No HPD housing-court cases on record for this building.
Unpaid city fines
No DOB/ECB violations on record for this building.
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.
The building
1908
Built
5
Floors
21
Residential units
Walk-up apartments
Type
Rent regulation
Likely rent-stabilized
The owner registered 21 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — essentially all of the building's 21 apartments.
18
19
20
21
22
23
2018 — 21 units registered2023 — 21
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 8 annual bedbug reports and reported no infested units. Filing with zero infestations is the compliant, reassuring case.
Ownership & money
6
Recorded sales
14
Mortgages / refinances
Last recorded sale2006-05-25 · no recorded price
Most recent mortgage2018-06-29 · $3,089,609
Mortgage2018-06-29$3,089,609
borrower BK UNION AVENUE CLUSTER LLC, BANANA KELLY UNION HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND CO INC · lender STERLING NATIONAL BANK
Mortgage2018-06-29$6,121,403
borrower BANANA KELLY UNION HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND CO INC, BK UNION AVENUE CLUSTER LLC · lender STERLING NATIONAL BANK
Mortgage2018-06-29$1,658,216
borrower BK UNION AVENUE CLUSTER LLC, BANANA KELLY UNION HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND CO INC · lender STERLING NATIONAL BANK
Mortgage2018-06-29$3,580,199
borrower BK UNION AVENUE CLUSTER LLC, BANANA KELLY UNION HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND CO INC · lender STERLING NATIONAL BANK
Sale2006-05-25no recorded price
744 BECK STREET HOUSING DEVELOPMENT → BANANA KELLY UNION HOUSING DEVELOPMENT
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
BK UNION AVE CLUSTER LLC
Head officer
HOPE BURGESS
Managing agent
BANANA KELLY CIA, INC
29 other buildings share this owner's registration contacts. Shared contacts suggest common control, but they are not proof of ownership.
Executed by a city marshal. An eviction can be lawful; a high or rising count is a displacement signal, not proof of wrongdoing.
DOB building violations
0
Active
2
On record
0
Active, last 3 yrs
No active DOB violations.
Neighborhood crime
Much higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks
563
NYPD reports · last 12 mo
47
≈ per month
Felony146
Misdemeanor335
Violation82
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.
Concern level3 of 4
High
014 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 5 apartments
023 of those issued 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.
HPD housing-maintenance violations
7
Open now
141
On record
4
Open Class C
1
Open Class B
2
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 HAZARDOUSIssued 2026-09-01
§ 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 DEFECTIVE DOOR LATCH AT VESTIBULE DOOR AT PUBLIC HALL, 1st STORY
Status: Notice issued, not yet certified
CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 52Issued 2024-08-22
§ 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... 8 SQ FT AT NORTH WALL, 5 SQ FT AT SOUTH WALL, 10 SQ FT AT WEST WALL, 5 SQ FT AT EAST WALL IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 52, 5th STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH ORIGINAL VIOLATION 12864163 ISSUED 19-JAN-19 HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO CLASS C PER ADMINISTRATIVE CODE §27-2017.3a(5)(a) or (b).
Status: HPD couldn't get in to re-inspect
CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 41Issued 2024-08-20
§ 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE SPRING BALANCE OF LOWER SASH AT (FIRE ESCAPE WINDOW ) WEST WALL IN THE 3rd ROOM FROM EAST AT NORTH LOCATED AT APT 41, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST
Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix
CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 52Issued 2023-07-06
§ 27-2043.1 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 = 0; WG TO REPLACE = 0; WG TO REPAIR = 1;WG TO REPAIR =1 IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 52, 5th STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH
Status: HPD couldn't get in to re-inspect
Neighborhood noise
Higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks
571
Noise reports · last 12 mo
48
≈ per month
48
% from neighbors
Residential275
Street/Sidewalk146
Vehicle92
Commercial35
Unspecified20
House of Worship3
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.
311 complaints from tenants
59
All time
8
Last 12 months
Heat/Hot Water33
Unsanitary Condition10
Plumbing4
Door/Window3
General3
Water Leak2
Safety2
Paint/Plaster1
Complaints record what a tenant reported, not a finding by the city. "Closed" often means the inspector could not gain access.