620 Gates Avenue

Brooklyn, NY

BBL 3-01816-0001BIN 3341863Plain-text version

Concern level3 of 4

High

0119 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 8 apartments
0212 of those issued in the last 3 years
033 open rent-impairing violation(s)
0411 evictions executed in the last 3 years

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 OATH/ECB 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 140 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 150 apartments.

2018 — 140 units registered2023 — 140

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1973

Built

Floors

150

Residential units

Elevator 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

414

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. HPD writes a separate violation for each room or spot, so one inspection can produce several near-identical entries; those are grouped below by apartment and date. This tax lot has 4 buildings; these counts are for this building only.

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 5AIssued 2026-09-28

HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF ROACHES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 5A, 5th STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH

Status: Civ14 Mailed

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 1AIssued 2024-08-272 violations

HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF MICE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 1A, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH
HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF ROACHES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 1A, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 1AIssued 2023-12-28

HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF MICE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 1A, 1st STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH

Status: Certification rejected by HPD

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 5BIssued 2021-11-045+ YRS OLD

HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF ROACHES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 5B, 5th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

406

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water111

Unsanitary Condition70

Plumbing56

Paint/Plaster47

Water Leak34

Door/Window26

Appliance22

General16

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

845

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential279

Street/Sidewalk244

Vehicle160

Commercial78

Unspecified48

House of Worship25

Park11

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

312

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony88

Misdemeanor160

Violation64

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

Re-infestation reported

2024–20250 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

Violations issued by the Department of Buildings that the owner must correct. Most don't carry a fine on their own; summonses that go to a hearing and can be fined are listed separately under OATH/ECB.

No active DOB violations.

DOB building violations

OATH/ECB violations and fines

Balance due (active)

Active violations

Lost by default

These are separate from DOB violations. They are summonses written by DOB inspectors and decided at a hearing before OATH, the city's administrative court (formerly the Environmental Control Board), and they can carry a fine. "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.

OATH/ECB violations and fines

Evictions

Executed, all time

Last 3 years

2026-08-28Apt 3Eresidential

2025-12-08Apt 6Cresidential

2025-11-17Apt 4Eresidential

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: repair & harassment cases

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 2023-01-24

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2020-01-06

Heat / hot water

CLOSEDOpened 2019-07-18

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2018-12-03

Tenant action

These are cases HPD is a party to, mostly tenants suing to force repairs or stop harassment. Eviction cases landlords file against tenants are not in the city's open data, so they don't appear here; the Evictions section shows only evictions a marshal carried out.

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

745 GATES, L.P.

Head officer

FERMIN GARCIA

Managing agent

PATHS MANAGEMENT SERVICES, LLC

13 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

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale1985-11-01 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2011-06-03 · $437,000

Mortgage2011-06-03$437,000

borrower 745 GATES, L.P., 745 GATES HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND CORPORATION · lender NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

Mortgage2010-11-09$137,019.87

borrower MW CELL REIT 1 LLC · lender DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS

Mortgage2010-03-11$5,050,000

borrower 745 GATES HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND CORPORATION, 745 GATES, L.P. · lender NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

Mortgage2010-03-11$1,878,398

borrower 745 GATES HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND CORPORATION, 745 GATES, L.P. · lender NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

Mortgage2010-03-11$903,880

borrower 745 GATES, L.P., 745 GATES HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND CORPORATION · lender THE CITY OF NEW YORK, ACTING THROUGH ITS, DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND PRESERVATION

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