Not on the city's tax-lien sale list (2019–2025). The owner has not fallen far enough behind on property tax or water charges to be flagged for a lien sale.
Rent regulation
Likely rent-stabilized
The owner registered 4 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 27 apartments.
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19
20
21
22
23
2018 — 5 units registered2023 — 4
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.
Registration counts apply to the building, not to unit numbers. To confirm your own apartment, request your rent history from New York State Homes and Community Renewal — it is free and takes a few weeks.
No HPD housing-court cases on record for this building.
This building and the landlord's others
This building5 others linked to the same owner
Evictions
1
Executed, all time
0
Last 3 years
2017-04-04Apt 1residential
Executed by a city marshal. An eviction can be lawful; a high or rising count is a displacement signal, not proof of wrongdoing.
Ownership & money
Speculation watch
·Bought and resold within a few years — rapid turnover is a common speculation signal
A pattern, not a prediction — many transfers are ordinary or between related companies.
7
Recorded sales
14
Mortgages / refinances
Last recorded sale2019-08-21 · $13,000,000
Most recent mortgage2022-07-12 · $975,000
Mortgage2022-07-12$975,000
borrower LRP 1685 LLC, JAM 1685-1687 LLC · lender SIGNATURE BANK
Mortgage2019-08-21$4,939,566.21
borrower JAM 1685-1687 LLC, LRP 1685 LLC · lender SECURITY LIFE OF DENVER INSURANCE COMPANY
Sale2019-08-21$13,000,000
1685 FIRST AVENUE, LLC → JAM 1685-1687 LLC, LRP 1685 LLC
Mortgage2018-07-31$3,400,366.97
borrower 1685 FIRST AVENUE, LLC · lender SANTANDER BANK, N.A.
Mortgage2015-11-23$459,336.39
borrower 1685 FIRST AVENUE, LLC · lender THE DIME SAVINGS BANK OF WILLIAMSBURGH
From ACRIS recorded documents. Amounts are often $0 or nominal for transfers between related parties, and LLCs can obscure who is really involved — treat this as public-record context, not a valuation.
The building
1915
Built
6
Floors
27
Residential units
Walk-up apartments
Type
Unpaid city fines
$0
Balance due (active)
0
Active violations
0
Lost by default
DOB violations adjudicated by OATH carry money penalties. "Lost by default" means the owner never appeared at the hearing. An unpaid balance is a stronger "ignoring the city" signal than a raw violation count.
Bedbug history
No bedbugs reported
The owner filed 8 annual bedbug reports and reported no infested units. Filing with zero infestations is the compliant, reassuring case.
Concern level3 of 4
High
014 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 7 apartments
022 of those issued in the last 3 years
031 open rent-impairing violation(s)
How this is set: open hazardous violations measured against the building's size, then raised by strong distress signals — HPD's enforcement program, court harassment findings, recent evictions, unpaid DOB fines, open housing-court cases, and a sold tax lien. Neighborhood noise and crime are not part of it. It describes the public record, not the condition of any one apartment, and a quiet record is not proof of a good building.
DOB building violations
0
Active
2
On record
0
Active, last 3 yrs
No active DOB violations.
Neighborhood crime
Higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks
318
NYPD reports · last 12 mo
27
≈ per month
Felony92
Misdemeanor194
Violation32
NYPD complaints reported within about 1,000 ft (a few blocks) in the last year, by severity. This reflects what gets reported and where police are active as much as actual safety, and busier, denser, higher-foot-traffic blocks log more. Locations are approximate — the NYPD shifts each report to the nearest corner for privacy — so read this as rough context, not a safety score.
HPD housing-maintenance violations
31
Open now
77
On record
4
Open Class C
5
Open Class B
22
Open Class A
Class C is immediately hazardous, Class B is hazardous, Class A is non-hazardous. A violation stays open until HPD certifies the repair, so some open items may already be fixed.
CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 14Issued 2026-08-03
§ 27-2005, 27-2007, 27-2041.1 HMC, §238, § 309; § 107 (2) ( C) MDL AND 28 RCNY §25-171: REPLACE OR REPAIR THE SELF-CLOSING DOORS THAT IS MISSING OR DEFECTIVE HINGES IN THE ENTRANCE LOCATED AT APT 14, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST
Status: HPD couldn't get in to re-inspect
CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 21Issued 2026-05-07
HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF MICE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 21, 5th STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST
Status: Notice issued, not yet certified
CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 24Issued 2022-01-31
§ 27-2005 ADM CODE & 309 M/D LAW ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF HOT WATER EXCEEDING THE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 130 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT AT ALL HOT WATER FIXTURES. IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 24, 6th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST
Status: Certified late
CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2020-11-305+ YRS OLD
§ 27-2033 ADM CODE POST NOTICE, IN FORM APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT, STATING THE NAME AND LOCATION OF THE PERSON DESIGNATED BY THE OWNER TO HAVE KEY TO BUILDINGS HEATING SYSTEM MISSING AT PUBLIC HALL, 1st STORY
Status: Certified late
311 complaints from tenants
45
All time
29
Last 12 months
Heat/Hot Water23
Unsanitary Condition14
Plumbing5
Water Leak2
Paint/Plaster1
Unsanitary ConditionPests2026-10-12 · open
Unsanitary ConditionPests2026-08-01 · closed
Unsanitary ConditionPests2026-07-30 · closed
Complaints record what a tenant reported, not a finding by the city. "Closed" often means the inspector could not gain access.
Neighborhood noise
Much higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks
1008
Noise reports · last 12 mo
84
≈ per month
36
% from neighbors
Residential358
Unspecified305
Commercial152
Street/Sidewalk130
Vehicle57
Helicopter4
House of Worship2
311 noise complaints within about 1,000 ft (a few blocks) in the last year. Most reports here are about outdoor noise (mostly residential) — street life and traffic more than neighbors. This counts how often people call 311, which tracks how densely populated and busy an area is as much as how loud it is — it is not a sound measurement.