# 20 Merle Place, Staten Island, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/5030030082/20-merle-place-staten-island).
BBL 5030030082 · BIN 5044328 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: high

- 9 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 7 apartments
- 4 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 4 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 4 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 64 stabilized units for 2022, of about 64 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 64, 2019: 64, 2020: 64, 2021: 64, 2022: 64.
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, 5 floors, 64 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

29 open (class C immediately hazardous: 9, class B hazardous: 9, class A non-hazardous: 11); 413 on record.
4 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
4 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

4 active (1 issued in the last 3 years); 45 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

0 active of 18 on record; 0 decided by default; $0 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

26 in the last 12 months; 155 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (40), UNSANITARY CONDITION (32), PLUMBING (18), PAINT/PLASTER (15), WATER LEAK (12).

## Bedbugs

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

## Evictions

0 executed in the last 3 years; 2 on record.

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

4 cases on record, 0 open, 3 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: 20-30 MERLE REALTY LLC
- Agent: 20-30 MERLE REALTY LLC
- HeadOfficer: Leah Berkovits
- Officer: Leah Berkovits
- SiteManager: Benny Klobocista

The same owner is linked to 14 other buildings (Leah Berkovits at 2003 Avenue J).

## 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/5030030082/20-merle-place-staten-island