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251 Cleveland Street, Brooklyn

BIN 3087990BBL 3039540008Block 3954 · Lot 8Built 19203 storiesGoogle Maps & Street View ↗Tax & zoning on NYC.gov ↗
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251 Cleveland Street at a glance

251 Cleveland Street, Brooklyn has 16 open city records on file, none of them Class C, and no balance recorded as due on OATH/ECB summonses. No marshal evictions are on record for this building. Its last recorded ownership transfer was Nov 25, 2024 (no consideration recorded). The most recent record is dated Sep 18, 2025.

Open Class C
0
Immediately hazardous — click to see them
Open Class B
11
Hazardous — click to see them
Open Class A
5
Non-hazardous — click to see them
Fines due
$0.00
Balance on OATH/ECB summonses
Open per unit
8.50
2 residential units · NYC average 0.31
Evictions
0
No marshal evictions on record
Permits on file
0
Construction permits filed with DOB
Last activity
Sep 18, 2025
DOB record

Health score for 251 Cleveland Street

A composite of the public indicators below. How it is scored.

B
Health score · Sep 11, 2026
Scored from all 40 public records for this building
Scored from city records as published, which lag reality by a day or two, and closed violations rest on owner self-certification. A grade summarizes the public record, not the building itself. Full methodology · report a problem
Open Class C violations
Immediately hazardous, uncertified
This building 0
Open Class B violations
Hazardous
This building 11
Heat & hot water records
Violations and complaints, last 24 months
This building 0
Unpaid penalties
OATH/ECB summonses with balance due
This building $0
Bedbug filings with infestations
Annual LL69 filings on record
This building 0
Tenant litigation
Open HP actions in Housing Court
This building 0
Active vacate order
HPD or FDNY order to vacate, still in effect
This building No

Record timeline for 251 Cleveland Street

40 records on file, every agency interleaved. Class A, B and C are HPD’s hazard tiers: C is immediately hazardous, A and B explained here.

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OATH / ECB summonses & fines at 251 Cleveland Street

No balance is recorded as due across the 5 summonses below, out of $825.00 in penalties imposed. Balances are as the city publishes them; a settlement or write-off that never reached the dataset will not show here. New to these? How an OATH summons becomes a penalty, explained.

OATH and ECB summonses for 251 Cleveland Street
041997784JApr 20, 2016NON-RECYC LEFT IN RECYC CONTAINER FOR COLLECTION 1TO8 DWELLING UNITSMay 24, 2016Defaulted (did not respond)
011138114RApr 14, 2009PERMITSJun 23, 2009Written off
886839Aug 4, 2008SEC.25-62 ZONING NON-CONFORMING NOTE: CREATED OFF STREET PARKING PAD AT FRONT OF PROPERTY LOT LESS THAN 18'LONG AS REQUIRED BY NYC ZONING REGULATIONS AND NOT LOCATED IN THE SIDE LOT RIBBON AS REQUIRED.Sep 21, 2009Written off
034688694NAug 4, 2008MISCELLANEOUS VIOLATIONS OF THE ZONING RESOLUTIONSep 21, 2009Written off
0127576213Mar 20, 2002DIRTY SIDEWALKApr 26, 2002Defaulted (did not respond)

Ownership history for 251 Cleveland Street

Every deed the City Register has recorded against this building’s tax lot (BBL 3039540008), newest first. A price is the consideration stated on the deed; transfers between related parties, into an LLC, or by a referee often record none, shown as “—”. Each row links to the document in ACRIS.

Recorded deeds for 251 Cleveland Street
Nov 25, 2024Jan 6, 2025Budhu, Karishma KumarLaljie, DeoranieDeedView ↗
Feb 20, 2024Mar 6, 2024Budhu, MuneshwarBudhu, Kumar SLife estate deedView ↗
Oct 5, 1999Jan 7, 2000Laljie, Deoranie, Budhu, Kumar SMule, CaterinaDeedView ↗
Sep 1, 1983Sep 27, 1983Mule, Baldassare, Mule, CaterinaMerlini, Ambretta, Merlini, BenitoDeedView ↗
May 30, 1974May 30, 1974Merlini Benito, Merlini AmbrettaIrand Management CORPDeedView ↗

Financing record for 251 Cleveland Street

Mortgages recorded against this building’s tax lot, with the satisfactions that paid them off and the assignments that moved them between lenders, from the City Register (ACRIS). A satisfaction usually records no amount, shown as “—”.

Recorded financing documents for 251 Cleveland Street
Jan 8, 2015Satisfaction of mortgageLaljie, Deoranie, Budhu, Kumar SView ↗
Aug 23, 1974Mortgage assignmentBresow EvelynView ↗
May 30, 1974MortgageIrand Management CORPView ↗
Satisfaction of mortgageCentral Federal SavingsView ↗
Mortgage$120,000Mule, CaterinaView ↗
Satisfaction of mortgageMerlini, Benito, Merlini, AmbrettaView ↗
Mortgage$4,800Central Fedl Savs FsbView ↗
Mortgage$35,000Merlini, Benito, Merlini, AmbrettaView ↗
Satisfaction of mortgageIrand Management CORPView ↗

Lender names are as recorded; the current holder of a loan can differ if a later assignment was never recorded.