# 1715 Caton Avenue, Brooklyn, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/3050600058/1715-caton-avenue-brooklyn).
BBL 3050600058 · BIN 3116120 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: high

- 8 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 3 apartments
- 4 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 2 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 11 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 24 stabilized units for 2023, of about 24 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 24, 2019: 24, 2020: 24, 2021: 24, 2022: 24, 2023: 24.
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, 6 floors, 24 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

16 open (class C immediately hazardous: 8, class B hazardous: 2, class A non-hazardous: 6); 188 on record.
4 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
2 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

11 active (1 issued in the last 3 years); 31 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

4 active of 11 on record; 0 decided by default; $3,200 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

8 in the last 12 months; 43 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (23), WATER LEAK (5), PAINT/PLASTER (3), GENERAL (3), DOOR/WINDOW (3).

## Bedbugs

5 annual bedbug filings by the owner; latest reports 0 infested units.

## Evictions

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

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

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

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: 1705 & 1715 CATON ASSOCIATES
- Agent: VICTOR KAHAN
- HeadOfficer: SARAH KAHAN
- Officer: AGNES FARKAS
- SiteManager: VICTOR KAHAN

The same owner is linked to 1 other building (SARAH KAHAN at 5414 NEW UTRECHT AVENUE).

## 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/3050600058/1715-caton-avenue-brooklyn