81 Linden Street

Brooklyn, NY

BBL 3-03322-0022BIN 3076069

Concern level3 of 4

High

013 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 3 apartments
022 open rent-impairing violation(s)
031 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

The owner registered 8 stabilized units with New York State for 2018 — essentially all of the building's 8 apartments.

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 building11 others linked to the same owner

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

109

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 3AIssued 2019-10-075+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2005, 2007, 204.1 HMC CODE: ARRANGE AND MAKE SELF-CLOSING THE DOORS ... IN THE ENTRANCE LOCATED AT APT 3A, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

Status: HPD couldn't get in to re-inspect

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 1998-03-245+ YRS OLDRENT-IMPAIRING

SECTION 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE REMOVE THE ILLEGAL FASTENING DOUBLE CYLINDER KEY OPERATED LOCK INSTALLED ON ENTRANCE DOOR TO BLDG

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 1993-06-155+ YRS OLDRENT-IMPAIRING

SECTION 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE REMOVE THE ILLEGAL FASTENING DOUBLE CYLINDER KEY OPERATED LOCK INSTALLED ENTRANCE DOOR BLDG.

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 2BIssued 2026-09-08

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR THE NORTH WALL IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 2B, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST

Status: Civ14 Mailed

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Paint/Plaster9

Heat/Hot Water6

Appliance4

Unsanitary Condition4

General2

Flooring/Stairs1

Door/Window1

Water Leak1

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

Higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

600

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential330

Street/Sidewalk176

Vehicle44

Unspecified32

Commercial12

House of Worship4

Park1

Helicopter1

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

196

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony68

Misdemeanor82

Violation46

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

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 2024-07-10

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2023-08-09

Tenant action

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

LINDEN STREET LLC

Head officer

ABRAHAM SCHWARTZ

Managing agent

ABRAHAM SCHWARTZ

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

1035 UNION STREETBROOKLYN 107 VAN BUREN STREETBROOKLYN 122 FENIMORE STREETBROOKLYN 1387 BEDFORD AVENUEBROOKLYN 1647 UNION STREETBROOKLYN

Landlord and related buildings

Unpaid city fines

No DOB/ECB violations on record for this building.

Unpaid city fines

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2001-08-06 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2002-12-26 · $250,000

Mortgage2002-12-26$250,000

borrower LINDEN ST LLC · lender ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION

Sale2001-08-06no recorded price

DUNN, CLEOPATRA/DEF, KASUMU, SIDIKT/DEF, NYC ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL BOARD/DEF, SAPP, TASHA/DEF, CERVERA, CRYSTAL/DEF, NYC HPD, CERVERA, ROBERTO/DEF, DUNN, PETER/DEF, MELENDEZ, ALFREDO/DEF, MULAMMAD, KHALIL/DEF, 77 LINDEN STREET ASSOCIATES/DEF, MELENDEZ, ANNREDA/DEF, THOMAS, THERESA/DEF, SANTANGELO, GERALDINE D/REF → LINDEN ST LLC

Mortgage1997-01-06$1,366,000

borrower 77 LINDEN STREET ASSOCIATES LP · lender NYC HPD

Mortgage1990-10-17$474,000

borrower 77 LINDEN ST ASSOCS · lender COMMUNITY PRESERVATNCP

Mortgage1990-10-17$1,366,000

borrower 77 LINDEN ST ASSOCS · lender COMMUNITY PRESERVATNCP

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