55 Bergen Street

Brooklyn, NY

BBL 3-00193-0037BIN 3001234

Concern level2 of 4

Moderate

011 active DOB 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.

Rent regulation

Not on the rent-stabilized list

Not found in the DOF tax-bill records nor the 2024 DHCR registered building list. Absence isn't proof a unit is unregulated — buildings can be missing or newly deregulated.

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1920

Built

Floors

Residential units

Mixed residential / commercial

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building3 others linked to the same owner

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

On record

Open Class C

Open Class B

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.

No open HPD violations.

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

No 311 housing complaints on record for this building.

311 complaints from tenants

Neighborhood noise

Higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

433

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Unspecified183

Residential95

Street/Sidewalk66

Commercial43

Vehicle24

Helicopter21

Park1

311 noise complaints within about 1,000 ft (a few blocks) in the last year. Most reports here are about outdoor noise (mostly unspecified) — 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.

Neighborhood noise

Neighborhood crime

Higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

307

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony81

Misdemeanor186

Violation40

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 crime

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.

Bedbug history

DOB building violations

Active

On record

Active, last 3 yrs

ACTIVE · C-CONSTRUCTION OTHER OPTIONAL2001-05-29

WORK WITHOUT A PERMIT. WORK NOTED: MASONRY WALL CONDTRUCTED FRONT OF N PREMISES, FROM 1ST TO 2ND STORY. NEW BEAMS & PARTITIONS CONSTRUCTED THRU-OUT PRMISES REMED

DOB building violations

Evictions

No executed evictions on record for this building.

Evictions

Housing court

No HPD housing-court cases on record for this building.

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

55 BERGEN ST LLC

Head officer

FRANK DEFALCO

Managing agent

TREZZA MGMT INC.

3 other buildings share this owner's registration contacts. Shared contacts suggest common control, but they are not proof of ownership.

57 BERGEN STREETBROOKLYN 63 BERGEN STREETBROOKLYN 67 BERGEN STREETBROOKLYN

Landlord and related buildings

Unpaid city fines

Balance due (active)

Active violations

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.

Unpaid city fines

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2016-09-28 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2016-09-28 · $2,000,000

Mortgage2016-09-28$2,000,000

borrower BERGEN STREET HOLDING LLC, 65 BERGEN, LLC · lender INVESTORS BANK

Sale2016-09-28no recorded price

55 BERGEN STREET, LLC → BERGEN STREET HOLDING LLC

Mortgage2013-12-31$12,000,000

borrower 57 BERGEN LLC, INVISIBLE DOG HOLDINGS LLC, 65 BERGEN LLC, 61 BERGEN STREET LLC, 63 BERGEN LLC, 55 BERGEN STREET LLC · lender JORALEMON ASSOCIATES LLC

Mortgage2000-10-25$650,000

borrower 55 BERGEN ST LLC · lender ZORBAS, GEORGE

Sale2000-09-18no recorded price

ZORBAS, GEORGE → 55 BERGEN ST LLC

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.

Ownership & money

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.

City debt & tax-lien sale