2034 78 Street

Brooklyn, NY

BBL 3-06263-0020BIN 3162304

Concern level4 of 4

Severe

01On HPD's Alternative Enforcement Program — the city's most-distressed-buildings list
0235 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 19 apartments
032 of those issued in the last 3 years
041 open rent-impairing violation(s)
0510 active DOB violation(s)

How this is set: open hazardous violations measured against the building's size, then raised by strong distress signals — HPD's enforcement program, court harassment findings, recent evictions, unpaid DOB fines, open housing-court cases, and a sold tax lien. Neighborhood noise and crime are not part of it. It describes the public record, not the condition of any one apartment, and a quiet record is not proof of a good building.

HPD enforcement

On the Alternative Enforcement Program

HPD placed this building in its Alternative Enforcement Program (AEP Round 12), active since 2019-01-31. AEP is the city's response to its most distressed buildings — it had 414 open B/C violations at selection.

Rent regulation

Likely rent-stabilized

The owner registered 21 stabilized units with New York State for 2021 — essentially all of the building's 19 apartments.

2018 — 21 units registered2021 — 21

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1924

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building

HPD housing-maintenance violations

113

Open now

452

On record

Open Class C

Open Class B

Open Class A

Class C is immediately hazardous, Class B is hazardous, Class A is non-hazardous. A violation stays open until HPD certifies the repair, so some open items may already be fixed.

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water22

Unsanitary Condition7

Door/Window2

General1

Paint/Plaster1

Heat/Hot WaterEntire Building2025-11-12 · closed

Heat/Hot WaterEntire Building2025-11-07 · closed

Heat/Hot WaterEntire Building2025-10-30 · closed

Complaints record what a tenant reported, not a finding by the city. "Closed" often means the inspector could not gain access.

311 complaints from tenants

Neighborhood noise

Lower than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

221

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential173

Street/Sidewalk25

Vehicle13

Unspecified8

Commercial1

House of Worship1

311 noise complaints within about 1,000 ft (a few blocks) in the last year. Most reports here are about noise from inside buildings — neighbors, not the street. This counts how often people call 311, which tracks how densely populated and busy an area is as much as how loud it is — it is not a sound measurement.

Neighborhood noise

Neighborhood crime

Lower than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony30

Misdemeanor42

Violation18

NYPD complaints reported within about 1,000 ft (a few blocks) in the last year, by severity. This reflects what gets reported and where police are active as much as actual safety, and busier, denser, higher-foot-traffic blocks log more. Locations are approximate — the NYPD shifts each report to the nearest corner for privacy — so read this as rough context, not a safety score.

Neighborhood crime

Bedbug history

No bedbugs reported

The owner filed 1 annual bedbug report and reported no infested units. Filing with zero infestations is the compliant, reassuring case.

Bedbug history

DOB building violations

Active

On record

Active, last 3 yrs

DOB building violations

Evictions

No executed evictions on record for this building.

Evictions

Housing court

Cases on record

Open now

Tenant-brought

Harassment found

With a judgment

Most cases are tenants taking the owner to court to force repairs. A case is not proof of wrongdoing; a harassment finding or judgment is a court ruling against the owner.

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

D & C Kritikos Inc

Head officer

Chrysanthe Kritikos

Managing agent

Effie Kritikos

No other buildings found sharing this building's registered contact.

Landlord and related buildings

Unpaid city fines

Balance due (active)

Active violations

Lost by default

DOB violations adjudicated by OATH carry money penalties. "Lost by default" means the owner never appeared at the hearing. An unpaid balance is a stronger "ignoring the city" signal than a raw violation count.

Cranes and DerricksClass 22016-11-02$400 penalty

ConstructionClass 22016-11-02$800 penalty

ConstructionClass 12016-11-02$1,600 penalty

ConstructionClass 12016-09-23$1,000 penalty

Unpaid city fines

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale1993-11-17 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage1988-06-14 · $60,000

Sale1993-11-17no recorded price

GENOVESI, ANTHONY JR/REF, KAMAL, SIDKI M/DEF ET AL → D & C KRITIKOS CORP

Mortgage1988-06-14$60,000

borrower KAMAL, SIDKI MOHAMED · lender BEINERT, STEPHEN

Mortgage1988-06-07$300,000

borrower KAMAL, SIDKI MOHAMED · lender CROSSLAND SAVINGS FSB

Sale1988-05-24no recorded price

BEINERT, STEPHEN, BEINERT, JOHN → KAMAL, SIDKI MOHAMED

Mortgage1986-01-21$200,000

borrower BEINERT, STEPHEN, BEINERT, JOHN · lender DIME SAVS BANK/WILLIAMSB

From ACRIS recorded documents. Amounts are often $0 or nominal for transfers between related parties, and LLCs can obscure who is really involved — treat this as public-record context, not a valuation.

Ownership & money

City debt & tax-lien sale

Not on the city's tax-lien sale list (2019–2025). The owner has not fallen far enough behind on property tax or water charges to be flagged for a lien sale.

City debt & tax-lien sale