Harassment case
1781 Clay Avenue
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The owner filed 6 annual bedbug reports and reported no infested units. Filing with zero infestations is the compliant, reassuring case.
The owner registered 43 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — essentially all of the building's 43 apartments.
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.
How to request your rent history →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.
Most cases are tenants taking the owner to court to force repairs. A case is not proof of wrongdoing; a harassment finding or judgment is a court ruling against the owner.
Harassment case
Tenant action
Tenant action
Heat / hot water
Executed by a city marshal. An eviction can be lawful; a high or rising count is a displacement signal, not proof of wrongdoing.
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.
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.
FTC W/COMMISSIONER'S ORDER VIO#030226PI20501SB CONTROL#348109 REQUIRING OWNER TO PROVIDE A CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN BY 04/02/26. AS OF 4/6/26 THE REQ'D CAP WAS NOT REC'D. IMMED COMPLY W/COMMISSIONER'S ORDER CONTROL#348109 AND VIO#030226PI20501SB
EMERGENCY WORK ORDER-THE BLDG EXP4 PARAPET BULGED,LLEANDED INWARDS & UNSTABLE. THE EXP1 HAS VARIOUS CRACKS,LOOSE AND DISLODGED BRICKS WITH DETERIORATED MORTAR JOINTS,SOME OF THE EXP1 & EXP4 BRICKS ARE LOOSE, UNSTABLE & AT RISK OF COLLAPSE. OWNER TO IMMED RETAIN A DOB REG CONT'R TO INSTALL A S/W SHED ALONG FULL WIDTH OF EXP1 AND EXP4
FTM BLDG IN A CODE COMPLIANT MANNER-OBSVD PARAPET IN DISREPAIR W/ EXPOSED REBAR & EXCESSIVE LEAINING INWARD @ EXP1 INCL THE COURTYARD SIDE PARAPET EXP1 IS ALONG CLAY AVE.ANNUAL PARAPET OBSERVATION REPORT IS REQ'D TO BE COMPLETED ANNUALLY STARTING 2024. SUBMIT ANNUAL PARAPET OBSERVATION REPORT FOR 2025 TO BE REC'D BY DOB NO LATER THAN 3/17/26
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.
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.
Complaints record what a tenant reported, not a finding by the city. "Closed" often means the inspector could not gain access.
§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR AT CEILING IN THE 4th ROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT APT 3C, 5th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST , SECTION AT WEST
Status: Notice issued, not yet certified
§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR AT CEILING IN THE 2nd ROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT APT 3C, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST , SECTION ''A-D'', AT WEST
Status: Notice issued, not yet certified
HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF ROACHES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 1D, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH , SECTION AT WEST
Status: Notice issued, not yet certified
§ 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 DUE TO UNALIGNED DOOR IN THE ENTRANCE LOCATED AT APT 1D, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH , SECTION AT WEST
Status: Notice issued, not yet certified
4 other buildings share this owner's registration contacts. Shared contacts suggest common control, but they are not proof of ownership.
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.
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.