1536 De Kalb Avenue

Brooklyn, NY

BBL 3-03247-0029BIN 3073878

Concern level2 of 4

Moderate

011 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

1931

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building76 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.

No open HPD violations.

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Unsanitary Condition5

Unsanitary ConditionPests2025-01-11 · closed

Unsanitary ConditionPests2024-12-27 · closed

Unsanitary ConditionPests2024-12-23 · closed

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

1690

Noise reports · last 12 mo

141

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Street/Sidewalk689

Residential540

Commercial280

Unspecified91

Vehicle90

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

Much higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

568

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony171

Misdemeanor343

Violation54

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 9 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 · C-CONSTRUCTION OTHER OPTIONAL2025-10-29

BOROUGH COMMISSIONER HAS ORDERED ALL WORK STOPPED UNDERPERMIT#B00771082-I2 ON 10/24/25 DUE TO REVOCATION OF APPROVAL(S) AND PERMIT(S).

DOB building violations

Evictions

No executed evictions on record for this building.

Evictions

Housing court

No HPD housing-court cases on record for this building.

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

1536 Dekalb Ave LLC

Head officer

Eric Setton

Managing agent

Arya Management LLC

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

103 MAC DOUGAL STREETMANHATTAN 105 MAC DOUGAL STREETMANHATTAN 1223 BEDFORD AVENUEBROOKLYN 1226 BEDFORD AVENUEBROOKLYN 126 PEARL STREETMANHATTAN

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

Speculation watch

·Bought and resold within a few years — rapid turnover is a common speculation signal

A pattern, not a prediction — many transfers are ordinary or between related companies.

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2018-05-02 · $1,250,000

Most recent mortgage2023-07-12 · $1,850,000

Mortgage2023-07-12$1,850,000

borrower 1536 DEKALB AVE LLC · lender VALLEY NATIONAL BANK

Sale2018-05-02$1,250,000

1536 DEKALB LLC → 1536 DEKALB AVENUE LLC

Sale2016-07-07$1,250,000

DELGADO, WASHINGTON → 1536 DEKALB, LLC

Mortgage2013-12-20$160,000

borrower DELGADO, ALBA, DELGADO, WASHINGTON · lender FLUSHING BANK

Mortgage1999-10-26$120,000

borrower DELGADO, ALBA, DELGADO, WASHINGTON · lender FLUSHING SAVINGS BANK FSB

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