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.
HPD housing-maintenance violations
5
Open now
28
On record
0
Open Class C
3
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 B · HAZARDOUSApt 2FIssued 2010-05-175+ YRS OLD
§ 27-2046.1, 2046.2 HMC: PROVIDE AN APPROVED AND OPERATIONAL CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTING DEVICE, INSTALLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE LAW AND RULES. LOCATED AT APT 2F, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST
Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix
CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 2RIssued 2008-07-075+ YRS OLD
§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR CEILING IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 2R, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST
Status: HPD couldn't get in to re-inspect
CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 2RIssued 2008-07-075+ YRS OLD
§ 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE BELL BUZZER LOCATED AT APT 2R, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST
Status: HPD couldn't get in to re-inspect
CLASS A · NON-HAZARDOUSApt 4RIssued 2010-12-295+ YRS OLD
§ 27-2013 ADM CODE PAINT WITH LIGHT COLORED PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT ALL PEELING PAINT SURFACES IN THE KITCHEN , THE BATHROOM , THE 4th ROOM FROM NORTH AT EAST, THE FOYER , THE 4th ROOM FROM NORTH AT WEST LOCATED AT APT 4R, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH
Status: HPD couldn't get in to re-inspect
Evictions
No executed evictions on record for this building.
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.
Rent regulation
Likely rent-stabilized
The owner registered 4 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 8 apartments.
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2018 — 4 units registered2023 — 4
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.
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.
Housing court
1
Cases on record
0
Open now
1
Tenant-brought
0
Harassment found
0
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 2007-12-27
Heat / hot water
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.
Neighborhood crime
Much higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks
523
NYPD reports · last 12 mo
44
≈ per month
Felony168
Misdemeanor291
Violation64
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.
311 complaints from tenants
10
All time
0
Last 12 months
Heat/Hot Water9
Plumbing1
Heat/Hot WaterEntire Building2025-03-07 · closed
Heat/Hot WaterEntire Building2024-12-22 · closed
Heat/Hot WaterEntire Building2024-02-14 · closed
Complaints record what a tenant reported, not a finding by the city. "Closed" often means the inspector could not gain access.
Landlord and related buildings
Registered owner
5524 FOURTH AVENUE LLC
Head officer
ELLEN ZHOU
Managing agent
ELLEN ZHOU
No other buildings found sharing this building's registered contact.
This building and the landlord's others
This building
Ownership & money
11
Recorded sales
13
Mortgages / refinances
Last recorded sale2011-11-05 · no recorded price
Most recent mortgage2013-10-17 · $607,841.6
Mortgage2013-10-17$607,841.6
borrower 5524 FOURTH AVENUE, LLC · lender NORTHFIELD BANK
borrower 375 56 INC · lender FLUSHING SAVINGS BANK, FSB
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.
Neighborhood noise
About averagevs. NYC apartment blocks
385
Noise reports · last 12 mo
32
≈ per month
50
% from neighbors
Residential191
Street/Sidewalk86
Commercial57
Unspecified29
Vehicle20
House of Worship2
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.