# 1157 43 Street, Brooklyn, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/3055970061/1157-43-street-brooklyn).
BBL 3055970061 · BIN 3135868 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: severe

- 5 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 4 apartments
- 5 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 5 open rent-impairing 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

Not on the rent-stabilized lists (DOF tax-bill records, DHCR building list). Absence is not proof a unit is unregulated.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1926, 4 floors, 20 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

19 open (class C immediately hazardous: 5, class B hazardous: 10, class A non-hazardous: 4); 52 on record.
5 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
5 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

0 active (0 issued in the last 3 years); 4 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

0 active of 1 on record; 0 decided by default; $0 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

6 in the last 12 months; 15 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (12), PAINT/PLASTER (1), PLUMBING (1), UNSANITARY CONDITION (1).

## Bedbugs

4 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 2020 (60-day notice), water/sewer debt only.

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: 1157-1163 Owners Corp
- Agent: Metropolitan Property Services
- HeadOfficer: BENJAMIN SCHWARTZ
- SiteManager: XAVIER ELLINGTON

The same owner is linked to 1 other building (BENJAMIN SCHWARTZ at 141-50 85th road).

## 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/3055970061/1157-43-street-brooklyn