177 Lenox Road

Brooklyn, NY

BBL 3-05065-0080BIN 3116248

Concern level4 of 4

Severe

0114 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 16 apartments
028 of those issued in the last 3 years
034 open rent-impairing 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 16 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — essentially all of the building's 16 apartments.

2018 — 16 units registered2023 — 16

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

1920

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building1 others linked to the same owner

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

164

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 A1Issued 2026-04-27

§ 27-2056.6 ADM CODE - CORRECT THE LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD-PAINT THAT IS PEELING OR ON A DETERIORATED SUBSURFACE AND EITHER TESTED INCONCLUSIVE FOR LEAD CONTENT AT 0.5MG/CM2 OR TESTED POSITIVE FOR LEAD CONTENT ON A METAL OR CERAMIC SUBSTRATE AS SET FORTH IN (28 RCNY §11-07(b)) USING WORK PRACTICES SET FORTH IN 28 RCNY §11-06(b)(2). WEST WALL IN THE 3rd ROOM FROM NORTH AT EAST LOCATED AT APT A1, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST

Status: Certification Postponment Granted

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt A1Issued 2026-04-27

§ 27-2056.6 ADM CODE - CORRECT THE LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD - PAINT THAT TESTED POSITIVE FOR LEAD CONTENT AND THAT IS PEELING OR ON A DETERIORATED SUBSURFACE - USING WORK PRACTICES SET FORTH IN 28 RCNY §11-06(B)(2) SOUTH WALL IN THE 1st PRIVATE HALLWAY LOCATED AT APT A1, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST

Status: Certification Postponment Granted

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt A1Issued 2026-04-27

§ 27-2056.6 ADM CODE - CORRECT THE LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD - PAINT THAT TESTED POSITIVE FOR LEAD CONTENT AND THAT IS PEELING OR ON A DETERIORATED SUBSURFACE - USING WORK PRACTICES SET FORTH IN 28 RCNY §11-06(B)(2) NORTH WALL, WEST WALL IN THE 3rd ROOM FROM NORTH AT WEST LOCATED AT APT A1, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST

Status: Certification Postponment Granted

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt A1Issued 2026-04-27

§ 27-2056.6 ADM CODE - CORRECT THE LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD - PAINT THAT TESTED POSITIVE FOR LEAD CONTENT AND THAT IS PEELING OR ON A DETERIORATED SUBSURFACE - USING WORK PRACTICES SET FORTH IN 28 RCNY §11-06(B)(2) NORTH WALL, SOUTH WALL, EAST WALL, WEST WALL IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT A1, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST

Status: Certification Postponment Granted

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

226

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water124

Door/Window28

Unsanitary Condition19

Electric11

Water Leak10

Plumbing10

Flooring/Stairs7

General7

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

2308

Noise reports · last 12 mo

192

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential1403

Street/Sidewalk318

Commercial264

Unspecified174

Vehicle148

Park1

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

Much higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

482

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony141

Misdemeanor208

Violation133

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 6 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

No active DOB violations.

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 2021-02-11

Heat / hot water

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

M & M LENOX REALTY, LLC

Head officer

ABRAHAM ARANDA

Managing agent

ABRAHAM ARANDA

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

21 ST PAULS COURTBROOKLYN

Landlord and related buildings

Unpaid city fines

No DOB/ECB violations on record for this building.

Unpaid city fines

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2020-01-15 · $2,500,000

Most recent mortgage2021-10-29 · $2,000,000

Mortgage2021-10-29$2,000,000

borrower M&M LENOX REALTY LLC · lender SIGNATURE BANK

Sale2020-01-15$2,500,000

GAY & GAY INC. → M&M LENOX REALTY LLC

Sale1983-02-22no recorded price

GAY & GAY INC → GAY & GAY INC

Sale1979-05-16no recorded price

GAY MCKINNEY ENTERPRISES INC → 177 LENOX ROAD INC

Sale1973-03-14no recorded price

GUSSIE GRUBER INC → MICHAELS RUTH

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