUGH JOHNSON
- HeadOfficer: SOLOMON LANDAU
- CorporateOwner: 85 EAST 43RD LLC
- Officer: SOLOMON LANDAU
- Agent: 85 EAST 43RD LLC

The same owner is linked to 4 other buildings (SOLOMON LANDAU at 1178 59TH ST).

## 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/3048640038/85-east-43-street-brooklyn