474 Brooklyn Avenue

Brooklyn, NY

BBL 3-01322-0026BIN 3035118

Concern level4 of 4

Severe

0125 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 2 apartments
0216 of those issued in the last 3 years
031 open rent-impairing violation(s)
041 active DOB violation(s)
053 evictions executed in the last 3 years

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 53 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 54 apartments.

2018 — 53 units registered2023 — 53

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1930

Built

Floors

Residential units

Elevator apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

1420

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 HAZARDOUSIssued 2026-10-08

§ 27-2005, 27-2007, 27-2041.1 HMC, §238, § 309; § 107 (2) ( C) MDL AND 28 RCNY §25-171: REPLACE OR REPAIR THE SELF-CLOSING DOORS THAT IS MISSING OR DEFECTIVE LATCH SET AT THE BUILDING ENTRANCE DOOR AT PUBLIC HALL, 1st STORY

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 3FIssued 2026-09-08

§ 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE SPRING BALANCE AT LOWER SASH 2ND WINDOW FROM NORTH AT EAST WALL LEADING TO FIRE ESCAPE IN THE 5th ROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT APT 3F, 3rd STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST , SECTION ''EAST''

Status: Civ14 Mailed

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 2EIssued 2026-08-19

HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF ROACHES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 2E, 2nd STORY

Status: HPD couldn't get in to re-inspect

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 4IIssued 2026-07-31

HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF ROACHES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 4I, 4th STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST , SECTION AT EAST

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

604

All time

105

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water352

Unsanitary Condition49

Plumbing45

Door/Window42

Water Leak35

Paint/Plaster29

Electric22

Flooring/Stairs14

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

911

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential603

Street/Sidewalk181

Commercial60

Unspecified51

Vehicle8

House of Worship7

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

403

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony93

Misdemeanor229

Violation81

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

2024–20251 infested · 1 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.

Bedbug history

DOB building violations

Active

On record

Active, last 3 yrs

ACTIVE · LL6291-LOCAL LAW 62/91 - BOILERS BOILER REQUIRED1993-08-16

DOB building violations

Evictions

Executed, all time

Last 3 years

2025-10-20Apt 5Gresidential

2024-03-04Apt 3Aresidential

Executed by a city marshal. An eviction can be lawful; a high or rising count is a displacement signal, not proof of wrongdoing.

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 2022-11-17

Heat / hot water

CLOSEDOpened 2021-10-22

False Certification Non-Lead

CLOSEDOpened 2020-03-13

Heat / hot water

CLOSEDOpened 2019-08-27

Tenant action

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

5919 REALTY LLC

Head officer

Richard Joseph

Managing agent

5919 REALTY LLC

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

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.

Unpaid city fines

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2005-01-01 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2023-07-27 · $9

Mortgage2023-07-27$9

borrower 5919 REALTY LLC · lender VALLEY NATIONAL BANK

Mortgage2018-07-25$750,001

borrower SPIFFY REALTY LLC, FATTY REALTY L.L.C., 5919 REALTY LLC, TIDY REALTY LLC · lender MANUFACTURERS AND TRADERS TRUST COMPANY

Mortgage2012-09-05$2,000,000

borrower 5919 REALTY LLC, FATTY REALTY LLC · lender MANUFACTURERS AND TRADERS TRUST COMPANY

Mortgage2010-10-25$500,000

borrower 5919 REALTY LLC, FATTY REALTY L.L.C. · lender MANUFACTURERS AND TRADERS TRUST COMPANY

Mortgage2010-10-25$2,999,990

borrower 5919 REALTY LLC, FATTY REALTY L.L.C. · lender MANUFACTURERS AND TRADERS TRUST COMPANY

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