63 Central Avenue

Brooklyn, NY

BBL 3-03157-0101BIN 3389471

Concern level4 of 4

Severe

0113 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 3 apartments
0212 of those issued in the last 3 years
034 open rent-impairing violation(s)
045 active DOB violation(s)
055 DOB fines lost by default (unpaid)

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

The owner registered 38 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — essentially all of the building's 38 apartments.

2018 — 38 units registered2023 — 38

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.

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Rent regulation

The building

2005

Built

Floors

Residential units

Elevator apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building100 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.

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 4GIssued 2026-10-05RENT-IMPAIRING

§ 27-2026 ADM CODE REMOVE ALL OBSTRUCTIONS FROM WATER CLOSET ... IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 4G, 4th STORY, 4th APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 1BIssued 2026-10-05

§ 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 HINGES IN THE ENTRANCE LOCATED AT APT 1B, 1st STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 1BIssued 2026-09-24

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

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 1BIssued 2026-09-24

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

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water24

Unsanitary Condition10

Plumbing7

Paint/Plaster6

Door/Window6

Water Leak4

General2

Elevator2

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

1448

Noise reports · last 12 mo

121

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Street/Sidewalk390

Commercial357

Residential341

Unspecified327

Vehicle20

Park13

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

About averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

242

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony85

Misdemeanor98

Violation59

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

VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2019 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION

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

VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2019 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION

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

VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2019 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION

DOB building violations

Evictions

No executed evictions on record for this building.

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 2017-02-27

Heat / hot water

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

MELROSE APT ASSOCIATES, L.P.

Head officer

ISMAEL FELICIANO

Managing agent

RISEBORO COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP

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

10 FORREST STREETBROOKLYN 111 LINDEN STREETBROOKLYN 1116 WILLOUGHBY AVENUEBROOKLYN 1126 WILLOUGHBY AVENUEBROOKLYN 113 LINDEN STREETBROOKLYN

Landlord and related buildings

Unpaid city fines

$34,375

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.

DEFAULTElevatorsClass 12025-10-10$6,250 due

DEFAULTElevatorsClass 22025-05-12$3,125 due

DEFAULTElevatorsClass 12024-05-29$12,500 due

DEFAULTElevatorsClass 12024-04-08$12,500 due

Unpaid city fines

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Most recent mortgage2007-12-20 · $1,140,000

Mortgage2007-12-20$1,140,000

borrower MELROSE APARTMENTS ASSOCIATES, L.P., MELROSE STREET HOUSING DEVELOPMENT · lender HOUSING TRUST FUND CORPORATION

Mortgage2007-12-20$718,600

borrower MELROSE APARTMENTS ASSOCIATES, L.P., MELROSE STREET HOUSING DEVELOPMENT · lender WASHINGTON MUTUAL 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