# 861 East 27 Street, Brooklyn, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/3075730020/861-east-27-street-brooklyn).
BBL 3075730020 · BIN 3206388 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: high

- 8 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 7 apartments
- 2 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 5 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 53 stabilized units for 2023, of about 53 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 52, 2019: 52, 2020: 52, 2021: 53, 2022: 53, 2023: 53.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1931, 6 floors, 53 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

49 open (class C immediately hazardous: 8, class B hazardous: 29, class A non-hazardous: 12); 64 on record.
2 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

5 active (0 issued in the last 3 years); 26 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

0 active of 15 on record; 0 decided by default; $0 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

2 in the last 12 months; 20 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (13), DOOR/WINDOW (3), UNSANITARY CONDITION (3), PAINT/PLASTER (1).

## Bedbugs

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

## Evictions

0 executed in the last 3 years; 0 on record.

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

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

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: KINGS REALTY LLC
- Agent: JOSHUA LAZARUS
- HeadOfficer: JOSHUA LAZARUS
- Officer: DAN LAZARUS
- Shareholder: JOSHUA LAZARUS
- SiteManager: BEKIM KANDIC

The same owner is linked to 6 other buildings (JOSHUA LAZARUS at 500 NEW HEMPSTEAD ROAD).

## 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/3075730020/861-east-27-street-brooklyn