655 47 Street

Brooklyn, NY

BBL 3-00758-0055BIN 3012005

Concern level3 of 4

High

011 open class-C HPD violation (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 6 apartments
022 open rent-impairing violation(s)
037 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

Likely rent-stabilized

On the NYC DHCR 2024 registered rent-stabilized building list. This official list records the building, not a per-year unit count.

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1930

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 C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 3RIssued 2009-02-205+ YRS OLDRENT-IMPAIRING

SECTION 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE REMOVE THE ILLEGAL FASTENING DOUBLE KEY OPERATED CYLINDER LOCK AT DOOR IN THE ENTRANCE LOCATED AT APT 3R, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSIssued 2014-03-115+ 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 100 WATTS MINIMUM REQUIRED, LIGHT FIXTURE PRESENT

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSIssued 2013-06-035+ YRS OLDRENT-IMPAIRING

SECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE FIRE ESCAPE DEFECTIVE. ADJUST THE DROPLADDER SO THAT IT WILL SLIDE EASILY IN THE GUIDE RODS FIRE ESCAPE AT FRONT OF BUILDING

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSIssued 2008-06-125+ YRS OLD

D26-34.01 ADM CODE DISCONTINUE USE FOR LIVING CELLAR REAR.

Status: HPD couldn't get in to re-inspect

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

No 311 housing complaints on record for this building.

311 complaints from tenants

Neighborhood noise

About averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

254

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential131

Street/Sidewalk73

Unspecified33

Commercial9

Vehicle8

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.

Neighborhood noise

Neighborhood crime

About averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

166

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony52

Misdemeanor104

Violation10

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 6 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 · LBLVIO-LOW PRESSURE BOILER BOILER REQUIRED2014-05-15

VIOLATION ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO FILE ANNUAL BOILER 2012 INSPECTION REPORT

ACTIVE · C-CONSTRUCTION OTHER OPTIONAL2009-03-06

ACTIVE · LL6291-LOCAL LAW 62/91 - BOILERS BOILER REQUIRED2009-01-01

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

655 47 STREET LLC

Head officer

MING ZHANG

Managing agent

MING ZHANG

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 sale2005-01-10 · $585,000

Most recent mortgage2005-01-10 · $320,000

Sale2005-01-10$585,000

SUNSET 47 LLC → CHEN, YONG QUAN, ZHANG, MING HUA

Mortgage2005-01-10$320,000

borrower CHEN, YONG QUAN, ZHANG, MING HUA · lender ASIA BANK, N.A.

Mortgage2002-11-15$273,000

borrower SUNSET 47 LLC · lender ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION

Sale2001-10-10no recorded price

GONZALEZ, BENITO JR → SUNSET 47 LLC

Sale1994-08-11no recorded price

GONZALEZ, YVETTE, GONZALEZ, BENITO JR, GONZALEZ, MERCEDES, GONZALEZ, NANCY → GONZALEZ, BENITO JR

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