163 5 Avenue

Brooklyn, NY

BBL 3-00950-0009BIN 3019590Plain-text version

Concern level3 of 4

High

012 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 4 apartments
022 open rent-impairing violation(s)
034 active DOB violation(s)
041 OATH/ECB fine lost by default (unpaid)

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 OATH/ECB 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

Not on the rent-stabilized list

Not found in the DOF tax-bill records nor the 2024 DHCR registered building list. Absence isn't proof a unit is unregulated — buildings can be missing or newly deregulated.

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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The building

1918

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

Type

This building and the landlord's others

This building2 others linked to the same owner

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. HPD writes a separate violation for each room or spot, so one inspection can produce several near-identical entries; those are grouped below by apartment and date.

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2007-08-305+ YRS OLD

SECTION 27-2033 ADM CODE PROVIDE READY ACCESS TO BUILDINGS HEATING SYSTEM DOOR LOCKED AT BOILER ROOM, CELLAR

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 2RIssued 2007-08-305+ YRS OLDRENT-IMPAIRING

SECTION 27-2031 ADM CODE PROVIDE HOT WATER AT ALL HOT WATER FIXTURES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 2R, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 2RIssued 2008-02-252 violations5+ YRS OLD

SECTION 27-2046.1, 2046.2 HMC: PROVIDE AN APPROVED AND OPERATIONAL CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTING DEVICE, INSTALLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE LAW AND RULES. IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 2R, 2nd STORY, APARTMENT AT SOUTH
SECTION 27-2045 ADM CODE REPAIR OR REPLACE THE SMOKE DETECTOR MISSING IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 2R, 2nd STORY, APARTMENT AT SOUTH

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSIssued 2008-02-255+ YRS OLDRENT-IMPAIRING

SECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE FIRE ESCAPE DEFECTIVE. REPLACE WITH NEW THE BROKEN, DEFECTIVE AND/OR MISSING DROPLADDER FORKS AT FIRE ESCAPE AT WEST YARD

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water2

Heat/Hot WaterApartment Only2026-02-08 · closed

Heat/Hot WaterApartment Only2026-01-31 · closed

Complaints record what a tenant reported, not a finding by the city. "Closed" often means the inspector could not gain access.

Neighborhood noise

Higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

474

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential202

Street/Sidewalk116

Unspecified72

Commercial33

Park27

Vehicle15

Helicopter9

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

About averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

176

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony34

Misdemeanor127

Violation15

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.

DOB building violations

Active

On record

Active, last 3 yrs

Violations issued by the Department of Buildings that the owner must correct. Most don't carry a fine on their own; summonses that go to a hearing and can be fined are listed separately under OATH/ECB.

ACTIVE · LBLVIO-LOW PRESSURE BOILER BOILER REQUIRED2015-10-01

VIOLATION ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO FILE ANNUAL BOILER 2014 INSPECTION REPORT

ACTIVE · LBLVIO-LOW PRESSURE BOILER BOILER REQUIRED2015-03-03

VIOLATION ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO FILE ANNUAL BOILER 2013 INSPECTION REPORT

ACTIVE · LBLVIO-LOW PRESSURE BOILER BOILER REQUIRED2009-12-31

DOB building violations

OATH/ECB violations and fines

$1,250

Balance due (active)

Active violations

Lost by default

These are separate from DOB violations. They are summonses written by DOB inspectors and decided at a hearing before OATH, the city's administrative court (formerly the Environmental Control Board), and they can carry a fine. "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 22025-04-17$1,250 due

DEFAULTBoilersClass 22017-08-29$2,500 penalty

OATH/ECB violations and fines

Evictions

No marshal-executed evictions on record for this building. Eviction cases filed in court but not carried out aren't included.

Housing court: repair & harassment cases

No HPD housing-court cases on record for this building.

These are cases HPD is a party to, mostly tenants suing to force repairs or stop harassment. Eviction cases landlords file against tenants are not in the city's open data, so they don't appear here; the Evictions section shows only evictions a marshal carried out.

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

HER REALTY, LLC

Head officer

EDWARD VAYS

Managing agent

DLSS MANAGEMENT, LLc

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

130 DIAMOND STREETBROOKLYN 180 5 AVENUEBROOKLYN

Landlord and related buildings

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 sale2021-10-06 · $933,520

Most recent mortgage2021-06-11 · $332,602.99

Sale2021-10-06$933,520

HER REALTY LLC → BS LINCOLN LLC

Mortgage2021-06-11$332,602.99

borrower BS LINCOLN LLC, HERR REALTY LLC · lender INVESTORS BANK

Sale2021-06-09no recorded price

HER REALTY LLC → BS LINCOLN LLC, HER REALTY LLC

Sale2020-08-27no recorded price

HER REALTY LLC → HERSHKOVICH, HOWARD

Sale2020-08-27$1,694,697

HERSHKOVICH, HOWARD → CARPATHIAN FAMILY LP

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.