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242 Kingsland Avenue

BROOKLYN, NY 11222 BBL 3026890076 6 units · 3 floors · 1931

Both historical records and our model suggest a low risk of maintenance failures in the coming year.

HPD violations vs. neighborhood
Class B/C violations on record vs. a typical building in Greenpoint
Above average
avg 3.7
4
Fewer violations More violations

This building has 4 recorded HPD violations, above the Greenpoint average of 3.7.

Rent & eviction protection

Is 242 Kingsland 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 1931
6 or more units
6 units
Registered with RGB
Not found
421-A / J-51 abatement
None found
Potential rent stabilization. Building age and size suggest eligibility — confirm with the DHCR (Division of Housing and Community Renewal) or request a rent history.

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

242 Kingsland Avenue is a 3-story, 6-unit residential building located in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, owned by Annie Miau and constructed in 1931 as an Old Law Tenement. The property has experienced several notable incidents regarding pest control and sanitation in recent years. Most recently, in April 2023, there was a documented rat sighting that prompted an inspection by the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, which found evidence of rat activity. This incident came shortly after the building received a housing maintenance code violation in March 2023 related to failing to file the required annual bedbug report, a recurring issue as similar violations were noted in 2021 and 2022.

Despite these violations, more recent documentation regarding infestations shows no units reported as infested in the bedbug reports filed for the periods ending October 2024, October 2023, and October 2022. The building's bedbug reporting record from 2021 through 2024 indicates consistent compliance with reporting requirements, showing zero infested, eradicated, or re-infested units in each of the most recent filings. While the property has experienced both rodent and bedbug-related issues in the past, the most recent bedbug reports suggest that these particular problems have been resolved, though the April 2023 rodent activity finding indicates that pest control remains an ongoing concern.

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How 242 Kingsland 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
40th percentile

Out of 2348 buildings in this neighborhood, 939 have a higher predicted risk.

RiskiestSafest
Predicted violation outcome
79.5%
No serious
violations
15.3%
Some violations
(1–9)
5.3%
Many violations
(10+)
Risk factors

What's driving this score

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Number of apartments

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Building size

Total residential square footage — a proxy for building scale and the number of systems (plumbing, HVAC, etc.) that can fail.

Building assessed value

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What's in the 242 Kingsland Avenue report

Building characteristics
Total units6
Floors3
Year built1931
Gross area4,875 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

242 Kingsland Avenue's landlord & ownership

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Joint Owner

Registered contact for this building.

Name
Linghua Miau
Address
39-16 Prince Street 5c
Queens, NY 11354
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242 Kingsland Avenue event timeline

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2026
311+HPD Feb 15
Flooring/Stairs
Stairs
311 Call & HPD Complaint Feb 15
Paint/Plaster

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