# 2525 Church Avenue, Brooklyn, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/3050900073/2525-church-avenue-brooklyn).
BBL 3050900073 · BIN 3116931 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: high

- 4 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 15 apartments
- 2 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 2 active DOB violation(s)
- 5 evictions 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

Likely rent-stabilized. The owner registered 59 stabilized units for 2023, of about 60 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 59, 2019: 59, 2020: 59, 2021: 59, 2022: 59, 2023: 59.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1928, 6 floors, 60 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

18 open (class C immediately hazardous: 4, class B hazardous: 13, class A non-hazardous: 1); 531 on record.
2 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.

## DOB building violations

2 active (0 issued in the last 3 years); 28 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

1 active of 17 on record; 0 decided by default; $1,250 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

32 in the last 12 months; 181 on record.
Most common: PAINT/PLASTER (40), DOOR/WINDOW (26), PLUMBING (25), HEAT/HOT WATER (18), WATER LEAK (17).

## Bedbugs

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

## Evictions

5 executed in the last 3 years; 10 on record.

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

12 cases on record, 0 open, 11 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: 2525 CHURCH ASSOCIATES LLC
- Agent: DSJ MANAGEMENT CORP
- HeadOfficer: MEHMET KALKAN
- Officer: SOL KHOUDARI
- Shareholder: CHARLES HERCMAN
- Shareholder: ABRAHAM HERCMAN
- SiteManager: CARLTON GREY

The same owner is linked to 37 other buildings (MEHMET KALKAN at 247 SEELEY STREET).

## 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/3050900073/2525-church-avenue-brooklyn