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.
City debt & tax-lien sale
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.
Housing court
No HPD housing-court cases on record for this building.
Rent regulation
Likely rent-stabilized
The owner registered 8 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — essentially all of the building's 8 apartments.
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20
21
23
2018 — 8 units registered2023 — 8
421-a tax benefit · expires ~2034
A 421-a building's rent stabilization is tied to this tax benefit and generally ends when it expires — here, around 2034 (approximate, from DOF exemption records). Confirm your unit's status with NYS HCR.
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.
The owner filed 6 annual bedbug reports and reported no infested units. Filing with zero infestations is the compliant, reassuring case.
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.
8
Recorded sales
8
Mortgages / refinances
Last recorded sale2021-09-20 · $2,839,369
Most recent mortgage2022-03-23 · $1,147,000
Mortgage2022-03-23$1,147,000
borrower TELLER ACQUISTION LLC · lender HANOVER COMMUNITY BANK ISAOA
Sale2021-09-20$2,839,369
957 TELLER REALTY LLC → TELLER ACQUISITION LLC
Mortgage2021-09-20$519,361.9
borrower TELLER ACQUISITION LLC · lender BROADVIEW CAPITAL LLC
Sale2016-07-13$2,392,000
957 TELLER AVE CORP. → 957 TELLER REALTY LLC
Mortgage2016-07-13$351,333.86
borrower 957 TELLER REALTY LLC · lender SIGNATURE BANK
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.
Landlord and related buildings
Registered owner
957-959 Teller Ave LLC
Head officer
BENJAMIN NEUMAN
Managing agent
Elite Management NY
4 other buildings share this owner's registration contacts. Shared contacts suggest common control, but they are not proof of ownership.
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 4AIssued 2026-05-04
§ 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... AT CEILING AND SOUTH WALL GREATER THAN 30 SQ. FT IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 4A, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST
Status: Notice issued, not yet certified
CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2026-03-19
§ 27-2033 ADM CODE PROVIDE READY ACCESS TO BUILDINGS HEATING SYSTEM DOOR LOCKED AT BOILER ROOM
Status: Notice issued, not yet certified
CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 4BIssued 2026-03-19RENT-IMPAIRING
§ 27-2029 ADM CODE PROVIDE AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF HEAT FOR THE APARTMENT IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 4B, 4th STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH
Status: Notice issued, not yet certified
CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2026-03-19
§ 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 LATCH SET AT 2ND FIRE DOOR FROM WEST AT NORTH AT PUBLIC HALL, 2nd STORY
Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix
DOB building violations
0
Active
13
On record
0
Active, last 3 yrs
No active DOB violations.
311 complaints from tenants
44
All time
25
Last 12 months
Unsanitary Condition13
Heat/Hot Water9
Door/Window7
Paint/Plaster4
Appliance3
Electric3
Plumbing2
Safety1
Complaints record what a tenant reported, not a finding by the city. "Closed" often means the inspector could not gain access.
Unsanitary ConditionPests2026-04-01 · closed
Paint/PlasterCeiling2026-04-01 · closed
Paint/PlasterCeiling2026-03-16 · closed
Evictions
No executed evictions on record for this building.
Concern level4 of 4
Severe
0110 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 8 apartments
028 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.
Neighborhood crime
Much higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks
505
NYPD reports · last 12 mo
42
≈ per month
Felony151
Misdemeanor240
Violation114
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.
Neighborhood noise
Much higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks
2579
Noise reports · last 12 mo
215
≈ per month
87
% from neighbors
Residential2240
Street/Sidewalk217
Unspecified54
Vehicle33
Commercial28
Park7
311 noise complaints within about 1,000 ft (a few blocks) in the last year. Most reports here are about noise from inside buildings — neighbors, not the street. 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.