8002 21 Avenue

Brooklyn, NY

BBL 3-06287-0036BIN 3163419

Concern level3 of 4

High

0116 active DOB violation(s)
0213 open HPD 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.

Rent regulation

Likely rent-stabilized

The owner registered 59 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — essentially all of the building's 59 apartments.

2018 — 59 units registered2023 — 59

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

Registration counts apply to the building, not to unit numbers. To confirm your own apartment, request your rent history from New York State Homes and Community Renewal — it is free and takes a few weeks.

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Rent regulation

The building

1927

Built

Floors

Residential units

Elevator apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

217

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.

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 3AIssued 2018-11-135+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2005, 27-2007, 27-2041.1 HMC: REPLACE OR REPAIR THE SELF-CLOSING DOORS THAT IS MISSING OR DEFECTIVE .. IN THE ENTRANCE LOCATED AT APT 3A, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH , SECTION AT EAST

Status: HPD couldn't get in to re-inspect

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 3AIssued 2018-11-135+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE VINYL TILE FLOOR NEAR WOOD BASE CABINET IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 3A, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH , SECTION AT EAST

Status: HPD couldn't get in to re-inspect

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 3AIssued 2018-11-135+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2045 ADM CODE REPAIR OR REPLACE THE SMOKE DETECTOR DEFECTIVE LOCATED AT APT 3A, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH , SECTION AT EAST

Status: HPD couldn't get in to re-inspect

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 3AIssued 2018-11-135+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2046.1 HMC: REPAIR OR REPLACE THE CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTING DEVICE(S). DEFECTIVE LOCATED AT APT 3A, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH , SECTION AT EAST

Status: HPD couldn't get in to re-inspect

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water2

Electric2

Flooring/Stairs1

Appliance1

Plumbing1

Unsanitary Condition1

Water Leak1

Heat/Hot WaterEntire Building2023-12-22 · closed

ElectricPower Outage2023-05-24 · closed

ApplianceElectric/Gas Range2023-03-13 · 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

224

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential175

Street/Sidewalk23

Unspecified12

Vehicle11

Commercial2

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

Felony36

Misdemeanor35

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

Infested, latest filing

Annual filings

2024–20250 infested · 0 eradicated

2023–20240 infested · 0 eradicated

2022–20230 infested · 0 eradicated

Self-reported by the owner for the year ending each filing. Counts are building-wide and do not say which apartment was affected.

Bedbug history

DOB building violations

Active

On record

Active, last 3 yrs

ACTIVE · AEUHAZ1-FAIL TO CERTIFY CLASS 1 NONE2024-11-13

FAILURE TO CERTIFY CORRECTION ON IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUS (CLASS 1) ECB VIOLATION

ACTIVE · E-ELEVATOR ELEVATORREQUIRED2020-06-03

ACTIVE · BENCH-FAILURE TO BENCHMARK NONE2016-11-02

FAILURE TO FILE BENCHMARKING REPORT OF ENERGY USE AS PER AD. CODE SEC. 28-309.4

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.

CLOSEDOpened 2018-12-18

Harassment case

CLOSEDOpened 2013-12-24

Harassment case

CLOSEDOpened 2013-11-27

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2013-10-11

Tenant action

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

THELMA REALTY CO, L.P.

Head officer

ESTIE BERNSTEIN

Managing agent

SMY MANAGEMENT CORP

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.

ConstructionClass 12024-09-06$1,250 penalty

Unpaid city fines

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2009-01-31 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2019-06-26 · $1,368,140.4

Mortgage2019-06-26$1,368,140.4

borrower THELMA REALTY CO., L.P · lender JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.

Mortgage2013-05-10$332,550.28

borrower THELMA REALTY CO., L.P., THELMA REALTY CO. · lender ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION

Sale2009-01-31no recorded price

TENANTS REALTY CORP. (DISSOLVED 1973) → THELMA REALTY CO.

Mortgage2003-07-22$899,882.88

borrower THELMA REALTY CO L..P, F/K/A THELMA REALTY CO. · lender INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK

Mortgage1999-02-22$466,848.54

borrower THELMA REALTY CO · lender QUEENS COUNTY SAVINGS BANK

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