# 1514 West 8 Street, Brooklyn, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/3065980012/1514-west-8-street-brooklyn).
BBL 3065980012 · BIN 3174209 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: high

- 9 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 3 apartments
- 3 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 1 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 2 active DOB violation(s)

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: on the DHCR 2024 registered building list.
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, 24 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

27 open (class C immediately hazardous: 9, class B hazardous: 8, class A non-hazardous: 10); 104 on record.
3 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
1 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

2 active (0 issued in the last 3 years); 6 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

1 active of 13 on record; 0 decided by default; $0 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

4 in the last 12 months; 47 on record.
Most common: UNSANITARY CONDITION (16), APPLIANCE (6), PAINT/PLASTER (5), FLOORING/STAIRS (5), WATER LEAK (4).

## Bedbugs

6 annual bedbug filings by the owner; latest reports 0 infested units.

## Evictions

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

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

4 cases on record, 0 open, 3 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: 1514 WEST 8TH STREET LLC
- Agent: JAY GRUEN
- HeadOfficer: JAY GRUEN
- Officer: JAY GRUEN

The same owner is linked to 35 other buildings (JAY GRUEN at 3008 AVENUE J).

## 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/3065980012/1514-west-8-street-brooklyn