# 2501 Newkirk Avenue, Brooklyn, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/3052120024/2501-newkirk-avenue-brooklyn).
BBL 3052120024 · BIN 3120374 · Generated 2026-10-23

## Concern level: severe

- 92 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 54 apartments
- 81 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 45 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 6 active DOB violation(s)
- 5 evictions executed in the last 3 years
- 1 OATH/ECB fine lost by default (unpaid)

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 2025-06-03.

## Rent stabilization

Likely rent-stabilized. The owner registered 37 stabilized units for 2023, of about 54 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 55, 2019: 38, 2020: 37, 2023: 37.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1920, 4 floors, 54 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

518 open (class C immediately hazardous: 92, class B hazardous: 356, class A non-hazardous: 70); 4,177 on record.
81 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
45 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

6 active (1 issued in the last 3 years); 29 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

1 active of 53 on record; 1 decided by default; $6,250 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

140 in the last 12 months; 705 on record.
Most common: UNSANITARY CONDITION (142), HEAT/HOT WATER (114), PAINT/PLASTER (107), WATER LEAK (85), PLUMBING (83).

## Bedbugs

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

## Evictions

5 executed in the last 3 years; 7 on record.

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

46 cases on record, 0 open, 27 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## Landlord

- Agent: CLOVIS LUDFORD
- CorporateOwner: FC 2501 LLC
- HeadOfficer: JACOB KATZENSTEIN

## 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/3052120024/2501-newkirk-avenue-brooklyn