The owner registered 2 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 9 apartments.
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21
22
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2018 — 2 units registered2023 — 2
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.
No executed evictions on record for this building.
Bedbug history
0
Infested, latest filing
7
Annual filings
2024–20250 infested · 0 eradicated
2023–20240 infested · 0 eradicated
2022–20230 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.
The building
1888
Built
4
Floors
9
Residential units
Walk-up apartments
Type
Unpaid city fines
No DOB/ECB violations on record for this building.
HPD housing-maintenance violations
2
Open now
15
On record
1
Open Class C
0
Open Class B
1
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 2019-04-125+ YRS OLD
§ 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 MISSING ON THE WALL AT PUBLIC HALL, 1st STORY
Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix
CLASS A · NON-HAZARDOUSApt 5RIssued 2019-04-295+ YRS OLD
§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR CEILING IN THE 1st ROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT APT 5R, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST
Status: Notice issued, not yet certified
DOB building violations
4
Active
7
On record
2
Active, last 3 yrs
ACTIVE · LBLVIO-LOW PRESSURE BOILER BOILER REQUIRED2025-11-14
VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2024 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION
ACTIVE · LBLVIO-LOW PRESSURE BOILER BOILER REQUIRED2024-09-23
VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2023 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION
ACTIVE · LL6291-LOCAL LAW 62/91 - BOILERS BOILER REQUIRED1997-09-16
311 complaints from tenants
No 311 housing complaints on record for this building.
Housing court
1
Cases on record
0
Open now
1
Tenant-brought
0
Harassment found
0
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 2019-03-08
Tenant action
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.
Concern level2 of 4
Moderate
011 open class-C HPD violation (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 9 apartments
024 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.
Neighborhood crime
Lower than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks
82
NYPD reports · last 12 mo
7
≈ per month
Felony35
Misdemeanor37
Violation10
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.
Landlord and related buildings
Registered owner
853-855 PRESIDENT LLC
Head officer
JOSEPH BERMAN
Managing agent
MARC BERMAN
29 other buildings share this owner's registration contacts. Shared contacts suggest common control, but they are not proof of ownership.
JUDITH BERMAN, JOSEPH BERMAN → 853-855 PRESIDENT LLC
Mortgage2002-07-29$29,355
borrower BERMAN, JUDITH, BERMAN, JOSEPH · lender DIME SAVINGS BANK OFWILLIAMSBURGH
Mortgage1997-06-05$400,000
borrower BERMAN, JUDITH, BERMAN, JOSEPH · lender ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOC
Sale1995-07-26no recorded price
NYC ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL BOARD DEF, HATSAM REALTY CORP DEF, NYC PARKING VIOLATIONS BUREAU DEF, NYC DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE DEF, NYS DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION & FINANCE DEF, FONTI, GREGG REF, NYC HPD → BERMAN, JOSEPH, BERMAN, JUDITH
Mortgage1992-03-31$350,000
borrower HATSAM RLTY CORP · lender GREEN POINT SAVS BANK
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.
This building and the landlord's others
This building29 others linked to the same owner
Neighborhood noise
Lower than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks
201
Noise reports · last 12 mo
17
≈ per month
29
% from neighbors
Unspecified78
Residential58
Street/Sidewalk22
Vehicle19
Commercial11
Helicopter9
House of Worship4
311 noise complaints within about 1,000 ft (a few blocks) in the last year. Most reports here are about outdoor noise (mostly unspecified) — 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.