012 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 4 apartments
021 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.
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The owner registered 1 stabilized unit with New York State for 2023 — of about 8 apartments.
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2018 — 1 units registered2023 — 1
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 311 housing complaints on record for this building.
Neighborhood noise
Neighborhood crime
Bedbug history
No bedbugs reported
The owner filed 4 annual bedbug reports and reported no infested units. Filing with zero infestations is the compliant, reassuring case.
DOB building violations
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
Landlord and related buildings
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.
HPD housing-maintenance violations
2
Open now
8
On record
2
Open Class C
0
Open Class B
0
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 2009-08-182 violations5+ YRS OLD
SECTION 27-2033 ADM CODE PROVIDE READY ACCESS TO BUILDINGS HEATING SYSTEM GATE WEST FIRE PASSAGE LOCKED BLDG FRONT.
SECTION 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 VESTIBULE TO 1 STY PUBLIC HALL.
Status: Notice issued, not yet certified
Neighborhood noise
Lower than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks
199
Noise reports · last 12 mo
17
≈ per month
21
% from neighbors
Park89
Residential42
Street/Sidewalk33
Unspecified24
Vehicle6
Helicopter5
311 noise complaints within about 1,000 ft (a few blocks) in the last year. Most reports here are about outdoor noise (mostly park) — 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 crime
Much lower than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks
43
NYPD reports · last 12 mo
4
≈ per month
Felony21
Misdemeanor20
Violation2
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.
DOB building violations
1
Active
2
On record
0
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 · LL6291-LOCAL LAW 62/91 - BOILERS BOILER REQUIRED1993-08-16
OATH/ECB violations and fines
$0
Balance due (active)
0
Active violations
0
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.
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.
Landlord and related buildings
Registered owner
563 8TH ST HOUSING CORP
Head officer
LYNN SCULLEY
Managing agent
563 8TH STREET HOUSING CORP
No other buildings found sharing this building's registered contact.
Ownership & money
2
Recorded sales
7
Mortgages / refinances
Last recorded sale1984-03-09 · no recorded price
Most recent mortgage2015-10-22 · $250,000
Mortgage2015-10-22$250,000
borrower 563 8TH STREET HOUSING CORPORATION · lender FLUSHING BANK
borrower 563 8TH STREET HOUSING CORPORATION · lender ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION
Mortgage1992-08-05$51,821.11
borrower 563 8TH ST HOUSNG CORP · lender CITY & SUBURBAN FEDSAVS
Mortgage1984-03-14$125,000
borrower 563 8TH ST.HOUSING CORP · lender GIORDANI, AUGUSTE
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.