Akiva Kurland
(Akiva J. Kurland, AJ Kurland)
Ceo
Yellow Jacket Ventures
(YJV Capital)
Owner
1151 E 34th St Brooklyn, NY 11210
Yellow Jacket Ventures NYC portfolio
$49.5 million -development 42%, walkup 31%, elevator 25%; Bronx 57%, Brooklyn 42%*
2234th largest portfolio by dollar value
193,105 sqft – elevator 50%, walkup 45%, development 3%; Brooklyn 88%, Bronx 11%
1599th largest by SF
7 properties – Brooklyn 71%, Bronx 28%
1506th largest
263 residential units – Brooklyn 73%, Bronx 26%
927th largest by residential units
2 foreclosures, 1 bankruptcy, 0 other court cases.
Person Activity past 24 months:
Buyer signatory: 3 for $16.7 million
Borrower signatory: 1 for $5.8 million
Top Ten Associated Companies:
Northeast Community Bank (1), Aulder Capital (1), Brenda Elishis (1), Jonas Equities (1), Eloi Francis estate (1), Amalgamated Bank (1), JPMorgan Chase (1), Elliot Tokayer (1), Citibank (1)
Top Ten Associated People:
Robert Johnson (1), Brenda Elishis (1), Lawrence Bernstein (1), Susan Sykes (1), Lewis I. Knopf (1), Jacob Nimmer (1), Ursula Flores (1), Elliot Tokayer (1)
Recent activity as signatory:
• Elliot Tokayer sold 29 Miller Avenue for $4.2 million to Yellow Jacket Ventures on October 16, 2025.
• Jonas Equities sold 1 Chester Court for $8.2 million to Yellow Jacket Ventures on February 26, 2025.
• Yellow Jacket Ventures borrowed $5.8 million from JPMorgan Chase for 1 Chester Court on February 26, 2025.
• Jacob Zicherman borrowed $16.6 million from Popular Bank for Livonia avenue on December 27, 2024.
• Brenda Elishis sold 540 Ocean Avenue for $4.2 million to Akiva Kurland on November 04, 2024.
• Yellow Jacket Ventures borrowed $16 million from Amalgamated Bank for 19 Mount Hope Place on December 29, 2023.
• Aulder Capital sold 390 East 21 Street for $1.4 million to Yellow Jacket Ventures on August 23, 2023.
• Eloi Francis estate sold 641 East 21 Street for $2.2 million to Yellow Jacket Ventures on March 22, 2023.
• Yellow Jacket Ventures borrowed $12.2 million from Northeast Community Bank for 19 Mount Hope Place on March 09, 2022.
• Yellow Jacket Ventures borrowed $5.5 million from Citibank for 494 Jackson Avenue on August 31, 2021.
Latest Stories:
• Yellow Jacket Ventures pays $4.2M for 54-unit rental in Cypress Hills (November 14, 2025)
• Jacob Zicherman signs $16.6M construction loan for dev site in Brownsville (February 10, 2025)
• Akiva Kurland pays $4.2M for 40-unit walkup in Flatbush (November 21, 2024)
• Jacob Zicherman pays $3.1M for dev site in Brownsville (January 31, 2024)
• Yellow Jacket Ventures pays $2.2M for 22-unit walkup in Flatbush (April 20, 2023)
