# 5505 5 Avenue, Brooklyn, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/3008320007/5505-5-avenue-brooklyn).
BBL 3008320007 · BIN 3015007 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: severe

- 4 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 6 apartments
- 3 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 1 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 2 active DOB violation(s)

Scale: low, moderate, high, severe. Set from open hazardous violations relative to building size, raised by distress signals (HPD's Alternative Enforcement Program, court harassment findings, evictions, unpaid OATH/ECB fines, open housing-court cases, a sold tax lien). It describes the public record, not any one apartment.

## Rent stabilization

Not on the rent-stabilized lists (DOF tax-bill records, DHCR building list). Absence is not proof a unit is unregulated.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1931, 4 floors, 6 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

20 open (class C immediately hazardous: 4, class B hazardous: 14, class A non-hazardous: 2); 60 on record.
3 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
1 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

2 active (0 issued in the last 3 years); 3 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

4 active of 5 on record; 0 decided by default; $0 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

0 in the last 12 months; 21 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (10), ELECTRIC (2), DOOR/WINDOW (2), PLUMBING (2), UNSANITARY CONDITION (2).

## Bedbugs

5 annual bedbug filings by the owner; latest reports 0 infested units.

## Evictions

0 executed in the last 3 years; 0 on record.

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

0 cases on record, 0 open, 0 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: 5TH AVE BRICKS LLC
- Agent: 5TH AVE BRICKS LLC
- HeadOfficer: MARK LAVIAN
- Officer: Eddie Yadzan
- SiteManager: MARK LAVIAN

The same owner is linked to 4 other buildings (MARK LAVIAN at 204-21 JAMAICA AVE).

## Sources and limits

NYC Open Data (HPD, DOB, OATH/ECB, 311, DOF, PLUTO) and NYS DHCR building lists. This is a screening signal from public records, not legal advice; records lag and contain errors. Full interactive report with violation details and maps: https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/3008320007/5505-5-avenue-brooklyn