52 Herkimer Place

Brooklyn, NY

BBL 3-01866-0021BIN 3323687Plain-text version

Concern level4 of 4

Severe

014 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 3 apartments
024 of those issued in the last 3 years
032 open rent-impairing violation(s)
042 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 1 stabilized unit with New York State for 2023 — of about 12 apartments.

2018 — 1 units registered2023 — 1

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 building42 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. This tax lot has 2 buildings; these counts are for this building only.

CLASS A · NON-HAZARDOUSIssued 2026-05-04

(A) § HMC:FILE ANNUAL BEDBUG REPORT IN ACCORDANCE WITH HPD RULE AS DESCRIBED ON THE BACK OF THIS NOTICE OF VIOLATION OR AS DESCRIBED ON HPDS WEBSITE, WWW.NYC.GOV\HPD, SEARCH BED BUGS.

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water14

Unsanitary Condition9

Water Leak4

Electric4

General2

Plumbing1

Safety1

Door/Window1

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

1035

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential419

Street/Sidewalk314

Commercial200

Unspecified64

Vehicle27

House of Worship10

Helicopter1

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

Much higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

913

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony248

Misdemeanor573

Violation92

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

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

2024-05-06Apt 2BHresidential

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 2017-03-22

Heat / hot water

CLOSEDOpened 2008-01-23

Heat / hot water

CLOSEDOpened 2008-01-10

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2008-01-08

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

1221 ATLANTIC AVE LLC

Head officer

rene rivera

Managing agent

rene rivera

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

1004 BEDFORD AVENUEBROOKLYN 101 QUINCY STREETBROOKLYN 1055 DEAN STREETBROOKLYN 1058 BERGEN STREETBROOKLYN 11 GUNTHER PLACEBROOKLYN

Landlord and related buildings

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2004-12-17 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2017-11-16 · $1,661,340.57

Mortgage2017-11-16$1,661,340.57

borrower 1221 ATLANTIC AVENUE LLC · lender THE COMMUNITY PRESERVATION CORPORATION

Mortgage2017-11-16$338,659.43

borrower 1221 ATLANTIC AVENUE LLC · lender THE COMMUNITY PRESERVATION CORPORATION

Mortgage2013-05-07$10,384,697.39

borrower 192 BSD REALTY LLC, 1221 ATLANTIC AVENUE LLC, 1055 DEAN LLC, 143 N8 C3 REALTY INVESTORS LLC, 247 TROUTMAN LLC, 283 NOSTRAND AVE REALTY LLC, 778 LINCOLN PLACE LLC · lender ORITANI FINANCE COMPANY

Mortgage2010-11-23$431,332.68

borrower 1221 ATLANTIC AVENUE LLC · lender CAPITAL ONE, N.A.

Sale2004-12-17no recorded price

1820 OCEAN REALTY, INC. → 1221 ATLANTIC AVENUE 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