No HPD housing-court cases on record for this building.
Evictions
No executed evictions on record for this building.
Rent regulation
Not on the rent-stabilized list
Not found in the DOF tax-bill records nor the 2024 DHCR registered building list. Absence isn't proof a unit is unregulated — buildings can be missing or newly deregulated.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.
Registration counts apply to the building, not to unit numbers. To confirm your own apartment, request your rent history from New York State Homes and Community Renewal — it is free and takes a few weeks.
DOB violations adjudicated by OATH carry money penalties. "Lost by default" means the owner never appeared at the hearing. An unpaid balance is a stronger "ignoring the city" signal than a raw violation count.
City debt & tax-lien sale
Not on the city's tax-lien sale list (2019–2025). The owner has not fallen far enough behind on property tax or water charges to be flagged for a lien sale.
Concern level4 of 4
Severe
014 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 5 apartments
021 of those issued in the last 3 years
031 active DOB violation(s)
How this is set: open hazardous violations measured against the building's size, then raised by strong distress signals — HPD's enforcement program, court harassment findings, recent evictions, unpaid DOB fines, open housing-court cases, and a sold tax lien. Neighborhood noise and crime are not part of it. It describes the public record, not the condition of any one apartment, and a quiet record is not proof of a good building.
HPD housing-maintenance violations
8
Open now
26
On record
4
Open Class C
1
Open Class B
3
Open Class A
Class C is immediately hazardous, Class B is hazardous, Class A is non-hazardous. A violation stays open until HPD certifies the repair, so some open items may already be fixed.
CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2024-12-16
§ 27-2005, 27-2007, 27-2041.1 HMC, §238, § 309; § 107 (2) ( C) MDL AND 28 RCNY §25-171: REPLACE OR REPAIR THE SELF-CLOSING DOORS THAT IS MISSING OR DEFECTIVE HINGES ,AT THE VESTIBULE DOOE AT PUBLIC HALL, 1st STORY
Status: Certification rejected by HPD
CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 2RIssued 2013-07-255+ YRS OLD
§ 27-2056.6 ADM CODE - CORRECT THE LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD - PAINT THAT TESTED POSITIVE FOR LEAD CONTENT AND THAT IS PEELING OR ON A DETERIORATED SUBSURFACE - USING WORK PRACTICES SET FORTH IN 28 RCNY §11-06(B)(2) NORTH WALL, SOUTH WALL, WEST WALL, 1st WINDOW FRAME FROM EAST AT SOUTH WALL IN THE 3rd ROOM FROM NORTH AT EAST LOCATED AT APT 2R, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH
Status: Defect letter issued
CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 2RIssued 2013-07-255+ YRS OLD
§ 27-2056.6 ADM CODE - CORRECT THE LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD - PAINT THAT TESTED POSITIVE FOR LEAD CONTENT AND THAT IS PEELING OR ON A DETERIORATED SUBSURFACE - USING WORK PRACTICES SET FORTH IN 28 RCNY §11-06(B)(2) SOUTH WALL IN THE 3rd ROOM FROM NORTH AT WEST LOCATED AT APT 2R, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH
Status: Defect letter issued
CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 2RIssued 2013-07-255+ YRS OLD
§ 27-2056.6 ADM CODE - CORRECT THE LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD - PAINT THAT TESTED POSITIVE FOR LEAD CONTENT AND THAT IS PEELING OR ON A DETERIORATED SUBSURFACE - USING WORK PRACTICES SET FORTH IN 28 RCNY §11-06(B)(2) 1st WINDOW FRAME FROM SOUTH AT WEST WALL IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 2R, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH
Status: Defect letter issued
The building
1931
Built
3
Floors
5
Residential units
Mixed residential / commercial
Type
311 complaints from tenants
7
All time
1
Last 12 months
Heat/Hot Water7
Heat/Hot WaterEntire Building2026-01-26 · closed
Heat/Hot WaterEntire Building2025-01-24 · closed
Heat/Hot WaterEntire Building2024-12-12 · closed
Complaints record what a tenant reported, not a finding by the city. "Closed" often means the inspector could not gain access.
Bedbug history
No bedbugs reported
The owner filed 3 annual bedbug reports and reported no infested units. Filing with zero infestations is the compliant, reassuring case.
Landlord and related buildings
Registered owner
232 AVENUE U LLC
Head officer
KAREN SARDELL
Managing agent
GRALKAS AVENUE U LLC
1 other building share this owner's registration contacts. Shared contacts suggest common control, but they are not proof of ownership.
ACTIVE · LL6291-LOCAL LAW 62/91 - BOILERS BOILER REQUIRED1993-08-16
Neighborhood crime
Lower than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks
102
NYPD reports · last 12 mo
9
≈ per month
Felony33
Misdemeanor44
Violation25
NYPD complaints reported within about 1,000 ft (a few blocks) in the last year, by severity. This reflects what gets reported and where police are active as much as actual safety, and busier, denser, higher-foot-traffic blocks log more. Locations are approximate — the NYPD shifts each report to the nearest corner for privacy — so read this as rough context, not a safety score.
This building and the landlord's others
This building1 others linked to the same owner
Ownership & money
Speculation watch
·Changed hands in 2026 — new owners sometimes move to raise rents or deregulate units
A pattern, not a prediction — many transfers are ordinary or between related companies.
7
Recorded sales
5
Mortgages / refinances
Last recorded sale2026-03-24 · $3,100,000
Most recent mortgage2026-03-24 · $2,000,000
Mortgage2026-03-24$2,000,000
borrower 232 AVENUE U BROOKLYN LLC · lender CARVER FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK
Sale2026-03-24$3,100,000
GRALKAS AVE. U LLC → 232 AVENUE U BROOKLYN LLC
Mortgage2004-01-12$300,000
borrower GRALKAS AVENUE U LLC · lender COMMERCE BANK, N.A.
Mortgage2001-02-28$250,000
borrower GRALKAS AVE U LLC · lender KURTZ, DAVID
Sale2001-01-19no recorded price
KURTZ, DAVID → GRALKAS AVE U LLC
From ACRIS recorded documents. Amounts are often $0 or nominal for transfers between related parties, and LLCs can obscure who is really involved — treat this as public-record context, not a valuation.
Neighborhood noise
Lower than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks
147
Noise reports · last 12 mo
12
≈ per month
51
% from neighbors
Residential75
Commercial38
Street/Sidewalk21
Unspecified12
Vehicle1
311 noise complaints within about 1,000 ft (a few blocks) in the last year. Most reports here are about noise from inside buildings — neighbors, not the street. This counts how often people call 311, which tracks how densely populated and busy an area is as much as how loud it is — it is not a sound measurement.