# 1921 Avenue K, Brooklyn, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/3067210001/1921-avenue-k-brooklyn).
BBL 3067210001 · BIN 3180160 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: high

- 7 active DOB violation(s)
- 3 open HPD 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. The owner registered 66 stabilized units for 2023, of about 67 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 65, 2019: 65, 2020: 65, 2021: 66, 2022: 66, 2023: 66.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1928, 6 floors, 67 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

3 open (class C immediately hazardous: 0, class B hazardous: 2, class A non-hazardous: 1); 55 on record.

## DOB building violations

7 active (0 issued in the last 3 years); 21 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

2 active of 20 on record; 0 decided by default; $0 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

9 in the last 12 months; 38 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (19), WATER LEAK (5), UNSANITARY CONDITION (5), PLUMBING (3), PAINT/PLASTER (2).

## Bedbugs

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

## Evictions

0 executed in the last 3 years; 1 on record.

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

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

## Landlord

- Agent: SMY MANAGEMENT CORP
- Officer: MIRIAM SARWAY
- CorporateOwner: KBB ASSOCIATES LLC
- SiteManager: VISHNU RAGOONAN
- HeadOfficer: ESTIE BERNSTEIN

The same owner is linked to 3 other buildings (ESTIE BERNSTEIN at POBOX 496 MIDWOOD STATION).

## 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/3067210001/1921-avenue-k-brooklyn