236 East 23 Street

Brooklyn, NY

BBL 3-05166-0032BIN 3118924

Concern level4 of 4

Severe

0110 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 2 apartments
021 open rent-impairing violation(s)
033 active DOB violation(s)
041 eviction executed in the last 3 years

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 23 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — essentially all of the building's 23 apartments.

2018 — 23 units registered2023 — 23

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

1932

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building2 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 I · NON-HAZARDOUSIssued 1999-09-145+ YRS OLD

SECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR 3267G \

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 3CIssued 2020-02-125+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE ARRANGE AND MAKE SELF-CLOSING THE DOORS AT THE APARTMENT IN THE ENTRANCE LOCATED AT APT 3C, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 3CIssued 2016-11-285+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2043.1 HMC INSTALL THE MISSING OR REPAIR/REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE WINDOW GUARD(S) IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SPECIFICATIONS OF THE NEW YORK CITY HEALTH CODE SECTION 24 RCNY CHAPTER 12. WG TO INSTALL = 1; WG TO REPLACE = 0; WG TO REPAIR = 0; IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 3C, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

Status: Certification rejected by HPD

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2009-10-015+ YRS OLD

SECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE & 309 M/D LAW ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF CASCADING WATER LEAK CEILING AND NORTH WALL SOUTH ROOM 1 STY EAST APT 1E ER1

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water8

Water Leak4

Plumbing2

Unsanitary Condition2

Door/Window1

Paint/Plaster1

Unsanitary ConditionMold2025-12-18 · closed

Water LeakHeavy Flow2021-10-03 · closed

Paint/PlasterWall2021-10-03 · closed

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

581

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential302

Street/Sidewalk181

Unspecified55

Vehicle31

Commercial12

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

462

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony143

Misdemeanor240

Violation79

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 7 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

ACTIVE · LBLVIO-LOW PRESSURE BOILER BOILER REQUIRED2025-11-14

VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2024 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION

ACTIVE · LBLVIO-LOW PRESSURE BOILER BOILER REQUIRED2024-09-23

VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2023 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION

ACTIVE · LBLVIO-LOW PRESSURE BOILER BOILER REQUIRED2014-05-15

VIOLATION ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO FILE ANNUAL BOILER 2012 INSPECTION REPORT

DOB building violations

Evictions

Executed, all time

Last 3 years

2025-12-16Apt 3Bresidential

2017-09-13Apt 1Cresidential

Executed by a city marshal. An eviction can be lawful; a high or rising count is a displacement signal, not proof of wrongdoing.

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 2023-08-01

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2018-04-30

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2009-11-04

Heat / hot water

CLOSEDOpened 2005-12-16

Tenant action

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

236 E 23RD ASSOCIATES LLC

Head officer

MICHAEL ROTHSTEIN

Managing agent

ROTHSTEIN MANAGEMENT

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

221 EAST 16 STREETBROOKLYN 2223 CORTELYOU ROADBROOKLYN

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 sale2016-10-31 · $5,060,000

Most recent mortgage2021-09-28 · $44,214.27

Mortgage2021-09-28$44,214.27

borrower 236 E. 23RD ASSOCIATES, LLC · lender JPMORGAN CHASE BANK NA

Sale2016-10-31$5,060,000

BENSHIR EAST 23 LLC → 236 E. 23RD ASSOCIATES, LLC

Mortgage2016-10-31$924,320.38

borrower 236 E. 23RD ASSOCIATES, LLC · lender JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.

Mortgage2012-08-09$1,500,000

borrower BENSHIR EAST 23 LLC · lender THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF LONG ISLAND

Sale1998-12-07no recorded price

FREY, BENJAMIN → BEHSHIR EAST 23 LLC

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