437 Rogers Avenue

Brooklyn, NY

BBL 3-01329-0005BIN 3035330

Concern level4 of 4

Severe

0110 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 6 apartments
025 of those issued in the last 3 years
033 active DOB violation(s)
042 DOB fines lost by default (unpaid)

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 5 stabilized units with New York State for 2018 — of about 6 apartments.

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1905

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

214

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

§ 27-2142 ADM CODE APTS HAVE BEEN VACATED BY THIS DEPARTMENT AND CANNOT BE REOCCUPIED UNTIL SO ORDERED AFTER PROOF OF COMPLIANCE FOR APTS #1 1ST STY EAST 1 VACATE, ORDER # 119165 ,

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

CLASS I · NON-HAZARDOUS

§ 27-2089 ADM CODE THE PREMISES HAVE BEEN VACATED BY AN ORDER OF THIS DEPARTMENT AND CANNOT BE REOCCUPIED EXCEPT FOR CARETAKER UNTIL A NEW CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY HAS BEEN OBTAINED. VACATE ORDER # 244314 POSTED AT BUILDING ENTRANCE DOOR

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

CLASS I · NON-HAZARDOUS

§ 27-2142 ADM CODE APTS HAVE BEEN VACATED BY THIS DEPARTMENT AND CANNOT BE REOCCUPIED UNTIL SO ORDERED AFTER PROOF OF COMPLIANCE FOR APTS #3, 2ST STY EAST 1 VACATE, ORDER # 119165 ,

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 5Issued 2023-11-28

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE & 309 M/D LAW ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF FIRE DAMAGE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 5, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Electric2

Heat/Hot Water1

ElectricPower Outage2020-08-24 · closed

ElectricPower Outage2020-08-22 · closed

Heat/Hot WaterApartment Only2020-03-08 · 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

576

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential206

Street/Sidewalk153

Commercial135

Unspecified57

Vehicle25

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

About averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

192

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony58

Misdemeanor91

Violation43

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 1 annual bedbug report 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 · LL6291-LOCAL LAW 62/91 - BOILERS BOILER REQUIRED1994-07-25

DOB building violations

Evictions

Executed, all time

Last 3 years

2017-06-27Apt 5residential

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.

CLOSED

Comp Supplemental Cases

CLOSEDOpened 2024-09-05

Comprehensive

CLOSEDOpened 2017-03-29

Heat / hot water

CLOSEDOpened 2014-09-15

Harassment case

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

437 ROGERS, LLC

Head officer

LUCIENNE LUCAS

Managing agent

ESL

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

Landlord and related buildings

Unpaid city fines

$20,000

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.

ConstructionClass 12025-04-15$2,530 penalty

DEFAULTConstructionClass 12025-04-15$12,500 due

Unpaid city fines

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2017-09-30 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2012-05-09 · $200,000

Sale2017-09-30no recorded price

LUCAS, LUCIENNE → 437 ROGERS LLC

Mortgage2012-05-09$200,000

borrower LUCAS, LUCIENNE · lender VALLEY NATIONAL BANK

Mortgage1991-01-24$10,215

borrower LUCAS, LUCIENNE · lender MADISON RESOURCES LTD

Sale1981-09-03no recorded price

BRAITHWAITE REGINALD L → LUCAS LUCIENNE

Mortgage1981-09-03no recorded price

borrower LUCAS LUCIENNE · lender BRAITHWAITE REGINALD

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