1125 Putnam Avenue

Brooklyn, NY

BBL 3-03366-0045BIN 3076945

Concern level3 of 4

High

012 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 4 apartments
022 of those issued in the last 3 years
034 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 2023 — essentially all of the building's 8 apartments.

2018 — 8 units registered2023 — 8

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1905

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building62 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 1BIssued 2026-10-13

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

Status: Awaiting HPD re-inspection

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2025-02-20

§ 27-2033 ADM CODE PROVIDE READY ACCESS TO BUILDINGS HEATING SYSTEM DOOR LOCKED AT CELLAR AT BOILER ROOM

Status: Certification rejected by HPD

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 1BIssued 2026-10-13

§ 27-2026, 2027 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE EVIDENCE OF A WATER LEAK AT CEILING IN THE 1st ROOM FROM EAST LOCATED AT APT 1B, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH

Status: Nov Certified On Time

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 1BIssued 2026-10-07

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR THE NORTH WALL , WEST WALL , CIELING IN THE 3rd ROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT APT 1B, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST

Status: Nov Certified On Time

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water9

Paint/Plaster2

Unsanitary Condition1

Unsanitary ConditionMold2026-10-05 · closed

Paint/PlasterWall2026-10-05 · closed

Paint/PlasterCeiling2026-10-05 · 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

Higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

768

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential440

Commercial99

Street/Sidewalk96

Unspecified87

Vehicle45

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

Higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

293

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony105

Misdemeanor151

Violation37

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

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 REQUIRED2018-04-06

VIOLATION ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO FILE ANNUAL BOILER 2016 INSPECTION REPORT

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

SERLIN BUILDING LP

Head officer

LINDA VERA

Managing agent

DIRECT BUILDING MANAGEMENT INC

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

10 ELDERT STREETBROOKLYN 100 TROUTMAN STREETBROOKLYN 1001 DECATUR STREETBROOKLYN 1002 DECATUR STREETBROOKLYN 1006 DECATUR STREETBROOKLYN

Landlord and related buildings

Unpaid city fines

No DOB/ECB violations on record for this building.

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 sale2008-12-04 · $11,740,800

Most recent mortgage2008-12-04 · $2,078,713

Sale2008-12-04$11,740,800

NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERSHIP HOUING DEVELOPMENT FUND → SERLIN BUILDING LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

Mortgage2008-12-04$2,078,713

borrower SERLIN BUILDING LIMITED PARTNERSHIP · lender CITY OF NEWYORK

Mortgage2005-02-10$11,194,978

borrower NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERSHIP HDFC, INC., SERLIN BUILDING MANAGEMENT,INC. · lender THE BANK OF NEW YORK

Mortgage2005-02-10$11,194,978

borrower NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERSHIP HDFC, INC., SERLIN BUILDING MANAGEMENT,INC. · lender THE BANK OF NEW YORK

Mortgage2005-02-10$1,089,466

borrower NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERSHIP HDFC, INC., SERLIN BUILDING MANAGEMENT,INC. · lender THE BANK OF NEW YORK

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