481 4 Avenue

Brooklyn, NY

BBL 3-01022-0003BIN 3022850Plain-text version

Concern level4 of 4

Severe

016 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 9 apartments
023 of those issued in the last 3 years
035 open rent-impairing violation(s)
045 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 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.

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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 building5 others linked to the same owner

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

123

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 2026-09-172 violations

§ 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE REMOVE DEVICE PREVENTING DOOR FROM BEING SELF-CLOSING RUBBER STOPPER AT VESTIBULE DOOR AT PUBLIC HALL, 1st STORY
§ 27-2033 ADM CODE POST NOTICE, IN FORM APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT, STATING THE NAME AND LOCATION OF THE PERSON DESIGNATED BY THE OWNER TO HAVE KEY TO BUILDINGS HEATING SYSTEM SIGN MISSING AT PUBLIC HALL, 1st STORY

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 4RIssued 2024-01-10

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 2023-07-03

HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF ROACHES 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 HAZARDOUSIssued 2023-07-03

§ 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE REMOVE DEVICE PREVENTING DOOR FROM BEING SELF-CLOSING METAL DOOR STOPPER AT VESTIBULE AT PUBLIC HALL, 1st STORY

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Water Leak7

Heat/Hot Water4

Flooring/Stairs3

Plumbing2

Paint/Plaster1

Appliance1

Unsanitary Condition1

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

260

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential120

Unspecified79

Street/Sidewalk23

Vehicle20

Commercial13

Helicopter3

House of Worship2

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

Felony55

Misdemeanor94

Violation27

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

Infested, latest filing

Annual filings

2024–20250 infested · 0 eradicated

2022–20230 infested · 0 eradicated

2021–20220 infested · 0 eradicated

Self-reported by the owner for the year ending each filing. Counts are building-wide and do not say which apartment was affected.

Bedbug history

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 · C-CONSTRUCTION OTHER OPTIONAL2008-04-25

STOP ALL WORK IMMEDIATELY,MAKE SITE SAFE,PROVIDE APPROVED PLANS,CALL 8 02-3685 BEFORE WORK CONTINUES

ACTIVE · LL6291-LOCAL LAW 62/91 - BOILERS BOILER REQUIRED2003-03-19

ACTIVE · C-CONSTRUCTION OTHER OPTIONAL2001-03-03

WORK WITHOUT PERMIT. WORK NOTED: PARTITIONS ERECTED TO CREATE SEPARATE ROOMS. KITCHEN AREA CREATED WITH SINK & GAS STOVE, 3PC BATHROOM, ALL IN CELLAR OF PREMISES REMEDY: REMOVE ILLEGAL PARTITIONS, OBTAIN A LICENSED PLUMBER'S LETTER OF REMOVAL OF GAS LINES & SUBMIT TO DEPARTMENT OF BUILDINGS

DOB building violations

OATH/ECB violations and fines

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 22012-09-17$800 penalty

Site SafetyHazardous2008-04-25$5,000 penalty

ConstructionHazardous2001-03-03$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.

Evictions

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

EMAN REALTY LLC

Head officer

ERIC NACHIMOVSKY

Managing agent

myriam nachimovsky

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

158 5 AVENUEBROOKLYN 308 PROSPECT AVENUEBROOKLYN 440 PROSPECT AVENUEBROOKLYN 639 UNION STREETBROOKLYN 704 SACKETT STREETBROOKLYN

Landlord and related buildings

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale1999-08-31 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2007-01-04 · $500,000

Mortgage2007-01-04$500,000

borrower EMAN REALTY LLC · lender WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

Mortgage2000-01-07$171,500

borrower EMAN REALTY LLC · lender GREENPOINT MORTGAGECORP

Sale1999-08-31no recorded price

UNGEHEUER, STEPHEN, UNGEHEUER, ROSEMARIE → EMAN REALTY LLC

Mortgage1996-10-16$101,500

borrower UNGEHEUER, STEVEN, UNGEHEUER, ROSEMARIE · lender GREENPOINT BANK

Mortgage1996-09-09$14,000

borrower UNGEHEUER, ROSEMARIE, UNGEHEUER, STEPHEN · lender COHEN, BARRY, COHEN, SIDNEY

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