2134 Homecrest Avenue

Brooklyn, NY

BBL 3-07344-0020BIN 3199402Plain-text version

Concern level3 of 4

High

013 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 23 apartments
023 of those issued in the last 3 years
033 open rent-impairing violation(s)
043 active DOB violation(s)
051 eviction executed in the last 3 years

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 OATH/ECB 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.

Rent regulation

Likely rent-stabilized

The owner registered 70 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — essentially all of the building's 70 apartments.

2018 — 70 units registered2023 — 70

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.

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The building

1928

Built

Floors

Residential units

Elevator apartments

Type

This building and the landlord's others

This building15 others linked to the same owner

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

260

On record

Open Class C

Open Class B

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. HPD writes a separate violation for each room or spot, so one inspection can produce several near-identical entries; those are grouped below by apartment and date.

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt A2Issued 2026-09-302 violations

§ 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 LATCH SET AT APT DOOR IN THE ENTRANCE LOCATED AT APT A2, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST , SECTION ''NORTH'' · HPD couldn't get in to re-inspect
§ 27-2043.1 HMC INSTALL THE MISSING OR REPAIR/REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE WINDOW GUARD(S) IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SPECIFICATIONS OF THE NEW YORK CITY HEALTH CODE SECTION 24 RCNY CHAPTER 12. WG TO INSTALL = 2; WG TO REPLACE = 0; WG TO REPAIR = 0; IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT A2, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST , SECTION ''NORTH'' · Civ14 Mailed

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2026-01-16

§ 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 BULKHEAD DOOR LEADING TO ROOF AT PUBLIC HALL, 6th STORY, SECTION ''NORTH''

Status: Awaiting HPD re-inspection

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSIssued 2026-09-23RENT-IMPAIRING

§ 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE REMOVE ALL ENCUMBRANCES CONSISTING OF HOUSEHOLD ITEMS AND BABY STROLLER AT PUBLIC HALL, 4th STORY, SECTION AT SOUTH

Status: Nov Certified On Time

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSIssued 2026-08-13RENT-IMPAIRING

§ 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE REMOVE ALL ENCUMBRANCES CONSISTING OF BICYCLES AT PUBLIC HALL, 1st STORY, SECTION ''north''

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

143

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water44

Unsanitary Condition31

Door/Window17

Paint/Plaster15

Plumbing8

General7

Water Leak6

Electric6

Heat/Hot WaterEntire Building2026-10-19 · open

Complaints record what a tenant reported, not a finding by the city. "Closed" often means the inspector could not gain access.

311 complaints from tenants

Neighborhood noise

Lower than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

181

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential90

Unspecified35

Commercial34

Street/Sidewalk20

Park1

Vehicle1

311 noise complaints within about 1,000 ft (a few blocks) in the last year. Most reports here are about outdoor noise (mostly residential) — street life and traffic more than neighbors. 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.

Neighborhood noise

Neighborhood crime

Lower than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

113

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony49

Misdemeanor53

Violation11

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.

Neighborhood crime

Bedbug history

No bedbugs reported

The owner filed 9 annual bedbug reports and reported no infested units. Filing with zero infestations is the compliant, reassuring case.

DOB building violations

Active

On record

Active, last 3 yrs

Violations issued by the Department of Buildings that the owner must correct. Most don't carry a fine on their own; summonses that go to a hearing and can be fined are listed separately under OATH/ECB.

ACTIVE · ACC1-(OTHER BLDGS TYPES) - ELEVATOR AFFIRMATION OF CORRECTION ELEVATORREQUIRED2017-01-03

VIO ISSUED TO ELEVATOR - FAIL TO CORRECT DEFECTS ON 2015 CAT 1 INSP/TST

ACTIVE · ACC1-(OTHER BLDGS TYPES) - ELEVATOR AFFIRMATION OF CORRECTION ELEVATORREQUIRED2016-11-14

VIO ISSUED TO ELEVATOR - FAIL TO CORRECT DEFECTS ON 2014 CAT 1 INSP/TST

ACTIVE · LL6291-LOCAL LAW 62/91 - BOILERS BOILER REQUIRED1993-08-16

DOB building violations

OATH/ECB violations and fines

Balance due (active)

Active violations

Lost by default

These are separate from DOB violations. They are summonses written by DOB inspectors and decided at a hearing before OATH, the city's administrative court (formerly the Environmental Control Board), and they can carry a fine. "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.

OATH/ECB violations and fines

Evictions

Executed, all time

Last 3 years

2025-11-19Apt D3residential

Executed by a city marshal. An eviction can be lawful; a high or rising count is a displacement signal, not proof of wrongdoing.

Evictions

Housing court: repair & harassment cases

Cases on record

Open now

Tenant-brought

Harassment found

With a judgment

Most cases are tenants taking the owner to court to force repairs. A case is not proof of wrongdoing; a harassment finding or judgment is a court ruling against the owner.

CLOSEDOpened 2026-07-31

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2011-02-15

Heat / hot water

CLOSEDOpened 2008-06-27

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2007-11-26

Tenant action

These are cases HPD is a party to, mostly tenants suing to force repairs or stop harassment. Eviction cases landlords file against tenants are not in the city's open data, so they don't appear here; the Evictions section shows only evictions a marshal carried out.

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

M G A REALTY CORP

Head officer

CARLO DIMAGGIO

Managing agent

CARLO DIMAGGIO

15 other buildings share this owner's registration contacts. Shared contacts suggest common control, but they are not proof of ownership.

1270 EAST 19 STREETBROOKLYN 1280 EAST 12 STREETBROOKLYN 130 AVENUE PBROOKLYN 1648 WEST 9 STREETBROOKLYN 1675 WEST 9 STREETBROOKLYN

Landlord and related buildings

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale1983-03-02 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2017-06-12 · $7,495,000

Mortgage2017-06-12$7,495,000

borrower MGA REALTY CORP. · lender JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.

Mortgage1994-01-03$1,100,000

borrower MGA REALTY CORP · lender INDEPENDENCE SAVS BANK

Mortgage1983-03-04$307,000

borrower MGA REALTY CORP · lender FIRESTER REALTIES INC

Sale1983-03-02no recorded price

FIRESTER, REALTIES,INC → MGA REALTY CORP

Sale1975-07-29no recorded price

HOMECREST ASSOCIATES → FIRESTER REALTIES INC

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.

Ownership & money

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.