# 1271 East 51 Street, Brooklyn, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/3077770026/1271-east-51-street-brooklyn).
BBL 3077770026 · BIN 3215627 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: severe

- 78 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 2 apartments
- 38 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 19 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 10 active DOB violation(s)
- 6 evictions executed in the last 3 years
- 2 OATH/ECB fines lost by default (unpaid)

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 5 stabilized units for 2022, of about 156 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 6, 2020: 5, 2021: 5, 2022: 5.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1965, 6 floors, 156 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

263 open (class C immediately hazardous: 78, class B hazardous: 161, class A non-hazardous: 24); 395 on record.
38 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
19 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

10 active (3 issued in the last 3 years); 56 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

9 active of 52 on record; 2 decided by default; $23,650 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

69 in the last 12 months; 239 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (107), UNSANITARY CONDITION (45), PAINT/PLASTER (21), PLUMBING (19), DOOR/WINDOW (12).

## Bedbugs

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

## Evictions

6 executed in the last 3 years; 7 on record.

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

6 cases on record, 0 open, 5 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: KINGS VILLAGE CORP.
- Agent: AKAM ASSOCIATES, INC.
- HeadOfficer: ANITA ZENELAJ
- Officer: CHRISTOPHER ALKER
- SiteManager: ANITA ZENELAJ

The same owner is linked to 4 other buildings (ANITA ZENELAJ at 99 PARK AVENUE).

## 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/3077770026/1271-east-51-street-brooklyn