1479 Dean Street

Brooklyn, NY

BBL 3-01210-0049BIN 3030214

Concern level4 of 4

Severe

015 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 8 apartments
0215 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 8 stabilized units with New York State for 2022 — essentially all of the building's 8 apartments.

2018 — 8 units registered2022 — 8

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 building

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

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 2Issued 1991-02-195+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2013 ADM CODE REMOVE OR COVER IN A MANNER APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT THE PEELING LEAD PAINT EAST WALL PRIVATE HALL 1 STY WEST APT 2 AUSTIN 771 3950 ER1 0281331 , SECTION '' ''

Status: Defect letter issued

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 2Issued 1991-02-195+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2013 ADM CODE REMOVE OR COVER IN A MANNER APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT THE PEELING LEAD PAINT WEST WALL PRIVATE HALL 1 STY WEST APT 2 AUSTIN ER1 0281331 , SECTION '' ''

Status: Defect letter issued

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 2Issued 1991-02-195+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2013 ADM CODE REMOVE OR COVER IN A MANNER APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT THE PEELING LEAD PAINT WALLS AT KITCHEN 1 STY WEST APT 2 ER1 0281331 , SECTION '' ''

Status: Defect letter issued

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 2Issued 1991-02-195+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2013 ADM CODE REMOVE OR COVER IN A MANNER APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT THE PEELING LEAD PAINT RISER AT KITCHEN 1 STY WEST APT 2 ER1 0281331 , SECTION '' ''

Status: Defect letter issued

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water3

Heat/Hot WaterEntire Building2025-12-30 · closed

Heat/Hot WaterEntire Building2025-12-12 · closed

Heat/Hot WaterEntire Building2024-12-12 · 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

Higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

572

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential384

Street/Sidewalk135

Unspecified35

Commercial11

Vehicle6

Helicopter1

311 noise complaints within about 1,000 ft (a few blocks) in the last year. Most reports here are about noise from inside buildings — neighbors, not the street. 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

Higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

332

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony114

Misdemeanor148

Violation70

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 REQUIRED2023-06-30

VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2020 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION

ACTIVE · LBLVIO-LOW PRESSURE BOILER BOILER REQUIRED2015-03-03

VIOLATION ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO FILE ANNUAL BOILER 2013 INSPECTION REPORT

ACTIVE · LL6291-LOCAL LAW 62/91 - BOILERS BOILER REQUIRED2004-02-13

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 2005-12-29

Heat / hot water

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Managing agent

Gweneth Johnson

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

Landlord and related buildings

Unpaid city fines

No DOB/ECB violations on record for this building.

Unpaid city fines

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale1990-01-29 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2018-01-23 · $620,222.64

Mortgage2018-01-23$620,222.64

borrower JOHNSON, GWENETH, JOHNSON, SIMON · lender NEW YORK COMMERCIAL BANK

Mortgage2012-11-28$650,000

borrower JOHNSON, SIMON, JOHNSON, GWENETH · lender NEW YORK COMMERCIAL BANK

Mortgage2003-08-13$125,055.59

borrower JOHNSON, GWENETH, JOHSON, SIMON · lender INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK

Mortgage2000-03-07$81,736.13

borrower JOHNSON, GWENETH, JOHNSON, SIMON · lender GREENPOINT MORTGAGEFUNDING INC

Mortgage1990-02-14$110,000

borrower JOHNSON, GWENETH, JOHNSON, SIMON · 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.

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