181 East 5th Street

181 East 5th Street in Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn, has 9 open HPD violations, 7 of them class C, and no rent-stabilized units are on its tax bill, as of Oct 26, 2026. StreetSpy grade: D (60/100).

Multi-family walk-up · 3 units · Built 1920

StreetSpy grade: D (Poor, 60/100)

• 7 immediately hazardous violations open (the class that covers no heat, pests, lead paint and similar).
• No housing complaints to 311 in the last 12 months.
• The owner's bedbug filings report no infested units in the last 3 years.
• No rent-stabilized units on the tax bill. Increases aren't capped by stabilization, though Good Cause Eviction may still limit them.

More open violations per unit than 7 in 10 Brooklyn buildings this size.

• Repairs: High (9 open, 7 class C), records as of Oct 26, 2026
• Heat and hot water: No complaints, 12 mo, records as of Oct 25, 2026
• Pests: Clear (Owner reported none, 3 yr), records as of Oct 28, 2026
• Safety: Clear (No open DOB violations), records as of Oct 26, 2026
• Registration: Expired Sep 1, 2025, records as of Oct 3, 2026

How the grade works

Housing code violations (HPD)

9 open violations: 7 class C (immediately hazardous), 0 class B, 1 class A, 1 class I (HPD orders such as lead paint or heat orders, not a hazard class). 1 issued in the last 12 months. 21 on record. Oldest open violation issued 2024-07-05. Newest violation issued 2026-05-04.

HPD recorded no violation closed here in the last 12 months.

• Class C: Lead paint hazard, north wall, 4th room from the east, 3rd floor. - CORRECT THE LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD - PAINT THAT TESTED POSITIVE FOR LEAD CONTENT AND THAT IS PEELING OR ON A DETERIORATED SUBSURFACE - USING WORK PRACTICES SET FORTH IN 28 RCNY §11-06(B)(2) BASEBOARD AT NORTH WALL IN THE 4th ROOM FROM EAST LOCATED AT APT 3RDFLO, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH (apt 3RDFLO), issued 2024-07-05. HPD violation 17103784
• Class C: Roaches, throughout the apartment, 3rd floor. HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF ROACHES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 3RDFLO, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH (apt 3RDFLO), issued 2024-07-05. HPD violation 17092633
• Class C: Damaged plaster or paint, riser on the east wall, 1st room from the east, 3rd floor. & 309 M/D LAW ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF UNCAPPED STEAM RISER AT THE EAST WALL IN THE 1st ROOM FROM EAST LOCATED AT APT 3RDFLO, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH (apt 3RDFLO), issued 2024-07-05. HPD violation 17092635
• Class C: Damaged plaster or paint, riser on the west wall, 4th room from the east, 3rd floor. & 309 M/D LAW ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF UNCAPPED STEAM RISER AT THE WEST WALL IN THE 4th ROOM FROM EAST LOCATED AT APT 3RDFLO, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH (apt 3RDFLO), issued 2024-07-05. HPD violation 17092636
• Class C: Lead paint hazard, 3rd floor. , 27-2056.8, 27-2056.9 ADM CODE -CERTIFY COMPLIANCE WITH LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD CONTROL REQUIREMENTS DURING PERIOD OF UNIT VACANCY BY PERFORMING ACTIVITIES NECESSARY TO ABATE TESTED LEAD-BASED PAINT FROM REQUIRED WINDOW AND/OR DOOR FRICTION SURFACES FOR APARTMENT AND MAKE FLOORS SMOOTH AND CLEANABLE, POSITIVE LEAD-BASED PAINT IN AN APARTMENT WITH A CHILD UNDER SIX LOCATED AT APT 3RDFLO, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH (apt 3RDFLO), issued 2024-07-05. HPD violation 17104407
• Class C: Missing window guards, throughout the apartment, 3rd floor. HMC INSTALL THE MISSING OR REPAIR/REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE WINDOW GUARD(S) IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SPECIFICATIONS OF THE NEW YORK CITY HEALTH CODE SECTION 24 RCNY CHAPTER 12. WG TO INSTALL = 1, WG TO REPLACE = 0, WG TO REPAIR = 3 IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 3RDFLO, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH (apt 3RDFLO), issued 2024-07-05. HPD violation 17092634
• Class C: Lead paint hazard, 1st door from the east, south wall, bathroom, 3rd floor. - CORRECT THE LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD - PAINT THAT TESTED POSITIVE FOR LEAD CONTENT AND THAT IS PEELING OR ON A DETERIORATED SUBSURFACE - USING WORK PRACTICES SET FORTH IN 28 RCNY §11-06(B)(2) 1st DOOR FROM EAST AT SOUTH WALL, 1st DOOR FRAME FROM EAST AT SOUTH WALL IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 3RDFLO, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH (apt 3RDFLO), issued 2024-07-05. HPD violation 17103782
• Class A: Bedbugs. (A) § HMC:FILE ANNUAL BEDBUG REPORT IN ACCORDANCE WITH HPD RULE AS DESCRIBED ON THE BACK OF THIS NOTICE OF VIOLATION OR AS DESCRIBED ON HPDS WEBSITE, WWW.NYC.GOV\HPD, SEARCH BED BUGS., issued 2026-05-04. HPD violation 18869414

311 housing complaints

0 in the last 12 months, 1 in 5 years.

Bedbugs

The owner reported 0 infested units in the last 3 years of filings. HPD's bedbug filings are self-reported by the owner once a year; HPD does not inspect to confirm them.

• 2026: No bedbug filing on record for this year
• 2025: Owner reported 0 infested units
• 2024: Owner reported 0 infested units
• 2023: No bedbug filing on record for this year
• 2022: No bedbug filing on record for this year
• 2021: Owner reported 0 infested units

Buildings department (DOB)

No open DOB violations. 0 DOB violations on record. Check on DOB BIS.

Evictions and housing court

0 executed evictions in the last 3 years (0 on record). 0 open HPD cases; 0 harassment findings.

Rent stabilization

No rent-stabilized units on the tax bill.

Owner and management

Owner: 181 E 5TH ST LLc. Head officer: KHALID BHUTTA. Managing agent: ADEEL BHUTTA. See the full portfolio.

Last HPD registration Oct 22, 2024. HPD registration expired Sep 1, 2025 and had not been renewed as of Oct 3, 2026. Buildings with 3+ units must register with HPD every year.

Tax lot and city IDs

BBL 3053190046, HPD building ID 238595. HPD Online, ACRIS, DOB BIS.

Nearest subway

• Fort Hamilton Pkwy (F, G), 4 min walk
• Church Av (F, G), 7 min walk
• Beverley Rd (Q), 14 min walk

How the grade is calculated

Sources: NYC HPD Housing Maintenance Code Violations, NYC 311 Service Requests, NYC HPD Bedbug Reporting, NYC Marshal Evictions (DOI), NYC HPD Housing Litigations, NYC DOB Violations, NYC DOF tax bills (via JustFix Who Owns What portfolio API, v2), NYC HPD Property Registration. Methodology. Report generated 2026-10-28.