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888 Nostrand Avenue

BROOKLYN, NY 11225 BBL 3012820045 2 units · 3 floors · 1920

Despite past complaints, recent landlord activity indicates a low probability of future maintenance failures.

HPD violations vs. neighborhood
Class B/C violations on record vs. a typical building in Crown Heights
At or below average
avg 36.1
0
Fewer violations More violations

This building has 0 recorded HPD violations, at or below the Crown Heights average of 36.1.

Rent & eviction protection

Is 888 Nostrand Avenue 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 1920
6 or more units
2 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.

Augrented Insights
AI summary · updated June 2026

888 Nostrand Avenue is a three-story, two-family residential building located in Crown Heights, constructed in 1920 and currently owned by Joel Herzog. The building's recent history shows several notable events, with the most significant occurring in 2021 when multiple immediately hazardous violations were recorded, though these were subsequently dismissed. In June 2023, there were three Department of Buildings complaints filed on the same day, all of which were inspected and closed within two weeks, receiving an "AF" disposition code, indicating the issues were addressed but without specific details on the nature of the complaints. The building has also undergone various layers of regulatory oversight, including four violations in 2021-2022 related to failure to certify corrections on immediately hazardous (Class 1) ECB violations, all of which were dismissed by September 2023.

Interestingly, despite these violations and complaints, the most recent bedbug reports for the building from 2022 through 2024 show no evidence of infestations, with all reported unit counts showing zero for infested, eradicated, and re-infested units. This consistent record of no bedbug incidents over the past three reporting periods suggests effective pest management practices, in contrast to the building's documented history of other regulatory and compliance issues.

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How we score buildings

How 888 Nostrand Avenue'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
90th percentile

Out of 3786 buildings in this neighborhood, 3407 have a higher predicted risk.

RiskiestSafest
Predicted violation outcome
87.9%
No serious
violations
9.2%
Some violations
(1–9)
2.9%
Many violations
(10+)
Risk factors

What's driving this score

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Failed rodent inspections, landlord's portfolio

Health dept. rodent inspection failures across the landlord's portfolio.

DOB complaints, property manager's portfolio

Building complaints logged against properties under this manager.

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What's in the 888 Nostrand Avenue report

Building characteristics
Total units2
Floors3
Year built1920
Gross area2,131 sq ft
Building class
Tax abatementNone
Issue trend & model projection

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

Who's behind the building

888 Nostrand Avenue's landlord & ownership

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Corporate Owner

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Name
888 Nostrand Ave Realty LLC
Address
178 Wolworth
Brooklyn, NY 11205
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888 Nostrand Avenue event timeline

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2025
Bedbug Filing Dec 02
Bedbug report filed
0 infested · 0 eradicated

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