617 Flatbush Avenue

Brooklyn, NY

BBL 3-05037-0003BIN 3115282

Concern level2 of 4

Moderate

011 open class-C HPD violation (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 13 apartments
021 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 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 13 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — essentially all of the building's 13 apartments.

2018 — 12 units registered2023 — 13

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1909

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

Type

The building

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.

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt C1Issued 2020-08-115+ YRS OLD

HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF ROACHES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT C1, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt A1Issued 2013-12-135+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE FIRE EGRESS DEFECTIVE. REMOVE OBSTRUCTING BARS OR UNLAWFUL GATES FROM AT LEAST 1 WINDOW OR PROVIDE APPROVED TYPE GATE LOCATED AT APT A1, 1st STORY, APARTMENT AT EAST

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

CLASS A · NON-HAZARDOUSApt 1AIssued 2020-02-275+ YRS OLD

§ 300 M/D LAW FILE PLANS AND APPLICATION AND LEGALIZE THE FOLLOWING ALTERATION OR RESTORE TO THE LEGAL CONDITION EXISTING PRIOR TO THE MAKING OF SAID ALTERATION CELOTEX TILES DROP CEILING IN THE 1st ROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT APT 1A, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Electric1

Paint/Plaster1

Unsanitary Condition1

Water Leak1

Unsanitary ConditionPests2024-04-08 · closed

ElectricPower Outage2022-11-11 · closed

Water LeakSlow Leak2020-08-04 · closed

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

Much higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

1487

Noise reports · last 12 mo

124

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential954

Street/Sidewalk380

Commercial57

Unspecified52

Vehicle44

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

About averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

236

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony70

Misdemeanor111

Violation55

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

ACTIVE · LBLVIO-LOW PRESSURE BOILER BOILER REQUIRED2023-06-20

VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2019 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION

DOB building violations

Evictions

No executed evictions on record for this building.

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 2015-12-17

Tenant action

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

617 FB ASSOCIATES LLC

Head officer

JEFFREY GRONER

Managing agent

JEANS MANAGEMENT, LLC

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

Landlord and related buildings

Unpaid city fines

Balance due (active)

Active violations

Lost by default

DOB violations adjudicated by OATH carry money penalties. "Lost by default" means the owner never appeared at the hearing. An unpaid balance is a stronger "ignoring the city" signal than a raw violation count.

Unpaid city fines

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2012-05-24 · $1,060,000

Most recent mortgage2019-07-10 · $4,509,887.42

Mortgage2019-07-10$4,509,887.42

borrower 617 FB ASSOCIATES, LLC, PUTNAM-EVERGREEN, LLC · lender CAPITAL ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

Mortgage2014-10-08$557,077.59

borrower 617 FB ASSOCIATES, LLC, PUTNAM EVERGREEN, LLC · lender SIGNATURE BANK

Mortgage2012-05-24$1,274,983.52

borrower 617 FB ASSOCIATES, LLC, 414-146 THOMPKINS, LLC, PUTNAM-EVERGREEN, LLC · lender SIGNATURE BANK

Sale2012-05-24$1,060,000

617 FLATBUSH REALTY, LLC → 617 FB ASSOCIATES, LLC

Sale2005-04-20$750,000

REID, MURIEL → 617 FLATBUSH 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