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147 Smith Street

BROOKLYN, NY 11201 BBL 3001940001 3 units · 4 floors · 1910

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HPD violations vs. neighborhood
Class B/C violations on record vs. a typical building in Boerum Hill
? vs. avg
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Rent & eviction protection

Is 147 Smith Street rent-stabilized?

Rent stabilization caps how much your rent can rise and protects your right to renew. Here's how this building scores on the four signals that usually point to it.

Built before 1974
Built 1910
6 or more units
3 units
Registered with RGB
Not found
421-A / J-51 abatement
None found
Likely not rent stabilized. This building doesn't show the typical signals — but confirm with the DHCR (Division of Housing and Community Renewal) if you suspect otherwise.

Based on public NYC records. Not legal advice — verify with the DHCR (Division of Housing and Community Renewal) at apps.hcr.ny.gov.

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AI summary · updated June 2026

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How we score buildings

How 147 Smith Street's risk score is calculated

We trained a model on 7 years of city inspection data — HPD violation filings, tenant complaints, and owner track records across their entire portfolio. It estimates the probability that HPD inspectors will find serious or dangerous violations at this address in the next 12 months. Lower % = safer.

What the score means for you

Neighborhood percentile
21th percentile

Out of 516 buildings in this neighborhood, 108 have a higher predicted risk.

RiskiestSafest
Predicted violation outcome
65.3%
No serious
violations
28.5%
Some violations
(1–9)
6.2%
Many violations
(10+)
Risk factors

What's driving this score

These are the three data points that most influenced this building's score — ranked by how much weight the model placed on each one.

Tenant HPD complaints (past 7 years)

Formal complaints tenants filed with HPD about this address over the last 7 years.

311 call rate, landlord's portfolio

Average 311 housing complaints per building across everything this landlord owns.

Emergency violations (past 7 years)

HPD violations classified as immediately dangerous — fires, raw sewage, no heat in winter.

Building characteristics
Total units3
Floors4
Year built1910
Gross area3,576 sq ft
Building class
Tax abatementNone
Issue trend & model projection

Violations & complaints per year — solid line is historical record, dashed line is AI projection.

Multiple entrances & addresses

Included addresses

All street addresses that share this building's BBL and are covered by this report.

77 Bergen St, New York, NY 11201
79 Bergen St, New York, NY 11201
147 Smith St, New York, NY 11201
Who's behind the building

147 Smith Street's landlord & ownership

The people and companies registered to this building, the other properties they run, and their court record. A landlord's wider portfolio is often the best predictor of how your building will be treated.

Joint Owner

Registered contact for this building.

Name
Keumcha Kim
Address
368 7Th Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11215
Landlord portfolio

Other properties owned.

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