# 1729 Caton Avenue, Brooklyn, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/3050600054/1729-caton-avenue-brooklyn).
BBL 3050600054 · BIN 3116119 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: severe

- Housing court found tenant harassment in 1 case
- 17 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 2 apartments
- 16 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 8 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 3 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.

## Rent stabilization

Likely rent-stabilized. The owner registered 33 stabilized units for 2023, of about 35 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 34, 2019: 34, 2020: 34, 2021: 33, 2022: 33, 2023: 33.
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, 4 floors, 35 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

33 open (class C immediately hazardous: 17, class B hazardous: 15, class A non-hazardous: 1); 101 on record.
16 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
8 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

3 active (0 issued in the last 3 years); 4 on record.

## 311 housing complaints

30 in the last 12 months; 69 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (38), PLUMBING (8), APPLIANCE (7), GENERAL (5), WATER LEAK (3).

## Bedbugs

8 annual bedbug filings by the owner; latest reports 0 infested units. A filing has reported re-infestation.

## Evictions

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

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

15 cases on record, 0 open, 15 tenant-initiated, 1 with a court finding of harassment.

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: THE ESTATE OF MARCELINO LAKE
- Officer: MARCELINO LAKE
- Agent: CATON AVENUE PROPERTIES INC
- HeadOfficer: MARCELINO LAKE
- SiteManager: SHIRLEY BELLAMY

## 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/3050600054/1729-caton-avenue-brooklyn