# 447 East 45 Street, Brooklyn, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/3048990053/447-east-45-street-brooklyn).
BBL 3048990053 · BIN 3109928 · Generated 2026-10-23

## Concern level: severe

- On HPD's Alternative Enforcement Program — the city's most-distressed-buildings list
- 57 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 6 apartments
- 23 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 12 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 10 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.

## HPD Alternative Enforcement Program

Currently on AEP, the city's most-distressed-buildings program, since 2015-02-02.

## 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 1931, 3 floors, 6 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

185 open (class C immediately hazardous: 57, class B hazardous: 81, class A non-hazardous: 44); 765 on record.
23 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
12 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

10 active (0 issued in the last 3 years); 18 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

4 active of 4 on record; 0 decided by default; $0 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

20 in the last 12 months; 105 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (28), PLUMBING (20), WATER LEAK (19), DOOR/WINDOW (15), PAINT/PLASTER (7).

## Bedbugs

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

## Evictions

0 executed in the last 3 years; 1 on record.

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

10 cases on record, 0 open, 8 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## City debt and tax-lien sale

On a tax-lien sale list in 2021 (30-day notice).

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: DAMASHETH 4
- Agent: LOUIs JOSEPh
- HeadOfficer: LOUIs JOSEPh

## 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/3048990053/447-east-45-street-brooklyn