277 7 Street

Brooklyn, NY

BBL 3-00993-0072BIN 3021630

Concern level4 of 4

Severe

0117 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 20 apartments
0212 of those issued in the last 3 years
039 open rent-impairing violation(s)
041 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 19 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 20 apartments.

2018 — 19 units registered2023 — 19

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1914

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

134

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 5CIssued 2026-09-17

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR UNKEYED PLASTER AT THE CEILING IN THE 4th ROOM FROM NORTH AT EAST LOCATED AT APT 5C, 4th STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH

Status: Civ14 Mailed

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2026-09-17

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE MARBLE THRESHOLD SADDLE AT BUILDING ENTRANCE DOOR

Status: Certification rejected by HPD

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 5CIssued 2026-09-17

§ 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE SPRING BALANCES AT LOWER WINDOW SASH AT FIRE ESCAPE WINDOW IN THE 4th ROOM FROM NORTH AT EAST LOCATED AT APT 5C, 4th STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH

Status: Civ14 Mailed

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2026-09-17

§ 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 LATCH SET AT BULKHEAD DOOR LEADING TO ROOF AT PUBLIC HALL, 4th STORY

Status: Certification rejected by HPD

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water58

Water Leak4

Plumbing2

Paint/Plaster1

Water LeakHeavy Flow2026-09-13 · closed

Paint/PlasterCeiling2026-08-28 · closed

Water LeakHeavy Flow2026-08-28 · 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 noise

About averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

347

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Commercial121

Street/Sidewalk83

Residential63

Unspecified51

Vehicle14

Park13

House of Worship1

Helicopter1

311 noise complaints within about 1,000 ft (a few blocks) in the last year. Most reports here are about outdoor noise (mostly commercial) — 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

160

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony64

Misdemeanor80

Violation16

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 2 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 · LBLVIO-LOW PRESSURE BOILER BOILER REQUIRED2025-11-14

VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2024 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION

DOB building violations

Evictions

Executed, all time

Last 3 years

2017-03-01Apt 2residential

Executed by a city marshal. An eviction can be lawful; a high or rising count is a displacement signal, not proof of wrongdoing.

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 2024-06-03

Heat / hot water

CLOSEDOpened 2012-09-17

Tenant action

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

JOVIN III LLC

Head officer

JOHN ARENA

Managing agent

VINCENT CERILLO

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

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.

ConstructionHazardous1999-03-03$800 penalty

Unpaid city fines

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2021-04-30 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2013-06-07 · $536,599.54

Sale2021-04-30no recorded price

JOVIN III LLC → JOVIN III LLC, 277 7TH STREET REALTY LLC

Mortgage2013-06-07$536,599.54

borrower JOVIN III LLC · lender THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF LONG ISLAND

Mortgage1999-01-11$437,500

borrower JOVIN III LLC · lender INTERBANK OF NEW YORK

Sale1998-10-14no recorded price

B A ASSOCIATES EQUITIES CORP → JOVIN III LLC

Sale1991-04-24no recorded price

BUSHANSKY, STEPHEN, WOLFSON, BARBARA, KATZ, STEVEN → B A ASSOCIATES EQUITIES

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