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147 Central Avenue

BROOKLYN, NY 11221 BBL 3032080007 4 units · 3 floors · 1931

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HPD violations vs. neighborhood
Class B/C violations on record vs. a typical building in Bushwick
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Rent & eviction protection

Is 147 Central 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
4 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

147 Central Avenue is a three-story, five-unit Old Law Tenement building constructed in 1931, currently owned by Simcha Gruenhut and located in Bushwick, Brooklyn. The building has experienced recurring maintenance issues over the past several years, particularly evident during a cluster of complaints in September 2022, which resulted in multiple Housing Maintenance Code complaints and violations. These included concerns about water leakage, various paint and plaster issues, unsafe flooring conditions, unsanitary conditions related to garbage storage and pests, and a safety violation regarding smoke detectors. Notably, the building had a water leak complaint that persisted from September 2022 until July 2023, though no violations were ultimately issued. There was also a significant violation regarding visible mold in the bathroom of Apartment 3L in September 2022, which was classified as a Class B violation and required remediation.

The property has undergone several rodent inspections in recent years, with mixed results. The most recent inspection in June 2025 passed, but there have been multiple instances of rat activity documented in 2023 and 2024, particularly notable in November 2023 and late 2022. The building's bedbug reporting record shows no infestations reported between 2019-2020 and 2022-2023, indicating effective management of this particular pest issue. Additional historical violations include a 2021 finding of excessively hot water in Apartment 3L and two previous bedbug report violations in 2021 and February 2022, though these issues appear to have been resolved. The building has maintained compliance with most recent housing inspections, with specific attention to submitting timely bedbug reports in 2024 and 2021 showing zero infested units during those filing periods.

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How we score buildings

How 147 Central 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
8th percentile

Out of 5008 buildings in this neighborhood, 401 have a higher predicted risk.

RiskiestSafest
Predicted violation outcome
9.5%
No serious
violations
55.0%
Some violations
(1–9)
35.5%
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.

Serious violations last 1–2 years

HPD found serious or dangerous conditions at this address recently — the strongest signal of problems ahead.

Tenant HPD complaints (past 7 years)

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

311 housing calls (past 7 years)

311 calls from or about this address logged as housing-related over 7 years.

Building characteristics
Total units4
Floors3
Year built1931
Gross area3,750 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

147 Central Avenue's landlord & ownership

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Corporate Owner

Registered contact for this building.

Name
Sim G Realty LLC
Address
50-54 Division Ave 2b
Brooklyn, NY 11211
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