# 1655 Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/3075790010/1655-flatbush-avenue-brooklyn).
BBL 3075790010 · BIN 3206459 · Generated 2026-10-23

## Concern level: high

- 43 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 15 apartments
- 24 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 14 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 6 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 1 stabilized unit for 2023, of about 634 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2019: 4, 2020: 4, 2021: 4, 2022: 4, 2023: 1.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1964, 20 floors, 634 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

232 open (class C immediately hazardous: 43, class B hazardous: 150, class A non-hazardous: 39); 504 on record.
24 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
14 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

6 active (0 issued in the last 3 years); 94 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

13 active of 87 on record; 0 decided by default; $-625 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

92 in the last 12 months; 617 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (501), UNSANITARY CONDITION (26), PLUMBING (23), PAINT/PLASTER (15), DOOR/WINDOW (13).

## Bedbugs

13 annual bedbug filings by the owner; latest reports 1 infested unit.

## Evictions

3 executed in the last 3 years; 16 on record.

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

20 cases on record, 0 open, 17 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: Philip Howard Apartments Tenants Corp.
- Agent: AKAM ASSOCIATES, INC.
- HeadOfficer: Yvonne Gardner
- Officer: Christopher Alker
- SiteManager: Yvonne Gardner

## 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/3075790010/1655-flatbush-avenue-brooklyn