# 1495 East 46 Street, Brooklyn, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/3078260020/1495-east-46-street-brooklyn).
BBL 3078260020 · BIN 3217542 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: severe

- Housing court found tenant harassment in 1 case
- On HPD's Alternative Enforcement Program — the city's most-distressed-buildings list
- 104 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 22 apartments
- 45 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 71 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 32 active DOB violation(s)
- 18 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.

## HPD Alternative Enforcement Program

Currently on AEP, the city's most-distressed-buildings program, since 2021-02-01.

## Rent stabilization

Likely rent-stabilized. The owner registered 15 stabilized units for 2023, of about 22 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 21, 2019: 15, 2023: 15.
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, 3 floors, 22 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

209 open (class C immediately hazardous: 53, class B hazardous: 121, class A non-hazardous: 28); 591 on record.
17 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
44 open violations are rent-impairing.
This tax lot has 2 buildings; these counts are for this building only.

## DOB building violations

32 active (2 issued in the last 3 years); 34 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

26 active of 46 on record; 18 decided by default; $242,750 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

57 in the last 12 months; 365 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (131), GENERAL (50), ELECTRIC (38), UNSANITARY CONDITION (35), PLUMBING (33).

## Evictions

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

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

29 cases on record, 0 open, 22 tenant-initiated, 1 with a court finding of harassment.

## City debt and tax-lien sale

On a tax-lien sale list in 2025 (10-day notice).

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: TOJU REALTY CORP
- Agent: TOJU REALTY CORP
- HeadOfficer: EDWIN GBENEBISTE

The same owner is linked to 3 other buildings (EDWIN GBENEBISTE at 123 DEKALB 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/3078260020/1495-east-46-street-brooklyn