# 5001 8 Avenue, Brooklyn, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/3056440010/5001-8-avenue-brooklyn).
BBL 3056440010 · BIN 3137816 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: severe

- 10 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 5 apartments
- 4 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 1 active DOB violation(s)
- $16,250 in unpaid OATH/ECB fines

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 1931, 3 floors, 5 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

35 open (class C immediately hazardous: 10, class B hazardous: 19, class A non-hazardous: 6); 39 on record.
4 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

1 active (0 issued in the last 3 years); 2 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

7 active of 10 on record; 0 decided by default; $16,250 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

0 in the last 12 months; 0 on record.

## Bedbugs

1 annual bedbug filing by the owner; latest reports 0 infested units.

## Evictions

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

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

1 cases on record, 0 open, 1 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: CHEA 5001 REALTY LLC
- Agent: SOPHIE CHEA
- HeadOfficer: SOPHIE CHEA
- SiteManager: SOPHIE CHEA

The same owner is linked to 4 other buildings (SOPHIE CHEA at 193 METROPOLITAN 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/3056440010/5001-8-avenue-brooklyn