# 1342 East 18 Street, Brooklyn, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/3067460015/1342-east-18-street-brooklyn).
BBL 3067460015 · BIN 3181037 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: high

- 6 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 7 apartments
- 2 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 10 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 3 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. The owner registered 41 stabilized units for 2022, of about 42 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 39, 2019: 41, 2022: 41.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1929, 6 floors, 42 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

51 open (class C immediately hazardous: 6, class B hazardous: 36, class A non-hazardous: 9); 115 on record.
2 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
10 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

3 active (2 issued in the last 3 years); 32 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

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

## 311 housing complaints

13 in the last 12 months; 46 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (20), UNSANITARY CONDITION (9), PAINT/PLASTER (6), WATER LEAK (4), DOOR/WINDOW (3).

## Bedbugs

6 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)

1 cases on record, 0 open, 1 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: E. 18TH REALTY ASSOC. LLC
- Agent: HARRY FORHAND
- HeadOfficer: MICHAEL STERNBUCH
- Officer: HARRY FORHAND
- SiteManager: MUSTAFA GASHI

The same owner is linked to 1 other building (MICHAEL STERNBUCH at 1399 CONEY ISLAND AVENUE).

## 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/3067460015/1342-east-18-street-brooklyn