155 South 4 Street

Brooklyn, NY

BBL 3-02431-0031BIN 3063280

Concern level2 of 4

Moderate

011 open class-C HPD violation (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 40 apartments
023 active DOB 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

On the NYC DHCR 2024 registered rent-stabilized building list. This official list records the building, not a per-year unit count.

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1917

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

365

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 15Issued 2019-12-135+ YRS OLD

HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF MICE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 15, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 15Issued 2021-02-165+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... AT THE CEILING AND WALLS, APPX. 5 SQ FT IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 15, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST ORIGINAL VIOLATION 13857701 ISSUED 14-OCT-20 HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO CLASS B PER ADMINISTRATIVE CODE ''''27-2017.3a(3)(a) or (b).

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 27Issued 2020-10-195+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE FIRE EGRESS DEFECTIVE. REMOVE OBSTRUCTING BARS OR UNLAWFUL GATES FROM WINDOW TO FIRE ESCAPE OR PROVIDE APPROVED TYPE GATE .. IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 27, 5th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

Status: Certification rejected by HPD

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 28Issued 2019-10-025+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE & 309 M/D LAW ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF LOCKABLE SLIDE BOLT WITH EYE AT DOOR IN THE ENTRANCE LOCATED AT APT 28, 5th STORY, 2nd 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 Condition6

Appliance4

Heat/Hot Water3

Door/Window2

Flooring/Stairs2

Water Leak1

Electric1

Paint/Plaster1

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

1070

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential537

Street/Sidewalk191

Commercial171

Unspecified85

Park44

Vehicle42

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

About averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

237

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony98

Misdemeanor106

Violation33

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

ACTIVE · EGRADE-FAILURE TO POST ENERGY GRADE/SCORE NONE2024-12-01

FAILURE TO DISPLAY ENERGY EFFICIENCY SCORE AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY GRADE AS PER ADCODE SEC. 28-309.12.3

ACTIVE · LBLVIO-LOW PRESSURE BOILER BOILER REQUIRED2018-04-06

VIOLATION ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO FILE ANNUAL BOILER 2016 INSPECTION REPORT

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

DOB building violations

Evictions

Executed, all time

Last 3 years

2017-12-18Apt STORE #2commercial

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

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 2019-10-29

Heat / hot water

CLOSEDOpened 2018-03-08

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2010-05-28

7A administrator case

CLOSEDOpened 2010-05-24

Comprehensive

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

CVEL REALTY CORP

Head officer

ROBINSON URENA

Managing agent

CVEL REALTY CORP

No other buildings found sharing this building's registered contact.

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

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale1979-07-31 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2021-12-30 · $207,035.35

Mortgage2021-12-30$207,035.35

borrower CVEL REALTY CORP., 5217 13 LLC, SSH PROPERTIES LLC, 529 FLUSHING REALTY LLC, 2390 HOFFMAN LLC · lender POPULAR BANK

Mortgage2016-12-09$2,784,840.32

borrower CVEL REALTY CORP. · lender ROC DEBT STRATEGIES II MORTGAGE CAPITAL WF LLC

Mortgage2014-11-19$3,330,659.91

borrower CVEL REALTY CORP. · lender CUSTOMERS BANK

Mortgage2013-08-12$2,913,642.91

borrower CVEL REALTY CORP. · lender CUSTOMERS BANK

Mortgage2011-04-01$3,200,000

borrower CVEL REALTY CORP. · lender AMALGAMATED BANK

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