85 Crooke Avenue

Brooklyn, NY

BBL 3-05059-0056BIN 3327278

Concern level2 of 4

Moderate

013 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 11 apartments
023 of those issued in the last 3 years

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 27 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 32 apartments.

2018 — 27 units registered2023 — 27

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1915

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building45 others linked to the same owner

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

223

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 19Issued 2026-08-11

HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF ROACHES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 19, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST

Status: Defect letter issued

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 19Issued 2026-08-11

HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF MICE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 19, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST

Status: HPD couldn't get in to re-inspect

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2026-08-11

§ 27-2005, 27-2007, 27-2041.1 HMC, §238, § 309; § 107 (2) ( C) MDL AND 28 RCNY §25-171: REPLACE OR REPAIR THE SELF-CLOSING DOORS THAT IS MISSING OR DEFECTIVE LATCH AT FIRE DOOR LEADING TO EAST COURT , 1st STORY

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 11Issued 2026-08-05

§ 27-2045 ADM CODE REPAIR OR REPLACE THE SMOKE DETECTOR MISSING IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 11, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

Status: Civ14 Mailed

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water14

Unsanitary Condition12

Electric5

Plumbing2

General2

Water Leak1

Paint/Plaster1

Door/Window1

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

2566

Noise reports · last 12 mo

214

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential2141

Street/Sidewalk297

Unspecified70

Commercial29

Vehicle28

Helicopter1

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

415

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony128

Misdemeanor203

Violation84

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

2024–20251 infested · 1 eradicated

2023–20240 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

No active DOB violations.

DOB building violations

Evictions

Executed, all time

Last 3 years

2022-08-25Apt 14residential

2018-05-07Apt 3residential

2017-12-06Apt 3residential

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 2011-07-26

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2007-02-01

Tenant action

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

81-87 CROOKE AVE LLC

Head officer

JACOB HAGER

Managing agent

HAGER MANAGEMENT INC

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

100 BROADWAYBROOKLYN 1129 43 STREETBROOKLYN 1135 43 STREETBROOKLYN 1255 PARK PLACEBROOKLYN 126 GRAHAM AVENUEBROOKLYN

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 sale2006-06-21 · $3,008,616

Most recent mortgage2023-09-20 · $116,408.26

Mortgage2023-09-20$116,408.26

borrower 81-87 CROOKE AVENUE LLC · lender GREYSTONE SERVICING COMPANY LLC

Mortgage2017-12-04$1,932,672.48

borrower 81-87 CROOKE AVENUE LLC · lender NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK

Mortgage2013-10-09$1,048,775.49

borrower 81-87 CROOKE AVENUE LLC · lender NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK

Mortgage2011-06-06$125,157.93

borrower 81/87 CROOKE AVENUE LLC · lender NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK

Sale2006-06-21$3,008,616

81 REALTY LLC → 81-87 CROOKE AVENUE 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