273 Buffalo Avenue

Brooklyn, NY

BBL 3-01387-0001BIN 3037200

Concern level2 of 4

Moderate

012 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 27 apartments
021 of those issued in the last 3 years
031 open rent-impairing 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 47 stabilized units with New York State for 2021 — of about 54 apartments.

2018 — 47 units registered2021 — 47

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1922

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 2GIssued 2025-11-17RENT-IMPAIRING

§ 27-2031 ADM CODE PROVIDE HOT WATER AT ALL HOT WATER FIXTURES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 2G, 2nd STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST

Status: Certification rejected by HPD

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 3HIssued 2021-05-245+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2056.7, 27-2056.8, 27-2056.9 ADM CODE -CERTIFY COMPLIANCE WITH LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD CONTROL REQUIREMENTS DURING PERIOD OF UNIT VACANCY BY PERFORMING ACTIVITIES NECESSARY TO ABATE PRESUMED LEAD-BASED PAINT FROM REQUIRED WINDOW AND/OR DOOR FRICTION SURFACES FOR APARTMENT AND MAKE FLOORS SMOOTH AND CLEANABLE, PRESUMED LEAD PAINT IN AN APARTMENT WITH A CHILD UNDER SIX LOCATED AT APT 3H, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST

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

CLASS A · NON-HAZARDOUSApt 2GIssued 2017-07-125+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2013 ADM CODE PAINT WITH LIGHT COLORED PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT THE 1st WINDOW FRAME FROM SOUTH AT WEST WALL IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 2G, 2nd STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST , 1st SECTION FROM EAST AT SOUTH

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

CLASS A · NON-HAZARDOUSApt 2GIssued 2017-07-125+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2013 ADM CODE PAINT WITH LIGHT COLORED PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT THE NORTH WALL IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 2G, 2nd STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST , 1st SECTION FROM EAST AT SOUTH

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Paint/Plaster3

General2

Heat/Hot Water2

Unsanitary Condition2

Water Leak2

Door/Window1

Electric1

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

1079

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Street/Sidewalk623

Residential376

Vehicle42

Unspecified23

Commercial11

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

Higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

471

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony152

Misdemeanor200

Violation119

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

2024–20250 infested · 0 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

No active DOB violations.

DOB building violations

Evictions

Executed, all time

Last 3 years

2023-08-07Apt 1Eresidential

2018-08-28Apt 4Lresidential

2018-03-14Apt 4Lresidential

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 2023-01-18

Harassment case

CLOSEDOpened 2022-10-21

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2006-11-15

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2006-10-20

Tenant action

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

273 REALTY LLC

Head officer

WOLF SCIHERMAN

Managing agent

273 REALTY LLC

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 sale1995-02-24 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2022-04-28 · $1,270,318.94

Mortgage2022-04-28$1,270,318.94

borrower 273 REALTY LLC · lender JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.

Mortgage2017-05-02$1,356,724.3

borrower 273 REALTY LLC · lender THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK LONG ISLAND

Mortgage2012-04-03$613,921.93

borrower 273 REALTY LLC · lender THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF LONG ISLAND

Mortgage2009-03-31$3,000,000

borrower 273 REALTY LLC · lender NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK

Sale1995-02-24no recorded price

273 REALTY ASSOCIATES → 273 REALTY LLC

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