# 628 East 17 Street, Brooklyn, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/3052370028/628-east-17-street-brooklyn).
BBL 3052370028 · BIN 3121214 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: moderate

- 2 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 24 apartments
- 1 active DOB violation(s)

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 46 stabilized units for 2023, of about 47 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 46, 2019: 46, 2020: 46, 2021: 46, 2022: 46, 2023: 46.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1931, 4 floors, 47 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

2 open (class C immediately hazardous: 2, class B hazardous: 0, class A non-hazardous: 0); 128 on record.

## DOB building violations

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

## 311 housing complaints

0 in the last 12 months; 42 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (12), UNSANITARY CONDITION (12), PAINT/PLASTER (4), WATER LEAK (3), PLUMBING (3).

## Bedbugs

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

## Evictions

0 executed in the last 3 years; 1 on record.

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

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

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: CRESCENT ARMS ASSOCIATES
- Agent: TURE COMPANY INC
- HeadOfficer: JOHN TOUHEY
- Officer: JOHN TOUHEY
- Shareholder: JOHN TOUHEY
- SiteManager: PAUL TOELL

The same owner is linked to 6 other buildings (JOHN TOUHEY at 7 FRONT ST).

## 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/3052370028/628-east-17-street-brooklyn