564 7 Avenue

Brooklyn, NY

BBL 3-00886-0044BIN 3017222

Concern level4 of 4

Severe

0114 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 8 apartments
026 of those issued in the last 3 years
036 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

The owner registered 8 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — essentially all of the building's 8 apartments.

2018 — 7 units registered2023 — 8

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1931

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

190

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 2LIssued 2025-12-19

HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF ROACHES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 2L, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST

Status: Certification rejected by HPD

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 2RIssued 2025-06-27

§ 27-2005, 27-2007, 27-2041.1 HMC, §238, § 309; § 107 (2) ( C) MDL AND 28 RCNY §25-171: REPLACE OR REPAIR THE SELF-CLOSING DOORS THAT IS MISSING OR DEFECTIVE DOOR FRAME AND LATCH SET AT DOOR IN THE ENTRANCE LOCATED AT APT 2R, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 2RIssued 2025-06-27

§ 27-2056.6 ADM CODE - CORRECT THE LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD - PAINT THAT TESTED POSITIVE FOR LEAD CONTENT AND THAT IS PEELING OR ON A DETERIORATED SUBSURFACE - USING WORK PRACTICES SET FORTH IN 28 RCNY §11-06(B)(2) BASEBOARD AT SOUTH WALL, BASEBOARD AT EAST WALL, 1st DOOR FRAME FROM SOUTH AT WEST WALL IN THE 1st ROOM FROM EAST LOCATED AT APT 2R, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

Status: Defect letter issued

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 2RIssued 2025-06-27

§ 27-2056.7, 27-2056.8, 27-2056.9 ADM CODE -CERTIFY COMPLIANCE WITH LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD CONTROL REQUIREMENTS DURING PERIOD OF UNIT VACANCY BY PERFORMING ACTIVITIES NECESSARY TO ABATE TESTED LEAD-BASED PAINT FROM REQUIRED WINDOW AND/OR DOOR FRICTION SURFACES FOR APARTMENT AND MAKE FLOORS SMOOTH AND CLEANABLE, POSITIVE LEAD-BASED PAINT IN AN APARTMENT WITH A CHILD UNDER SIX LOCATED AT APT 2R, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Unsanitary Condition8

Heat/Hot Water6

Plumbing3

Door/Window2

Flooring/Stairs1

Safety1

Electric1

Water Leak1

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

About averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

259

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Unspecified81

Vehicle65

Residential53

Commercial38

Street/Sidewalk18

Park2

Helicopter2

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

Much lower than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony9

Misdemeanor14

Violation4

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 · AEUHAZ1-FAIL TO CERTIFY CLASS 1 NONE2021-02-17

FAILURE TO CERTIFY CORRECTION ON IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUS (CLASS 1) ECB VIOLATION

ACTIVE · AEUHAZ1-FAIL TO CERTIFY CLASS 1 NONE2021-02-17

FAILURE TO CERTIFY CORRECTION ON IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUS (CLASS 1) ECB VIOLATION

ACTIVE · C-CONSTRUCTION OTHER OPTIONAL2020-09-25

FTM BLDG SAFE CONDN:EXP1 WALL@LEFT SIDE 1ST FLR BULG OUT APRX 6" @ ALL FLRS REAR 10'OF FLR JOIST.ALL SAGGING TO NOTEABLE DEGREE.WALL FINISHES PUBLIC HALL DETERIOR & BULG.APT 3R OPENG BTWN FRNT&REAR ROOMS BLOCKED OWNER RETAIN NYS-PE&DOB REG CONTRCT TO EVALU BLDG&REPR UNDER PRMT.FILE APPLIC W/THE DEPT BY 11/15/20.BEGIN WRK BY 1/2/21.CMPLT WRK BY 6/1/21

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 2009-11-12

False Certification Non-Lead

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

YAAKOV GERMAN LLC

Head officer

YAAKOV GERMAN

Managing agent

YAAKOV GERMAN

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

Landlord and related buildings

Unpaid city fines

$2,500

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.

ConstructionClass 12021-11-03$2,500 due

ConstructionClass 12021-06-10$6,250 penalty

ConstructionClass 12021-04-23$2,500 penalty

ConstructionClass 22020-11-18$1,250 penalty

Unpaid city fines

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale1999-01-07 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage1999-05-11 · $150,000

Mortgage1999-05-11$150,000

borrower YAAKOV GERMAN LLC · lender BERSH, JOSEPH, BERSH, SARA

Sale1999-01-07no recorded price

BERSH, SARA, BERSH, JOSEPH → YAAKOV GERMAN LLC

Mortgage1992-05-15$125,000

borrower BERSH, SARA, BERSH, JOSEPH · lender FIRST BRIGHTON SERV/INC

Sale1992-05-04no recorded price

FIRST BRIGHTON SVCSINC → BERSH, SARA, BERSH, JOSEPH

Sale1986-03-13no recorded price

KIEVSKY, ELYA, BOGORAD, LEON → FIRST BRIGHTON SER INC

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