# 917 42 Street, Brooklyn, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/3055900073/917-42-street-brooklyn).
BBL 3055900073 · BIN 3135572 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: severe

- 5 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 6 apartments
- 2 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 3 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 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: on the DHCR 2024 registered building list.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1930, 3 floors, 6 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

57 open (class C immediately hazardous: 5, class B hazardous: 34, class A non-hazardous: 18); 99 on record.
2 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
3 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

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

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

0 active of 3 on record; 0 decided by default; $0 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

0 in the last 12 months; 10 on record.
Most common: SAFETY (6), UNSANITARY CONDITION (2), FLOORING/STAIRS (1), PAINT/PLASTER (1).

## Bedbugs

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

## Evictions

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

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

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

## City debt and tax-lien sale

On a tax-lien sale list in 2025 (60-day notice), water/sewer debt only.

## Landlord

- HeadOfficer: Abe Friedman
- CorporateOwner: 917 42 ST LLC
- SiteManager: Abe Friedman
- Agent: Abe Friedman

The same owner is linked to 13 other buildings (Abe Friedman at 4205 8th ave).

## 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/3055900073/917-42-street-brooklyn