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.
Evictions
No executed evictions on record for this building.
The building
2008
Built
7
Floors
42
Residential units
Elevator apartments
Type
Housing court
No HPD housing-court cases on record for this building.
Unpaid city fines
$0
Balance due (active)
0
Active violations
0
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.
Rent regulation
Likely rent-stabilized
The owner registered 42 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — essentially all of the building's 42 apartments.
22
23
2022 — 42 units registered2023 — 42
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.
The owner filed 5 annual bedbug reports and reported no infested units. Filing with zero infestations is the compliant, reassuring case.
HPD housing-maintenance violations
5
Open now
43
On record
2
Open Class C
2
Open Class B
1
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 HAZARDOUSIssued 2024-11-29
§ 27-2005, 27-2007, 27-2041.1 HMC, §238, § 309; § 107 (2) ( C) MDL AND 28 RCNY §25-171: REPLACE OR REPAIR THE SELF-CLOSING DOORS THAT IS MISSING OR DEFECTIVE HINGE AT DOOR LEADING TO PATIO AT NORTH AT PUBLIC HALL, 7th STORY
Status: Notice issued, not yet certified
CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 703Issued 2024-11-29
§ 27-2005 ADM CODE & 309 M/D LAW ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF HOTWATER EXCEEDS THE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 130 DEGREES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 703, 7th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH
Status: Notice issued, not yet certified
CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 703Issued 2024-11-29
§ 27-2046.1 HMC: REPAIR OR REPLACE THE CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTING DEVICE(S). DEFECTIVE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 703, 7th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH
Status: Notice issued, not yet certified
CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 703Issued 2024-11-29
§ 27-2045 ADM CODE REPAIR OR REPLACE THE SMOKE DETECTOR DEFECTIVE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 703, 7th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH
Status: Notice issued, not yet certified
311 complaints from tenants
17
All time
1
Last 12 months
Heat/Hot Water10
Unsanitary Condition4
General1
Plumbing1
Water Leak1
Heat/Hot WaterApartment Only2025-12-28 · closed
GeneralVentilation System2025-06-24 · closed
Heat/Hot WaterApartment Only2025-02-14 · closed
Complaints record what a tenant reported, not a finding by the city. "Closed" often means the inspector could not gain access.
Neighborhood crime
Higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks
311
NYPD reports · last 12 mo
26
≈ per month
Felony103
Misdemeanor140
Violation68
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.
Concern level2 of 4
Moderate
012 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 21 apartments
022 of those issued in the last 3 years
032 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.
DOB building violations
2
Active
16
On record
0
Active, last 3 yrs
ACTIVE · E-ELEVATOR ELEVATORREQUIRED2021-05-04
ACTIVE · EVCAT1-ELEVATOR ANNUAL INSPECTION / TEST ELEVATORREQUIRED2011-12-13
VIOLATION ISSUED TO ELEVATOR-FAILURE TO FILE CATEGORY 1 2010 INSPECTION/TEST
Landlord and related buildings
Registered owner
JOHNSON AVENUE LLC
Head officer
MOSHE HALBERSTAM
Managing agent
DIAMOND MANAGEMENT
No other buildings found sharing this building's registered contact.
This building and the landlord's others
This building
Neighborhood noise
Much higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks
939
Noise reports · last 12 mo
78
≈ per month
46
% from neighbors
Residential428
Street/Sidewalk229
Commercial134
Unspecified95
Vehicle49
Park2
House of Worship2
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.
Ownership & money
Speculation watch
·Changed hands in 2024 — new owners sometimes move to raise rents or deregulate units
A pattern, not a prediction — many transfers are ordinary or between related companies.
6
Recorded sales
10
Mortgages / refinances
Last recorded sale2024-05-30 · no recorded price
Most recent mortgage2020-10-30 · $650,578.37
Sale2024-05-30no recorded price
JOHNSON AVENUE LLC → JOHNSON AVENUE LLC, KF JOHNSON AVE LLC
Mortgage2020-10-30$650,578.37
borrower JOHNSON AVENUE LLC · lender GREYSTONE SERVICING COMPANY LLC
Mortgage2011-01-20$287,500
borrower JOHNSON AVENUE LLC · lender BERKADIA COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE LLC
Mortgage2008-07-10$1,012,500
borrower JOHNSON AVENUE LLC · lender BROOKLYN FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK
Mortgage2008-07-10$8,700,000
borrower JOHNSON AVENUE LLC · lender BROOKLYN FEDERAL SAVINGS 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.