968 New York Avenue

Brooklyn, NY

BBL 3-04886-0027BIN 3109342Plain-text version

Concern level4 of 4

Severe

014 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 6 apartments
029 active DOB violation(s)

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 OATH/ECB 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 6 stabilized units with New York State for 2018 — essentially all of the building's 6 apartments.

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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The building

1931

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

Type

This building and the landlord's others

This building

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

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. HPD writes a separate violation for each room or spot, so one inspection can produce several near-identical entries; those are grouped below by apartment and date.

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2022-12-084 violations

§ 27-2005, 27-2007, 27-2041.1 HMC: REPLACE OR REPAIR THE SELF-CLOSING DOORS THAT IS MISSING OR DEFECTIVE ..BUILDING ENTRANCE DOOR AT PUBLIC HALL, 1st STORY
§ 27-2005, 27-2007, 27-2041.1 HMC: REPLACE OR REPAIR THE SELF-CLOSING DOORS THAT IS MISSING OR DEFECTIVE ..AT VESTIBULE AT PUBLIC HALL, 1st STORY

2 more from the same inspection

§ 27-2005, 27-2007, 27-2041.1 HMC: REPLACE OR REPAIR THE SELF-CLOSING DOORS THAT IS MISSING OR DEFECTIVE ..BULKHEAD DOOR TO ROOF , 3rd STORY
§ 27-2005, 27-2007, 27-2041.1 HMC: REPLACE OR REPAIR THE SELF-CLOSING DOORS THAT IS MISSING OR DEFECTIVE .. COURTYARD DOOR AT SOUTH WALL AT PUBLIC HALL, 1st STORY

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

No 311 housing complaints on record for this building.

Neighborhood noise

Higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

859

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential472

Street/Sidewalk229

Vehicle56

Commercial53

Unspecified49

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

Much higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

556

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony152

Misdemeanor304

Violation100

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.

Bedbug history

No bedbugs reported

The owner filed 4 annual bedbug reports and reported no infested units. Filing with zero infestations is the compliant, reassuring case.

DOB building violations

Active

On record

Active, last 3 yrs

Violations issued by the Department of Buildings that the owner must correct. Most don't carry a fine on their own; summonses that go to a hearing and can be fined are listed separately under OATH/ECB.

ACTIVE · LBLVIO-LOW PRESSURE BOILER BOILER REQUIRED2011-12-13

VIOLATION ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO FILE ANNUAL BOILER 2010 INSPECTION REPORT

ACTIVE · LL6291-LOCAL LAW 62/91 - BOILERS BOILER REQUIRED2003-03-19

ACTIVE · LL6291-LOCAL LAW 62/91 - BOILERS BOILER REQUIRED1999-03-16

DOB building violations

OATH/ECB violations and fines

No OATH/ECB violations on record for this building.

Evictions

No marshal-executed evictions on record for this building. Eviction cases filed in court but not carried out aren't included.

Housing court: repair & harassment cases

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 2007-03-14

Heat / hot water

These are cases HPD is a party to, mostly tenants suing to force repairs or stop harassment. Eviction cases landlords file against tenants are not in the city's open data, so they don't appear here; the Evictions section shows only evictions a marshal carried out.

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Managing agent

KIRk CASTLE

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

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2022-05-23 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2004-07-20 · $56,835.56

Sale2022-05-23no recorded price

CASTLE, KIRK, CASTLE, MENOVA, THE ESTATE OF LUCY CASTLE → CASTLE, KIRK, CASTLE, MENOVA

Mortgage2004-07-20$56,835.56

borrower CASTLE, LUCY, CASTLE, JAMES · lender MERS, AS NOMINEE

Mortgage1997-04-29$35,000

borrower CASTLE, LUCY, CASTLE, JAMES · lender DELTA FUNDING CORP

Mortgage1986-03-19$10,685

borrower CASTLE, JAMES, CASTLE, LUCY · lender CENTRAL FEDL SAVS

Sale1976-12-23no recorded price

CAREY HECTOR G → CASTLE LUCY, CASTLE JAMES

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.