61 East 17 Street

Brooklyn, NY

BBL 3-05078-0044BIN 3116503Plain-text version

Concern level2 of 4

Moderate

011 open class-C HPD violation (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 31 apartments
021 of those issued in the last 3 years
031 open rent-impairing violation(s)
042 active DOB 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 OATH/ECB 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 31 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — essentially all of the building's 31 apartments.

2018 — 31 units registered2023 — 31

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1931

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building6 others linked to the same owner

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

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 3BIssued 2024-07-02

HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF MICE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 3B, 3rd STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST , SECTION AT NORTH

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 4EIssued 2026-01-08

§ 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... GREATER THAN 10 SQFT, AT CEILING, EAST, WEST, NORTH AND SOUTH WALLS IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 4E, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH , SECTION ''SOUTH''

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSIssued 2025-10-30

§ 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... GREATER THAN 30 SQUARE FEET AT CEILING AT PUBLIC HALL, 1st STORY ORIGINAL VIOLATION 18059121 ISSUED 30-JUN-25 HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO CLASS B PER ADMINISTRATIVE CODE 27-2017.3a(3)(a) or (b).

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 3AIssued 2024-11-15RENT-IMPAIRING

§ 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE REMOVE THE ILLEGAL FASTENING KEY OPERATING LOCKED AT DOOR LEADING TO FIRE ESCAPE WINDOW IN THE 2nd ROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT APT 3A, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Paint/Plaster9

Unsanitary Condition9

Heat/Hot Water8

Door/Window6

Flooring/Stairs6

Water Leak5

General4

Plumbing3

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

Higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

914

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential490

Street/Sidewalk312

Vehicle57

Unspecified40

Commercial15

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

390

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony124

Misdemeanor192

Violation74

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

2022–20232 infested · 2 eradicated

2021–20222 infested · 2 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

Violations issued by the Department of Buildings that the owner must correct. Most don't carry a fine on their own; summonses that go to a hearing and can be fined are listed separately under OATH/ECB.

ACTIVE · EGRADE-FAILURE TO POST ENERGY GRADE/SCORE NONE2021-12-01

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

ACTIVE · LL6291-LOCAL LAW 62/91 - BOILERS BOILER REQUIRED1993-08-16

DOB building violations

OATH/ECB violations and fines

No OATH/ECB violations on record for this building.

OATH/ECB violations and fines

Evictions

No marshal-executed evictions on record for this building. Eviction cases filed in court but not carried out aren't included.

Evictions

Housing court: repair & harassment cases

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 2008-06-10

Tenant action

These are cases HPD is a party to, mostly tenants suing to force repairs or stop harassment. Eviction cases landlords file against tenants are not in the city's open data, so they don't appear here; the Evictions section shows only evictions a marshal carried out.

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

39 KGS LLC

Head officer

DORIS KONOVITCH

Managing agent

RAFI LIPSCHITZ

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

239 OCEAN AVENUEBROOKLYN 29 EAST 17 STREETBROOKLYN 35 EAST 17 STREETBROOKLYN 354 PARKSIDE AVENUEBROOKLYN 49 EAST 17 STREETBROOKLYN

Landlord and related buildings

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale1995-11-17 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2026-01-29 · $296,141.82

Mortgage2026-01-29$296,141.82

borrower 39 KGS LLC · lender JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.

Mortgage2013-12-17$1,048,407.41

borrower 39 KGS LLC · lender CAPITAL ONE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

Mortgage2004-08-18$898,675.96

borrower 39 KGS LLC · lender NORTH FORK BANK

Mortgage2001-10-25$549,700.99

borrower 39 KGS LLC · lender NORTH FORK BANK

Mortgage1996-09-24$76,931.49

borrower 39 KGS LLC · lender HOME FEDERAL SAVINGSBANK

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