280 Parkside Avenue

Brooklyn, NY

BBL 3-05055-0024BIN 3115954

Concern level3 of 4

High

0112 active DOB violation(s)
0218 open HPD 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 36 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — essentially all of the building's 36 apartments.

2018 — 36 units registered2023 — 36

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

Registration counts apply to the building, not to unit numbers. To confirm your own apartment, request your rent history from New York State Homes and Community Renewal — it is free and takes a few weeks.

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Rent regulation

The building

1924

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building7 others linked to the same owner

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

319

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 B · HAZARDOUSApt D3WIssued 2025-02-10

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR AT 1st CLOSET FROM WEST AT NORTH WALL CEILING IN THE PRIVATE HALLWAY LOCATED AT APT D3W, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSIssued 2023-06-21

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE FIRE RETARDANT MATERIAL AT THE CEILING AT PUBLIC HALL, 4th STORY, 1st SECTION FROM NORTH AT EAST

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSIssued 2023-06-21

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE EAST WALL AT BULK HEAD , 4th STORY

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt B3EIssued 2023-06-21

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE WOOD DOOR FRAME IN THE 1st ROOM FROM EAST LOCATED AT APT B3E, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH , SECTION AT EAST

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water13

Unsanitary Condition13

Plumbing9

Appliance7

Paint/Plaster7

Electric5

Door/Window3

Flooring/Stairs2

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

1708

Noise reports · last 12 mo

142

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential960

Street/Sidewalk406

Commercial196

Unspecified107

Vehicle36

Park3

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

418

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony136

Misdemeanor196

Violation86

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

No bedbugs reported

The owner filed 5 annual bedbug reports and reported no infested units. Filing with zero infestations is the compliant, reassuring case.

Bedbug history

DOB building violations

Active

On record

Active, last 3 yrs

ACTIVE · LBLVIO-LOW PRESSURE BOILER BOILER REQUIRED2023-06-30

VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2021 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION

ACTIVE · EGRADE-FAILURE TO POST ENERGY GRADE/SCORE NONE2021-04-29

FAILURE TO DISPLAY ENERGY EFFICIENCY SCORE AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY GRADE AS PER ADCODE SEC. 28-309.12.3

ACTIVE · BENCH-FAILURE TO BENCHMARK NONE2019-11-02

FAILURE TO FILE BENCHMARKING REPORT OF ENERGY USE AS PER AD. CODE SEC. 28-309.4

DOB building violations

Evictions

Executed, all time

Last 3 years

2019-06-20Apt A-3Wresidential

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 2026-06-16

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2017-10-25

False Certification Non-Lead

CLOSEDOpened 2011-09-12

False Certification Non-Lead

CLOSEDOpened 2011-04-06

Heat / hot water

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

PARKBUSH REALTIES LLC

Head officer

AGNES FARKAS

Managing agent

VICTOR KAHAN

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

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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 sale1995-05-11 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2020-04-29 · $1,779,022.1

Mortgage2020-04-29$1,779,022.1

borrower PARKBUSH REALTIES LLC · lender JP MORGAN CHASE BANK NA

Mortgage2013-04-29$464,217.38

borrower PARKBUSH REALTIES LLC · lender THE DIME SAVINGS BANK OF WILLIAMSBURGH

Mortgage2010-06-16$194,429.76

borrower PARKBUSH REALTIES LLC · lender SOVEREIGN BANK

Mortgage1999-11-17$161,709

borrower PARKBUSH REALTIES LLC · lender INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK

Sale1995-05-11no recorded price

PARKBUSH REALTIES → PARKBUSH REALTIES 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