# 840 East 17 Street, Brooklyn, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/3067000009/840-east-17-street-brooklyn).
BBL 3067000009 · BIN 3179386 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: high

- 7 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 4 apartments
- 7 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 3 evictions 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 29 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 29, 2019: 29, 2020: 29, 2021: 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 1940, 6 floors, 29 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

26 open (class C immediately hazardous: 7, class B hazardous: 17, class A non-hazardous: 2); 200 on record.
7 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.

## DOB building violations

0 active (0 issued in the last 3 years); 16 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

0 active of 5 on record; 0 decided by default; $0 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

38 in the last 12 months; 89 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (26), UNSANITARY CONDITION (18), PAINT/PLASTER (13), PLUMBING (11), WATER LEAK (4).

## Bedbugs

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

## Evictions

3 executed in the last 3 years; 6 on record.

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

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

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: 840 REALTY LLC
- Agent: 840 REALTY LLC
- HeadOfficer: Necha Schwartz
- Officer: Necha Schwartz
- SiteManager: Elvis Bektesevic

The same owner is linked to 13 other buildings (Necha Schwartz at 2003 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/3067000009/840-east-17-street-brooklyn