# 1165 East 54 Street, Brooklyn, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/3077800008/1165-east-54-street-brooklyn).
BBL 3077800008 · BIN 3215721 · Generated 2026-10-23

## Concern level: high

- 57 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 3 apartments
- 21 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 18 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 7 active DOB violation(s)
- 1 eviction 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 5 stabilized units for 2022, of about 156 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 8, 2019: 6, 2020: 8, 2021: 7, 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 1966, 6 floors, 156 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

285 open (class C immediately hazardous: 57, class B hazardous: 168, class A non-hazardous: 60); 484 on record.
21 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
18 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

7 active (2 issued in the last 3 years); 61 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

11 active of 70 on record; 0 decided by default; $3,763 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

42 in the last 12 months; 240 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (99), UNSANITARY CONDITION (31), PLUMBING (30), FLOORING/STAIRS (22), PAINT/PLASTER (13).

## Bedbugs

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

## Evictions

1 executed in the last 3 years; 5 on record.

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

14 cases on record, 0 open, 10 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: KINGS VILLAGES 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/3077800008/1165-east-54-street-brooklyn