# 2553 Church Avenue, Brooklyn, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/3050900060/2553-church-avenue-brooklyn).
BBL 3050900060 · BIN 3116922 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: severe

- 17 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 6 apartments
- 1 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 1 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 28 active DOB violation(s)
- 1 eviction executed in the last 3 years

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

Not on the rent-stabilized lists (DOF tax-bill records, DHCR building list). Absence is not proof a unit is unregulated.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1960, 3 floors, 6 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

24 open (class C immediately hazardous: 17, class B hazardous: 7, class A non-hazardous: 0); 342 on record.
1 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
1 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

28 active (2 issued in the last 3 years); 30 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

0 active of 8 on record; 0 decided by default; $0 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

14 in the last 12 months; 65 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (35), UNSANITARY CONDITION (12), PAINT/PLASTER (5), WATER LEAK (4), ELECTRIC (3).

## Bedbugs

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

## Evictions

1 executed in the last 3 years; 1 on record.

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

16 cases on record, 0 open, 8 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## City debt and tax-lien sale

On a tax-lien sale list in 2020 (90-day notice).

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: 2553 CHURCH AVE LLC
- Agent: WATERSTONE GROUP LLC
- HeadOfficer: MAIER JANKOVITZ
- SiteManager: BERISH RUBIN

The same owner is linked to 2 other buildings (MAIER JANKOVITZ at 4722 18TH AVE).

## 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/3050900060/2553-church-avenue-brooklyn