482 Decatur Street

Brooklyn, NY

BBL 3-01683-0038BIN 3047652

Concern level3 of 4

High

013 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 2 apartments

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

Not on the rent-stabilized list

Not found in the DOF tax-bill records nor the 2024 DHCR registered building list. Absence isn't proof a unit is unregulated — buildings can be missing or newly deregulated.

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1899

Built

Floors

Residential units

Two-family house

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building3 others linked to the same owner

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 4RIssued 2011-09-125+ YRS OLD

SECTION 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: REPAIR THE ROOF SO THAT IT WILL NOT LEAK OVER AND IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 4R, 3rd STORY

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2011-08-235+ YRS OLD

SECTION 27-2031 ADMIN. CODE: PROVIDE HOT WATER AT ALL HOT WATER FIXTURES, 2nd STORY

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 1FLIssued 2011-08-105+ YRS OLD

SECTION 27-2073 ADM CODE - PROVIDE AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF GAS TO THE FIXTURES ,(GAS RANGE) IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT BSMT-APT 1FL

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt BSMTIssued 2013-05-075+ YRS OLD

SECTION 27-2018 ADMIN. CODE: ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF BEDBUGS LOCATED AT APT BSMT

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

No 311 housing complaints on record for this building.

311 complaints from tenants

Neighborhood noise

Higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

869

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential540

Street/Sidewalk275

Unspecified32

Vehicle13

Commercial9

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

290

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony94

Misdemeanor157

Violation39

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 annual bedbug report on file. Owners of buildings with three or more apartments must file one each year — its absence can mean a smaller building, or an owner that has not filed.

Bedbug history

DOB building violations

Active

On record

Active, last 3 yrs

No active DOB violations.

DOB building violations

Evictions

No executed evictions on record for this building.

Evictions

Housing court

No HPD housing-court cases on record for this building.

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

5 BORO REO HOMES LLC

Head officer

KEITH WACHTEL

Managing agent

REO MANAGEMENT CORP

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

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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

Speculation watch

·Bought and resold within a few years — rapid turnover is a common speculation signal

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

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2012-09-19 · $310,000

Most recent mortgage2025-07-28 · $91,035.72

Mortgage2025-07-28$91,035.72

borrower 5 BORO REO HOMES LLC · lender MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., EMPORIUM TPO LLC.

Mortgage2018-06-15$1,250,000

borrower 5 BORO REO HOMES LLC · lender ASCENSION EQUITIES, LLC

Sale2012-09-19$310,000

SCHARAGA, IRA M → 5 BORO REO HOMES LLC.

Sale2005-08-09$725,000

D'AVILAR, LAWRENCE → HENRY, VERNON

Mortgage2005-08-09$616,250

borrower HENRY, VERNON · lender LONG BEACH MORTGAGE 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