# 183 Gelston Avenue, Brooklyn, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/3061100010/183-gelston-avenue-brooklyn).
BBL 3061100010 · BIN 3155359 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: severe

- 29 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 31 apartments
- 13 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 1 eviction executed in the last 3 years

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 29 stabilized units for 2023, of about 31 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 30, 2019: 30, 2020: 29, 2021: 29, 2022: 29, 2023: 29.
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, 31 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

36 open (class C immediately hazardous: 29, class B hazardous: 7, class A non-hazardous: 0); 388 on record.
13 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.

## DOB building violations

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

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

0 active of 2 on record; 0 decided by default; $0 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

5 in the last 12 months; 103 on record.
Most common: UNSANITARY CONDITION (25), PLUMBING (18), PAINT/PLASTER (15), DOOR/WINDOW (11), FLOORING/STAIRS (10).

## Bedbugs

8 annual bedbug filings by the owner; latest reports 0 infested units. A filing has reported re-infestation.

## Evictions

1 executed in the last 3 years; 2 on record.

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

7 cases on record, 0 open, 7 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## Landlord

- HeadOfficer: BARBARA ROTH
- Agent: Tony Safonte
- CorporateOwner: 183 Gelston Ave LLC
- SiteManager: Tony Safonte

The same owner is linked to 2 other buildings (BARBARA ROTH at 1904 86th Street).

## 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/3061100010/183-gelston-avenue-brooklyn