5 Spencer Court

Brooklyn, NY

BBL 3-01778-0035BIN 3049612

Concern level2 of 4

Moderate

013 active DOB violation(s)
023 open HPD 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 16 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — essentially all of the building's 16 apartments.

2018 — 16 units registered2023 — 16

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1931

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building5 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 B · HAZARDOUSApt 4CIssued 2018-06-145+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE ARRANGE AND MAKE SELF-CLOSING THE DOORS AT FRONT ENTRANCE LOCATED AT APT 4C, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS A · NON-HAZARDOUSIssued 2005-03-115+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2046.1 HMC: POST A PROPER NOTICE OF CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTING DEVICE REQUIREMENTS, IN A FORM APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER, IN A COMMON AREA OF A CLASS A MULTIPLE DWELLING NEAR INSPECTION CERTIFICATE OR PROVIDE NOTICE TO TENANTS IN A PRIVATE DWELLING. AT PUBLIC HALL, 1st STORY

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

CLASS A · NON-HAZARDOUSIssued 2002-08-205+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2048 ADM CODE PAINT OR POST A SIGN INDICATING FLOORS AT ALL STORIES AT PUBLIC HALL

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water2

Unsanitary Condition1

Heat/Hot WaterEntire Building2023-11-09 · closed

Heat/Hot WaterEntire Building2023-11-03 · closed

Unsanitary ConditionPests2021-03-18 · 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

474

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential195

Commercial90

Street/Sidewalk89

Unspecified80

Vehicle19

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 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

Higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

307

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony84

Misdemeanor178

Violation45

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 3 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 · LL6291-LOCAL LAW 62/91 - BOILERS BOILER REQUIRED2009-01-01

ACTIVE · LL6291-LOCAL LAW 62/91 - BOILERS BOILER REQUIRED2008-01-03

ACTIVE · LL6291-LOCAL LAW 62/91 - BOILERS BOILER REQUIRED2004-02-13

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 2005-02-25

Tenant action

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

5 SPENCER REALTY LLC

Head officer

DOV GUTTMAN

Managing agent

5 SPENCER REALTY LLC

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

1087 LENOX ROADBROOKLYN 1115 WOODYCREST AVENUEBRONX 141 PARK HILL AVENUESTATEN ISLAND 3 SPENCER COURTBROOKLYN 55 WEST 166 STREETBRONX

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 sale2002-01-15 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2022-03-24 · $86,189.68

Mortgage2022-03-24$86,189.68

borrower 5 SPENCER REALTY, LLC · lender SOVEREIGN BANK, N.A., SANTANDER BANK, N.A.

Mortgage2012-08-29$392,489.73

borrower 5 SPENCER REALTY LLC · lender SOVEREIGN BANK, N.A.

Mortgage2003-10-20$249,836.18

borrower 5 SPENCER REALTY LLC · lender THE DIME SAVINGS BANK OF WILLIAMSBURGH

Mortgage2002-05-10$475,000

borrower 5 SPENCER REALTY LLC · lender NORTH FORK BANK

Sale2002-01-15no recorded price

MARSHALL, EVER → 5 SPENCER 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