2225 Benson Avenue

Brooklyn, NY

BBL 3-06382-0006BIN 3167123

Concern level3 of 4

High

011 open class-C HPD violation (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 69 apartments
021 open rent-impairing violation(s)
035 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.

Rent regulation

Likely rent-stabilized

The owner registered 65 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 69 apartments.

2018 — 65 units registered2023 — 65

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1960

Built

Floors

Residential units

Elevator apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building5 others linked to the same owner

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

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 C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 1CIssued 2022-11-07

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

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 6KIssued 2023-04-13RENT-IMPAIRING

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE ROOF SO THAT IT WILL NOT LEAK AT CEILING IN THE 2nd ROOM FROM EAST LOCATED AT APT 6K, 6th STORY, 3rd APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 5HIssued 2014-09-155+ YRS OLD

SECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR THE CEILING IN THE 1st ROOM FROM EAST AT NORTH LOCATED AT APT 5H, 5th STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 5HIssued 2014-09-155+ YRS OLD

SECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR THE CEILING IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 5H, 5th STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water12

Unsanitary Condition6

Water Leak3

Appliance1

Paint/Plaster1

Heat/Hot WaterEntire Building2025-11-16 · closed

Heat/Hot WaterEntire Building2025-10-28 · closed

Heat/Hot WaterEntire Building2025-01-10 · 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

125

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential70

Vehicle22

Street/Sidewalk17

Unspecified15

Commercial1

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

About averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

214

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony62

Misdemeanor116

Violation36

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

2024–20251 infested · 1 eradicated

2023–20241 infested · 1 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 · E-ELEVATOR ELEVATORREQUIRED2021-04-23

ACTIVE · E-ELEVATOR ELEVATORREQUIRED2020-05-27

ACTIVE · E-ELEVATOR ELEVATORREQUIRED2019-05-11

DOB building violations

Evictions

Executed, all time

Last 3 years

2017-01-06Apt 6Dresidential

Executed by a city marshal. An eviction can be lawful; a high or rising count is a displacement signal, not proof of wrongdoing.

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 2015-04-08

Heat / hot water

CLOSEDOpened 2014-01-14

False Certification Non-Lead

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

BENSON ASSOCIATES LLC

Head officer

ESTELLE COHEN

Managing agent

BENSON ASSOCIATES LLC

5 other buildings share this owner's registration contacts. Shared contacts suggest common control, but they are not proof of ownership.

1555 EAST 19 STREETBROOKLYN 2255 BENSON AVENUEBROOKLYN 2840 SHORE PARKWAYBROOKLYN 7701 BAY PARKWAYBROOKLYN 795 EAST 4 STREETBROOKLYN

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.

Unpaid city fines

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale1974-02-20 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2020-11-13 · $1,303,028.12

Mortgage2020-11-13$1,303,028.12

borrower BENSON ASSOCIATES LLC · lender JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.

Mortgage2003-09-11$1,869,221.84

borrower BENSON ASSOCIATES · lender INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK

Mortgage1997-01-24$294,046.8

borrower BENSON ASSOCIATES · lender INDEPENDENCE SAVINGSBANK

Mortgage1992-01-09$267,191.74

borrower BENSON ASSOCIATES · lender INDEPENDENCE SAVS BANK

Mortgage1986-11-07$662,461.4

borrower BENSON ASSOCIATES · lender INDEPENDENCE SAVS 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