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.
The building
2017
Built
7
Floors
31
Residential units
Elevator apartments
Type
Bedbug history
No bedbugs reported
The owner filed 4 annual bedbug reports and reported no infested units. Filing with zero infestations is the compliant, reassuring case.
311 complaints from tenants
12
All time
8
Last 12 months
Unsanitary Condition5
General3
Appliance1
Electric1
Heat/Hot Water1
Plumbing1
Unsanitary ConditionSewage2026-10-10 · closed
GeneralVentilation System2026-10-10 · closed
Unsanitary ConditionSewage2026-10-10 · closed
Complaints record what a tenant reported, not a finding by the city. "Closed" often means the inspector could not gain access.
Rent regulation
Likely rent-stabilized
The owner registered 31 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — essentially all of the building's 31 apartments.
19
23
2019 — 31 units registered2023 — 31
421-a tax benefit
Rent stabilization here may be tied to a tax benefit and can end when the benefit expires.
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.
Executed by a city marshal. An eviction can be lawful; a high or rising count is a displacement signal, not proof of wrongdoing.
Housing court
No HPD housing-court cases on record for this building.
HPD housing-maintenance violations
1
Open now
13
On record
1
Open Class C
0
Open Class B
0
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 2BIssued 2026-10-16RENT-IMPAIRING
§ 27-2010, 2011, 2012 ADM CODE CLEANSE AND DISINFECT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT AFTER REMOVING THE FECES FROM FLOOR IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 2B, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST
Status: Notice issued, not yet certified
DOB building violations
1
Active
5
On record
0
Active, last 3 yrs
ACTIVE · FISPNRF-NO REPORT AND / OR LATE FILING (FACADE) FACADE REQUIRED2022-02-22
FAILED TO FILE FISP CYCLE 9A TECHNICAL REPORT BY 02/21/2022
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.
Concern level2 of 4
Moderate
011 open class-C HPD violation (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 31 apartments
021 of those issued in the last 3 years
031 open rent-impairing violation(s)
041 active DOB violation(s)
052 evictions executed in the last 3 years
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.
Landlord and related buildings
Registered owner
1176 NELSON AVENUE LLC
Head officer
JACK POPAJ
Managing agent
1176 Nelson Avenue LLC
No other buildings found sharing this building's registered contact.
This building and the landlord's others
This building
Ownership & money
7
Recorded sales
7
Mortgages / refinances
Last recorded sale2017-10-24 · no recorded price
Most recent mortgage2019-08-21 · $1,498,750
Mortgage2019-08-21$1,498,750
borrower 1176 NELSON AVENUE, LLC · lender STERLING NATIONAL BANK
Mortgage2017-10-24$250,000
borrower 1176 NELSON AVENUE LLC · lender NORTHEAST COMMUNITY BANK
Mortgage2017-10-24$2,881,960.5
borrower 1176 NELSON AVENUE LLC · lender NORTHEAST COMMUNITY BANK
Sale2017-10-24no recorded price
POPAJ, GJEK → 1176 NELSON AVENUE, LLC
Mortgage2015-10-16$380,000
borrower POPAJ, GJEK · lender SELF RELIANCE (NY) FEDERAL CREDIT UNION
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.
Neighborhood crime
Much higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks
536
NYPD reports · last 12 mo
45
≈ per month
Felony179
Misdemeanor250
Violation107
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
1726
Noise reports · last 12 mo
144
≈ per month
42
% from neighbors
Street/Sidewalk813
Residential718
Vehicle125
Unspecified41
Commercial14
Park8
House of Worship7
311 noise complaints within about 1,000 ft (a few blocks) in the last year. Most reports here are about outdoor noise (mostly street/sidewalk) — 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.