565 St Johns Place

Brooklyn, NY

BBL 3-01175-0087BIN 3029511

Concern level3 of 4

High

01On HPD's Alternative Enforcement Program — the city's most-distressed-buildings list
021 open class-C HPD violation (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 10 apartments
034 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 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.

HPD enforcement

On the Alternative Enforcement Program

HPD placed this building in its Alternative Enforcement Program (AEP Round 16), active since 2023-01-31. AEP is the city's response to its most distressed buildings — it had 514 open B/C violations at selection.

Rent regulation

Likely rent-stabilized

The owner registered 5 stabilized units with New York State for 2021 — of about 10 apartments.

2018 — 5 units registered2021 — 5

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1912

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building13 others linked to the same owner

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

443

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 I · NON-HAZARDOUS

§27-2153 ADM CODE THE PREMISES HAS BEEN SELECTED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ALTERNATIVE ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM WHICH MAY RESULT IN BUILDING-WIDE INSPECTIONS, FEES, AND EXTENSIVE REPAIR WORK TO CORRECT VIOLATIONS AND UNDERLYING CONDITIONS. CHARGES FOR REPAIR WORK DONE PURSUANT TO THIS ORDER, IF NOT PAID, WILL BECOME LIENS ON THE PROPERTY

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2021-09-145+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2005 HMC: IMMEDIATELY PROVIDE A FIRE GUARD AS DIRECTED BY THE NYC DEPT. OF HOUSING PRESERVATION & DEVELOPMENT (HPD) AND/OR THE NYC DEPT. OF BUILDINGS (DOB) TO PROTECT AGAINST FIRE HAZARDS OBSERVED BY HPD AND/OR DOB. FIRE HAZARDS OBSERVED BY HPD HAVE RESULTED IN THE FOLLOWING ADDITIONAL HPD VIOLATION(S): (14552652) IN ORDER TO PROTECT PUBLIC SAFETY AGAINST IMMINENT FIRE HAZARDS OBSERVED, A FIRE GUARD MUST BE PROVIDED FORTHWITH FOR CONTINUOUS 24 HOUR COVERAGE, NOTWITHSTANDING THE CORRECTION AND CERTIFICATION DATES SET FORTH ABOVE (THE CORRECTION AND CERTIFICATION DATES SET FORTH ABOVE ARE APPLICABLE FOR PURPOSES OF CIVIL PENALTIES THAT MAY BE ASSESSED PURSUANT TO NYC ADMINISTRATIVE CODE § 27-2115, BUT DO NOT REFLECT THE DATE BY WHICH A FIRE GUARD MUST BE PROVIDED). A FIRE GUARD MUST BE PROVIDED IMMEDIATELY DUE TO THE EXIGENCY OF THE DANGEROUS FIRE HAZARD CONDITIONS OBSERVED. THE VIOLATION REQUIRING A FIRE GUARD TO BE PROVIDED WILL REMAIN OPEN UNTIL SUCH TIME AS THE FIRE HAZARDS RESULTING IN THE HPD VIOLATION(S) REFERENCED ABOVE AND/OR THE FIRE HAZARDS RESULTING IN RELATED DOB VIOLATION(S) HAVE BEEN DISMISSED.

Status: Awaiting HPD re-inspection

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 1RIssued 2023-03-28RENT-IMPAIRING

§ 27-2032, 2034 ADM CODE DISCONTINUE USE OF ILLEGAL SPACE AND/OR HOT WATER HEATER AND PROVIDE FILED FOR & APPROVED HEATER WHICH OBTAINS COMBUSTION AIR DIRECTLY FROM OUTSIDE THE BUILDING OR APPROVED CENTRAL SYSTEM .. IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 1R, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 1FIssued 2023-03-28RENT-IMPAIRING

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

141

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water55

Plumbing28

General15

Paint/Plaster9

Water Leak8

Electric8

Unsanitary Condition6

Flooring/Stairs5

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

Much higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

1347

Noise reports · last 12 mo

112

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Street/Sidewalk516

Residential471

Commercial142

Unspecified111

Vehicle69

Helicopter34

Park3

House of Worship1

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

Much higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

822

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony94

Misdemeanor463

Violation265

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.

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

ACTIVE · LBLVIO-LOW PRESSURE BOILER BOILER REQUIRED2024-09-23

VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2023 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION

ACTIVE · LBLVIO-LOW PRESSURE BOILER BOILER REQUIRED2023-04-25

VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2022 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION

DOB building violations

Evictions

No executed evictions on record for this building.

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 2023-12-27

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2023-01-18

Heat / hot water

CLOSEDOpened 2022-03-11

Harassment case

CLOSEDOpened 2022-02-18

Heat / hot water

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

ZEV JOHNS LLC

Head officer

ZACH SPIRA

Managing agent

ZACH SPIRA

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

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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.

BoilersClass 12021-02-12$1,250 penalty

HPDHazardous2007-12-07$2,500 penalty

Unpaid city fines

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2005-06-01 · $475,000

Most recent mortgage2025-07-15 · $829,943.11

Mortgage2025-07-15$829,943.11

borrower 1365-1369 ST JOHNS PLACE LLC, ZEV JOHNS LLC · lender M&T REALTY CAPITAL CORPORATION

Mortgage2018-09-04$750,000

borrower ZEV JOHNS LLC · lender FYM MILLBROOK LLC

Mortgage2018-09-04$500,000

borrower ZEV JOHNS LLC · lender FYM MILLBROOK LLC

Mortgage2018-06-11$1,184,241.03

borrower ZEV JOHNS LLC · lender FYM MILLBROOK LLC

Mortgage2011-05-04$350,110.26

borrower ZEV JOHNS LLC · lender GOTHAM BANK OF NEW YORK

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

Flagged for the 2025 tax-lien sale

The owner owes enough in property taxes (and possibly water charges) to be listed for the city's tax-lien sale (most recently a 10-day notice). A listing can still be cured by paying or entering a payment plan.

Years listed

2025

Most recent

10-day noticeincl. property tax2025-05-01

30-day noticeincl. property tax2025-04-01

60-day noticeincl. property tax2025-03-01

90-day noticeincl. property tax2025-02-01

From DOF lien-sale lists (2019–2025). Financial distress is not proof of neglect, but owners behind on what they owe the city more often let repairs slide. Debt may since have been paid.

City debt & tax-lien sale