615 Westminster Road

Brooklyn, NY

BBL 3-05233-0044BIN 3121097

Concern level3 of 4

High

0115 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 3 apartments
029 of those issued in the last 3 years
031 open rent-impairing violation(s)
041 active DOB violation(s)

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 49 stabilized units with New York State for 2018 — essentially all of the building's 48 apartments.

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

1931

Built

Floors

Residential units

Elevator apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building20 others linked to the same owner

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

139

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 C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 3FIssued 2025-11-18

§ 27-2056.6 ADM CODE - CORRECT THE LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD-PAINT THAT IS XRF TESTED INCONCLUSIVE FOR LEAD CONTENT AT 0.5MG/CM2 AND IS PRESUMED LEAD PAINT AS SET FORTH IN (28 RCNY §11-07(b)) AND THAT IS PEELING OR ON A DETERIORATED SUBSURFACE-USING WORK PRACTICES SET FORTH IN 28 RCNY §11-06(b)(2) 1st CLOSET FROM WEST AT NORTH WALL DOOR FRAME IN THE 1st ROOM FROM EAST AT SOUTH LOCATED AT APT 3F, 3rd STORY, 4th APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST

Status: Certification Postponment Granted

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 3FIssued 2025-11-18

§ 27-2056.6 ADM CODE - CORRECT THE LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD - PAINT THAT TESTED POSITIVE FOR LEAD CONTENT AND THAT IS PEELING OR ON A DETERIORATED SUBSURFACE - USING WORK PRACTICES SET FORTH IN 28 RCNY §11-06(B)(2) 1st DOOR FRAME FROM NORTH AT EAST WALL, 1st RISER FROM NORTH AT EAST WALL, 1st WALL CABINET FROM WEST AT NORTH WALL, 1st WALL CABINET FROM NORTH AT EAST WALL, 1st WALL CABINET FROM SOUTH AT WEST WALL, 1st WINDOW FRAME FROM EAST AT SOUTH WALL IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 3F, 3rd STORY, 4th APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST

Status: Certification Postponment Granted

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 3FIssued 2025-11-18

§ 27-2056.6 ADM CODE - CORRECT THE LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD - PAINT THAT TESTED POSITIVE FOR LEAD CONTENT AND THAT IS PEELING OR ON A DETERIORATED SUBSURFACE - USING WORK PRACTICES SET FORTH IN 28 RCNY §11-06(B)(2) 1st DOOR FRAME FROM SOUTH AT WEST WALL, 1st WINDOW FRAME FROM NORTH AT EAST WALL IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 3F, 3rd STORY, 4th APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST

Status: Certification Postponment Granted

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 3FIssued 2025-11-18

§ 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE CRACKED GLASS AT WINDOW UPPER SASH , EAST WALL, IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 3F, 3rd STORY, 4th APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water9

Unsanitary Condition6

Water Leak3

Door/Window2

Flooring/Stairs1

Paint/Plaster1

Electric1

General1

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

414

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential255

Street/Sidewalk61

Vehicle51

Commercial27

Unspecified20

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

About averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

229

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony59

Misdemeanor123

Violation47

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

Infested, latest filing

Annual filings

2023–20240 infested · 0 eradicated

2022–20231 infested · 1 eradicated

2021–20221 infested · 1 eradicated

Self-reported by the owner for the year ending each filing. Counts are building-wide and do not say which apartment was affected.

Bedbug history

DOB building violations

Active

On record

Active, last 3 yrs

ACTIVE · E-ELEVATOR ELEVATORREQUIRED2012-11-19

DOB building violations

Evictions

Executed, all time

Last 3 years

2017-07-31Apt 5-Eresidential

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

No HPD housing-court cases on record for this building.

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

WESTMINSTER HOLDING LLc

Head officer

YAKOV GELB

Managing agent

YAKOV GELB

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

1010 DORCHESTER ROADBROOKLYN 1217 47 STREETBROOKLYN 1314 46 STREETBROOKLYN 1660 EAST 13 STREETBROOKLYN 2005 AVENUE LBROOKLYN

Landlord and related buildings

Unpaid city fines

Balance due (active)

Active violations

Lost by default

DOB violations adjudicated by OATH carry money penalties. "Lost by default" means the owner never appeared at the hearing. An unpaid balance is a stronger "ignoring the city" signal than a raw violation count.

Unpaid city fines

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2016-04-06 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2016-04-06 · $1,893,378.69

Sale2016-04-06no recorded price

WESTMINSTER HOLDINGS, L.L.C. → WESTMINSTER HOLDINGS, L.L.C.

Mortgage2016-04-06$1,893,378.69

borrower WESTMINSTER HOLDINGS, L.L.C. · lender NEW YORK COMMERICAL BANK

Mortgage2012-06-14$580,483.44

borrower WESTMINSTER HOLDINGS, L.L.C. · lender NEW YORK COMMERCIAL BANK

Mortgage2007-05-30$1,218,118.28

borrower WESTMINSTER HOLDINGS, L.L.C. · lender WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK

Mortgage2003-10-21$829,849.56

borrower WESTMINSTER HOLDINGS, LLC. · lender WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK, FA

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