# 354 East 21 Street, Brooklyn, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/3051240051/354-east-21-street-brooklyn).
BBL 3051240051 · BIN 3117628 · Generated 2026-10-23

## Concern level: severe

- 20 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 34 apartments
- 18 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 2 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 1 active DOB violation(s)
- 2 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.

## HPD Alternative Enforcement Program

Previously on AEP, discharged 2020-09-21.

## Rent stabilization

Likely rent-stabilized. The owner registered 34 stabilized units for 2023, of about 34 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 34, 2019: 34, 2020: 34, 2021: 34, 2022: 34, 2023: 34.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1925, 4 floors, 34 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

71 open (class C immediately hazardous: 20, class B hazardous: 46, class A non-hazardous: 5); 799 on record.
18 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
2 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

1 active (0 issued in the last 3 years); 9 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

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

## 311 housing complaints

22 in the last 12 months; 164 on record.
Most common: PAINT/PLASTER (34), UNSANITARY CONDITION (34), WATER LEAK (21), PLUMBING (19), DOOR/WINDOW (17).

## Bedbugs

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

## Evictions

2 executed in the last 3 years; 4 on record.

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

14 cases on record, 0 open, 6 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: 354 EAST 21 STREET REALTY CORP
- Agent: 354 EAST 21 STREET REALTY CORP
- HeadOfficer: MEILECH SIMKOWITZ
- Officer: ELEANOR PATRICK
- SiteManager: PETER ARMSTRONG

## 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/3051240051/354-east-21-street-brooklyn