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126 Grant Avenue

BROOKLYN, NY 11208 BBL 3041220031 20 units · 4 floors · 1930

This building has a severe track record, and our model predicts major ongoing maintenance failures.

HPD violations vs. neighborhood
Class B/C violations on record vs. a typical building in Cypress Hills
Above average
avg 13.6
436
Fewer violations More violations

This building has 436 recorded HPD violations, above the Cypress Hills average of 13.6.

Rent & eviction protection

Is 126 Grant 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 1930
6 or more units
20 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.

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Augrented Insights
AI summary · updated June 2026

The 20-unit, 4-story building at 126 Grant Avenue in Cypress Hills, owned by Parveen Chopra, has experienced numerous maintenance and safety issues in recent years, particularly throughout 2025. Most concerning are recurring problems with electrical systems, including multiple incidents of inadequate lighting, malfunctioning outlets, and safety concerns regarding smoke detectors between April and June 2025, several of which resulted in HPD violations. The building has also faced persistent heat and hot water issues, with several complaints in 2025 requiring inspections and resulting in violations. More troubling is the presence of active housing maintenance code violations from a December 2024 inspection of apartment 2A, including reports of rodent infestations (mice and roaches), plumbing issues with waste lines in both the kitchen and bathroom, a broken wooden wall cabinet, and a locked boiler room access problem, though some of these violations had been marked as closed prior to the most recent inspection.

The building's infrastructure appears to be facing significant challenges, as evidenced by a December 2021 complaint regarding structural stability, building shaking, and sloped floors, which resulted in an ECB violation. There have been recurring issues with access during inspections, suggesting potential concerns with unit access protocols. While there is no recent record of bedbug infestation (report filed in 2024 showed zero units affected), the building's maintenance history shows a mixed pattern of compliance with rodent control requirements, with some failures recorded between 2012-2018, though more recent inspections in 2023 showed passing results. The property has multiple active DOB violations regarding various inspections that were not filed properly in recent years, including for annual boiler inspections and external low pressure inspection requirements from 2019 and 2023, respectively.

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How 126 Grant 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
1th percentile

Out of 1182 buildings in this neighborhood, 12 have a higher predicted risk.

RiskiestSafest
Predicted violation outcome
0.4%
No serious
violations
4.9%
Some violations
(1–9)
94.7%
Many violations
(10+)
Risk factors

What's driving this score

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Serious violations last 1–2 years

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

Emergency violations (past 7 years)

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

Hazardous violations (past 7 years)

HPD violations classified as hazardous — things like mold, peeling lead paint, or broken heat.

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What's in the 126 Grant Avenue report

Building characteristics
Total units20
Floors4
Year built1930
Gross area15,600 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

126 Grant Avenue's landlord & ownership

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Individual Owner

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Name
Parveen Chopra
Address
126 Grant Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11208
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The story over time

126 Grant Avenue event timeline

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2026
311+HPD Jun 01
Plumbing
Toilet
311 Call & HPD Complaint Jun 01
Paint/Plaster

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