79 4 Avenue

Brooklyn, NY

BBL 3-00934-0010BIN 3018647

Concern level3 of 4

High

014 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous)
023 open rent-impairing violation(s)
031 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 7 stabilized units with New York State for 2023.

2018 — 7 units registered2023 — 7

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.

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Rent regulation

The 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 HAZARDOUSIssued 2021-07-205+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2005, 27-2007, 27-2041.1 HMC: REPLACE OR REPAIR THE SELF-CLOSING DOORS THAT IS MISSING OR DEFECTIVE AT BUILDING ENTRANCE , 1st STORY

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 5Issued 2004-07-295+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2056.5 ADM CODE - CORRECT THE LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD - PRESUMED LEAD PAINT THAT IS PEELING OR IS ON A DETERIORATED SUBSURFACE - USING EXCLUSIVE INTERIM CONTROLS. WEST WALL IN THE 2nd ROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT APT 5, 3rd STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

Status: Defect letter issued

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 5Issued 2004-07-295+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2056.5 ADM CODE - CORRECT THE LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD - PRESUMED LEAD PAINT THAT IS PEELING OR ON A DETERIORATED SUBSURFACE ON WOOD TRIM, DOORS, OR WINDOWS - USING EXCLUSIVE INTERIM CONTROLS, WHICH INCLUDE A SURFACE DUST TEST IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATUTE. SOUTH DOOR IN THE ENTRANCE LOCATED AT APT 5, 3rd STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

Status: Defect letter issued

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 5Issued 2004-06-155+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2056.5 ADM CODE - CORRECT THE LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD - PRESUMED LEAD PAINT THAT IS PEELING OR ON A DETERIORATED SUBSURFACE ON WOOD TRIM, DOORS, OR WINDOWS - USING EXCLUSIVE INTERIM CONTROLS, WHICH INCLUDE A SURFACE DUST TEST IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATUTE. TOP WINDOW STOOL IN THE 1st ROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT APT 5, 3rd STORY, APARTMENT AT EAST

Status: Defect letter issued

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Door/Window1

Door/WindowDoor2021-07-07 · closed

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 crime

Bedbug history

No bedbugs reported

The owner filed 9 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 · LL6291-LOCAL LAW 62/91 - BOILERS BOILER REQUIRED1993-08-16

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

79 4TH AVENUE & 85 4TH AVENUE LLC

Head officer

HARRY EINHORN

Managing agent

79 4TH AVENUE LLC & 85 4TH AVENUE LLC

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

91 4 AVENUEBROOKLYN

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

·Changed hands in 2024 — new owners sometimes move to raise rents or deregulate units

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

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2024-09-27 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2025-12-16 · $21,779,336

Mortgage2025-12-16$21,779,336

borrower 85 4TH AVENUE LLC · lender BANK HAPOALIM B.M.

Mortgage2025-12-16$73,220,634

borrower 85 4TH AVENUE LLC · lender BANK HAPOALIM B.M.

Mortgage2025-12-16$25,000,000

borrower 85 4TH AVENUE LLC · lender BANK HAPOALIM B.M.

Mortgage2024-09-27$2,000,000

borrower 85 4TH AVENUE LLC · lender BADF 4TH AVE BROOKLYN LENDER LLC

Sale2024-09-27no recorded price

85 4TH AVENUE LLC, 79 4TH AVENUE LLC → 85 4TH AVENUE LLC

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