4409 5 Avenue

Brooklyn, NY

BBL 3-00739-0006BIN 3011244

Concern level2 of 4

Moderate

015 open HPD 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

Likely rent-stabilized

The owner registered 6 stabilized units with New York State for 2022 — of about 7 apartments.

2018 — 6 units registered2022 — 6

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.

How to request your rent history →

Rent regulation

The building

1919

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building

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.

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 6RIssued 2016-04-255+ YRS OLD

SECTION 27-2045 ADM CODE REPAIR OR REPLACE THE SMOKE DETECTOR DEFECTIVE LOCATED AT APT 6R, 3rd STORY, APARTMENT AT SOUTH

Status: Certification rejected by HPD

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSIssued 2010-09-305+ YRS OLD

SECTION 27-2040 ADM CODE PROVIDE ADEQUATE LIGHTING AT OR NEAR THE OUTSIDE OF THE FRONT ENTRANCEWAY OF THE BUILDING AND KEEP SAME BURNING FROM SUNSET EVERY DAY TO SUNRISE ON THE DAY FOLLOWING A MINIMUM OF 100 WATTS OF INCANDESCENT LIGHT REQUIRED.

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 2RIssued 2010-08-205+ YRS OLD

SECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY SECURE THE LOOSE UPPER AND LOWER WINDOW SASHES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 2R, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST

Status: Certified late

CLASS A · NON-HAZARDOUSIssued 2016-01-145+ YRS OLD

SECTION 26-1103 ADMIN. CODE: POST AND MAINTAIN A PROPER NOTICE ON WALL OF THE ENTRANCE STORY IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH ON THE AVAILABILITY OF THE AGENCY?S HOUSING INFORMATION GUIDE. A SAMPLE NOTICE CAN BE FOUND AT WWW.NYC.GOV/HPD. AT PUBLIC HALL, 1st STORY

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water1

Heat/Hot WaterEntire Building2021-03-15 · closed

Complaints record what a tenant reported, not a finding by the city. "Closed" often means the inspector could not gain access.

311 complaints from tenants

Neighborhood noise

Higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

496

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Street/Sidewalk187

Residential123

Park72

Commercial46

Unspecified36

Vehicle30

House of Worship1

Helicopter1

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.

Neighborhood noise

Neighborhood crime

About averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

159

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony45

Misdemeanor100

Violation14

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 3 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

No active DOB violations.

DOB building violations

Evictions

No executed evictions on record for this building.

Evictions

Housing court

Cases on record

Open now

Tenant-brought

Harassment found

With a judgment

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.

CLOSEDOpened 2012-03-26

Heat / hot water

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

4409 5TH AVE LLC

Head officer

Anthony Garofalo

Managing agent

Anthony Garofalo

No other buildings found sharing this building's registered contact.

Landlord and related buildings

Unpaid city fines

No DOB/ECB violations on record for this building.

Unpaid city fines

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2023-03-04 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage1977-05-03 · no recorded price

Sale2023-03-04no recorded price

GAROFALO FAMILY TRUST, GAROFALO, ANTHONY → 4409 5TH AVE LLC

Sale2016-07-06no recorded price

GAROFALO, FELICE → GAROFALO FAMILY TRUST, DATED JULY 06, 2016, FELICE G. GAROFALO, TRUSTEE, LAURA GAROFALO, TRUSTEE

Sale1979-08-08no recorded price

BERGER HARRY → GAROFALO FELICE

Sale1977-05-03no recorded price

ZIOTAS COSTAS → GAROFALO FELICE, BERGER HARRY

Mortgage1977-05-03no recorded price

borrower BERGER HARRY, GAROFALO FELICE · lender ZIOTAS COSTAS

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