1493 Gates Avenue

Brooklyn, NY

BBL 3-03335-0039BIN 3076335

Concern level2 of 4

Moderate

011 open rent-impairing violation(s)
021 active DOB violation(s)
035 open HPD 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 building2 others linked to the same owner

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

204

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 B · HAZARDOUSIssued 2025-07-02RENT-IMPAIRING

§ 53,187,231 M/D LAW & DEPT RULES & REG. PROVIDE MEANS OF EGRESS FROM YARD TO STREET BY FIREPROOF PASSAGEWAY FOR WHICH APPLICATION MUST BE FILED FOR APPROVAL,OR BY UNLOCKED DOOR OR GATE IN FENCE TO ADJOINING PREMISES WITH CONSENT OF ADJACENT OWNER.

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 1RIssued 2014-11-135+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2081 ADM CODE DISCONTINUE USE OF ROOMS FOR LIVING, DISCONNECT PLUMBING FIXTURES AND PROPERLY SEAL PIPE CONNECTIONS IN CELLAR LOCATED AT APT 1R, 1st STORY, APARTMENT AT EAST

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

CLASS A · NON-HAZARDOUSIssued 2025-07-02

§ 300 M/D LAW FILE PLANS AND APPLICATION AND LEGALIZE THE FOLLOWING ALTERATION OR RESTORE TO THE LEGAL CONDITION EXISTING PRIOR TO THE MAKING OF SAID ALTERATION SHEETROCK WALL ERECTED FROM FLOOR TO CEILING CREATING ILLEGAL CLOSET, APARTMENT 1L AT THE SECOND DOOR FROM SOUTH AT WEST, PUBLIC HALL , 1st STORY

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

CLASS A · NON-HAZARDOUSIssued 2025-07-02

§ 300 M/D LAW FILE PLANS AND APPLICATION AND LEGALIZE THE FOLLOWING ALTERATION OR RESTORE TO THE LEGAL CONDITION EXISTING PRIOR TO THE MAKING OF SAID ALTERATION SHEETROCK WALL ERECTED FROM CEILING TO FLOOR CREATING ILLEGAL WALL DIMINISHING PUBLIC HALL , 1st STORY

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Plumbing7

Unsanitary Condition6

Door/Window5

Heat/Hot Water4

Flooring/Stairs3

Water Leak2

Electric2

Safety2

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

903

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential476

Street/Sidewalk210

Commercial146

Unspecified50

Vehicle19

Park1

House of Worship1

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

Much higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

756

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony201

Misdemeanor468

Violation87

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 7 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 2018 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 2017-02-02

Lead False Certification

CLOSEDOpened 2009-11-09

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2009-10-23

Tenant action

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

MARC REALTY HOLDINGS NY LLC

Head officer

S KAUFMAN

Managing agent

Naftali Horowitz

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

282 COOPER STREETBROOKLYN 773 LEXINGTON AVENUEBROOKLYN

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 sale2012-06-22 · $675,000

Most recent mortgage2025-08-21 · $473,994.86

Mortgage2025-08-21$473,994.86

borrower MARC REALTY HOLDINGS NY LLC · lender JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.

Mortgage2018-05-09$443,498.05

borrower MARC REALTY HOLDINGS NY LLC · lender KEARNY BANK

Mortgage2013-07-09$700,000

borrower MARC REALTY HOLDINGS NY LLC · lender CUSTOMERS BANK

Mortgage2013-05-16$300,000

borrower MARC REALTY HOLDINGS NY LLC · lender CUSTOMERS BANK

Mortgage2012-06-22$800,000

borrower MARC REALTY HOLDINGS NY LLC · lender 8 TRIBES CAPITAL LLC

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