474 Lafayette Avenue

Brooklyn, NY

BBL 3-01950-0020BIN 3055678Plain-text version

Concern level2 of 4

Moderate

011 open rent-impairing violation(s)
022 active DOB violation(s)
033 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 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 8 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — essentially all of the building's 8 apartments.

2018 — 8 units registered2023 — 8

J-51 tax benefit

Rent stabilization here may be tied to a tax benefit and can end when the benefit expires.

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.

How to request your rent history →

Rent regulation

The building

1905

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building36 others linked to the same owner

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

110

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 1FIssued 2020-09-095+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... APPRX 10 SQ.FT AT EAST WALL IN THE PRIVATE HALLWAY LOCATED AT APT 1F, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST

Status: Certified late

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 3BIssued 2014-04-095+ YRS OLDRENT-IMPAIRING

§ 27-2070 ADM CODE PROVIDE AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF GAS TO THE FIXTURES GAS METER REMOVE IN THE ENTRANCE LOCATED AT APT 3B, 3rd STORY

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

CLASS A · NON-HAZARDOUSApt 1FIssued 2020-09-155+ YRS OLD

§ 300 M/D LAW FILE PLANS AND APPLICATION AND LEGALIZE THE FOLLOWING ALTERATION OR RESTORE TO THE LEGAL CONDITION EXISTING PRIOR TO THE MAKING OF SAID ALTERATION STAIR CASE ERRECTED BREECHCING 1ST STORY APARTMENT TO CELLAR LOCATED AT APT 1F, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Unsanitary Condition26

Door/Window17

Heat/Hot Water14

Paint/Plaster9

Plumbing7

Flooring/Stairs6

Water Leak3

311 complaints from tenants

Neighborhood noise

Much higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

1122

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Commercial507

Residential315

Street/Sidewalk183

Unspecified89

Vehicle28

311 noise complaints within about 1,000 ft (a few blocks) in the last year. Most reports here are about outdoor noise (mostly commercial) — 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

368

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony119

Misdemeanor162

Violation87

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 6 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

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.

ACTIVE · LBLVIO-LOW PRESSURE BOILER BOILER REQUIRED2023-06-20

VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2018 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION

ACTIVE · LL6291-LOCAL LAW 62/91 - BOILERS BOILER REQUIRED1993-08-16

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

2018-07-05Apt 3Bresidential

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 2015-02-11

Heat / hot water

CLOSEDOpened 2014-04-08

Heat / hot water

CLOSEDOpened 2014-02-18

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2012-01-06

Heat / hot water

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

474 LAFAYETTE REALTY, LLC

Head officer

YOSSEL LICHTMAN

Managing agent

474 LAFAYETTE REALTY, LLC

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

1020 PARK PLACEBROOKLYN 1052 DEAN STREETBROOKLYN 1066 PARK PLACEBROOKLYN 1072 BERGEN STREETBROOKLYN 1076 ROGERS AVENUEBROOKLYN

Landlord and related buildings

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2013-05-30 · $1,400,000

Most recent mortgage2022-11-23 · $351,483.91

Mortgage2022-11-23$351,483.91

borrower 474 LAFAYETTE REALTY LLC · lender KEARNY BANK

Mortgage2015-02-12$1,800,000

borrower 474 LAFAYETTE REALTY LLC · lender KEARNY FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK

Mortgage2013-05-30$550,000

borrower 474 LAFAYETTE REALTY LLC · lender EASTERN CAPITAL GROUP LLC

Sale2013-05-30$1,400,000

WILLIAMS, RUSSELL F, WILLIAMS, FENTON R → 474 LAFAYETTE REALTY LLC

Mortgage2013-05-30$1,000,000

borrower 474 LAFAYETTE REALTY LLC · lender EASTERN CAPITAL GROUP 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

Flagged for the 2025 tax-lien sale

The owner owes enough in water and sewer charges to be listed for the city's tax-lien sale (most recently a 90-day notice). A listing can still be cured by paying or entering a payment plan.

Years listed

2025

Most recent

90-day noticewater/sewer only2025-02-01

From DOF lien-sale lists (2019–2025). Financial distress is not proof of neglect, but owners behind on what they owe the city more often let repairs slide. Debt may since have been paid.

City debt & tax-lien sale