# 1525 East 26 Street, Brooklyn, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/3067730080/1525-east-26-street-brooklyn).
BBL 3067730080 · BIN 3182285 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: high

- 11 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 8 apartments
- 1 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 8 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 3 active DOB violation(s)
- 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 88 stabilized units for 2023, of about 88 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 88, 2019: 88, 2020: 88, 2021: 88, 2022: 88, 2023: 88.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1932, 6 floors, 88 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

82 open (class C immediately hazardous: 11, class B hazardous: 63, class A non-hazardous: 8); 448 on record.
1 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
8 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

3 active (1 issued in the last 3 years); 27 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

13 active of 41 on record; 0 decided by default; $0 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

7 in the last 12 months; 62 on record.
Most common: UNSANITARY CONDITION (15), HEAT/HOT WATER (11), PAINT/PLASTER (9), PLUMBING (5), SAFETY (4).

## Bedbugs

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

## Evictions

3 executed in the last 3 years; 4 on record.

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

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

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: 1525 E. 26 REALTY CO. LLC
- HeadOfficer: SAMUEL KURZ
- Officer: SOLOMON OBSTFELD
- SiteManager: ELLIE LOPEZ
- Agent: 1525 E. 26 REALTY CO. LLC

The same owner is linked to 5 other buildings (SAMUEL KURZ at 4702 15TH 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/3067730080/1525-east-26-street-brooklyn