1654 Union Street

Brooklyn, NY

BBL 3-01402-0009BIN 3037758

Concern level4 of 4

Severe

017 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 2 apartments
024 of those issued in the last 3 years
031 open rent-impairing violation(s)
043 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 15 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — essentially all of the building's 15 apartments.

2018 — 15 units registered2023 — 15

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

Registration counts apply to the building, not to unit numbers. To confirm your own apartment, request your rent history from New York State Homes and Community Renewal — it is free and takes a few weeks.

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Rent regulation

The building

1917

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

556

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 2026-08-05

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE FIRE RETARDANT MATERIAL AT BULKHEAD CEILING , 4th STORY

Status: Nov Certified On Time

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt APT1Issued 2026-08-05

§ 27-2005, 27-2007, 27-2041.1 HMC: REPLACE OR REPAIR THE SELF-CLOSING DOORS THAT IS MISSING OR DEFECTIVE .. IN THE ENTRANCE LOCATED AT APT APT1, 2nd STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

Status: Civ14 Mailed

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2026-08-05

§ 27-2033 ADM CODE PROVIDE READY ACCESS TO BUILDINGS HEATING SYSTEM DOOR LOCKED AT BOILER ROOM

Status: Nov Certified On Time

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2026-08-05RENT-IMPAIRING

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE FIRE ESCAPE DEFECTIVE. ADJUST THE DROPLADDER SO THAT IT WILL SLIDE EASILY IN THE GUIDE RODS AT WEST FIRE ESCAPE

Status: Nov Certified On Time

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water8

Unsanitary Condition6

Appliance5

Door/Window4

Plumbing2

Electric2

Flooring/Stairs2

Paint/Plaster1

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

1312

Noise reports · last 12 mo

109

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Street/Sidewalk483

Vehicle415

Residential362

Commercial24

Unspecified18

House of Worship9

Helicopter1

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

708

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony167

Misdemeanor445

Violation96

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 7 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 · C-CONSTRUCTION OTHER OPTIONAL2009-05-14

ACTIVE · C-CONSTRUCTION OTHER OPTIONAL2007-08-14

ACTIVE · ES-ELECTRIC SIGNS NONE1991-07-31

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 2023-10-30

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2018-06-26

Access Warrant - Non-Lead

CLOSEDOpened 2015-08-24

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2012-05-16

Tenant action

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

C Y HEIGHTS LLC

Head officer

DAVID FISCHER

Managing agent

HERSH ZARCHI

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

1577 CARROLL STREETBROOKLYN 1625 PRESIDENT STREETBROOKLYN 1650 PRESIDENT STREETBROOKLYN 1660 UNION STREETBROOKLYN 440 ALBANY AVENUEBROOKLYN

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 22010-11-30$250 penalty

ConstructionUnknown1988-06-29$1,000 penalty

Unpaid city fines

Ownership & money

Speculation watch

·Changed hands in 2025 — new owners sometimes move to raise rents or deregulate units

A pattern, not a prediction — many transfers are ordinary or between related companies.

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2025-07-25 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2025-10-06 · $295,554.28

Mortgage2025-10-06$295,554.28

borrower 1654 UNION LLC, 1660 UNION LLC, 742 MONTGOMERY LLC, 1625 PRESIDENT LLC · lender ARBOR COMMERCIAL FUNDING I, LLC

Sale2025-07-25no recorded price

C.Y. EMPIRE CORP. → 1654 UNION LLC

Mortgage2020-07-09$2,752,781.04

borrower C.Y. EMPIRE CORP · lender NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK

Mortgage2015-12-16$9,568,027.83

borrower C.Y. EMPIRE CORP. · lender NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK

Mortgage2013-04-17$4,225,836.83

borrower C.Y. EMPIRE CORP. · lender CAPITAL ONE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

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