# 3815 Nautilus Avenue, Brooklyn, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/3070020044/3815-nautilus-avenue-brooklyn).
BBL 3070020044 · BIN 3188640 · Generated 2026-10-23

## Concern level: severe

- 17 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 3 apartments
- 7 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 1 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 1 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.

## HPD Alternative Enforcement Program

Previously on AEP, discharged 2023-06-27.

## Rent stabilization

Likely rent-stabilized. The owner registered 8 stabilized units for 2018, of about 3 apartments.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1901, 3 floors, 3 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

23 open (class C immediately hazardous: 17, class B hazardous: 3, class A non-hazardous: 3); 307 on record.
7 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
1 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

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

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

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

## 311 housing complaints

14 in the last 12 months; 153 on record.
Most common: UNSANITARY CONDITION (42), PLUMBING (24), HEAT/HOT WATER (20), PAINT/PLASTER (19), DOOR/WINDOW (16).

## Bedbugs

3 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)

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

## City debt and tax-lien sale

On a tax-lien sale list in 2025 (90-day notice).

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: 3815 NAUTILUS AVE. CORP
- Agent: Steve Kates
- HeadOfficer: STEVE KATES
- Officer: Dani Kates
- Shareholder: Steve Kates
- Shareholder: DANI KATES
- SiteManager: STEVE KATES

The same owner is linked to 1 other building (STEVE KATES at PO Box 250).

## 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/3070020044/3815-nautilus-avenue-brooklyn