53 5 Avenue

Brooklyn, NY

BBL 3-00933-0006BIN 3018581

Concern level4 of 4

Severe

0114 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 6 apartments
027 of those issued in the last 3 years
033 open rent-impairing 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 5 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 6 apartments.

2018 — 5 units registered2023 — 5

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1920

Built

Floors

Residential units

Mixed residential / commercial

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building22 others linked to the same owner

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

278

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 4RIssued 2023-12-06

HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF MICE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 4R, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 4RIssued 2023-12-06

§ 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) 1st DOOR FRAME FROM SOUTH AT WEST WALL IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 4R, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH

Status: Defect letter issued

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 4RIssued 2023-12-06

§ 27-2056.6 ADM CODE - CORRECT THE LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD-PAINT THAT IS XRF TESTED INCONCLUSIVE FOR LEAD CONTENT AT 0.5MG/CM2 AND IS PRESUMED LEAD PAINT AS SET FORTH IN (28 RCNY §11-07(b)) AND THAT IS PEELING OR ON A DETERIORATED SUBSURFACE-USING WORK PRACTICES SET FORTH IN 28 RCNY §11-06(b)(2) 1st RISER FROM SOUTH AT WEST WALL, 2nd RISER FROM SOUTH AT WEST WALL IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 4R, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH

Status: Defect letter issued

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 4RIssued 2023-12-06

§ 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) 1st DOOR FRAME FROM WEST AT NORTH WALL, CHAIR RAILS AT SOUTH WALL, PICTURE MOULDING AT EAST WALL, NORTH WALL, EAST WALL, WEST WALL IN THE 4th ROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT APT 4R, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH

Status: Defect letter issued

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Door/Window11

Paint/Plaster11

Electric10

Water Leak7

Plumbing5

Unsanitary Condition5

Flooring/Stairs2

Heat/Hot Water2

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

732

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential217

Street/Sidewalk188

Unspecified187

Commercial84

Vehicle50

Helicopter6

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.

Neighborhood noise

Neighborhood crime

Higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

312

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony93

Misdemeanor169

Violation50

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 7 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 2017-03-09

Heat / hot water

CLOSEDOpened 2015-08-19

Tenant action

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

53 FIFTH PARTNERS LLC

Head officer

BRANDON FRIEDMAN

Managing agent

BUILDING EQUITY MANAGEMENT LLC

22 other buildings share this owner's registration contacts. Shared contacts suggest common control, but they are not proof of ownership.

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Landlord and related buildings

Unpaid city fines

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.

Unpaid city fines

Ownership & money

Speculation watch

·Bought and resold within a few years — rapid turnover is a common speculation signal

A pattern, not a prediction — many transfers are ordinary or between related companies.

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2011-05-04 · $550,000

Most recent mortgage2019-12-02 · $297,818.18

Mortgage2019-12-02$297,818.18

borrower 53 FIFTH PARTNERS LLC · lender JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NA

Mortgage2014-04-09$900,000

borrower 53 FIFTH PARTNERS LLC · lender ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION

Sale2011-05-04$550,000

CRUZ, ARMANDO, CRUZ, NATALIE, SONALY SALGADO AND CARMEN CRUZ, GUARDIANS (AMANDA), SONALY SALGADO AND CARMEN CRUZ GUARDIANS (JONATHAN, CRUZ, CARMEN → 53 FIFTH PARTNERS LLC

Sale2011-05-04$550,000

ESTATE OF LUIS ARMANDO CRUZ, CRUZ, LUIS ARMANDO JR., CRUZ, CARMEN, CRUZ, ADELA, CRUZ, NORMA → 53 FIFTH PARTNERS LLC

Mortgage1975-09-30no recorded price

borrower CRUZ ARMANDO · lender GARDNER MICHAEL

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