51 Covert Street

Brooklyn, NY

BBL 3-03415-0001BIN 3389126Plain-text version

Concern level3 of 4

High

011 open class-C HPD violation (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 3 apartments
021 open rent-impairing violation(s)
033 active DOB violation(s)
041 OATH/ECB fine 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 OATH/ECB 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

Not on the rent-stabilized list

Not found in the DOF tax-bill records nor the 2024 DHCR registered building list. Absence isn't proof a unit is unregulated — buildings can be missing or newly deregulated.

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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The building

2005

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building9 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 1FLIssued 2014-05-075+ YRS OLD

SECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE & 309 M/D LAW ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF SCALDING HOT WATER, TEMP. 140 F. IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 1FL, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSIssued 2014-05-065+ YRS OLDRENT-IMPAIRING

SECTION 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE REMOVE THE ILLEGAL FASTENING DOUBLE KEY OPERATED LOCK AT ENTRANCE BUILDING DOOR AT FIRST FLOOR.

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Electric1

Heat/Hot Water1

ElectricPower Outage2020-06-22 · closed

Heat/Hot WaterApartment Only2020-06-19 · 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

860

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential609

Unspecified83

Street/Sidewalk64

Commercial42

Vehicle38

Park19

House of Worship5

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

242

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony90

Misdemeanor96

Violation56

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.

DOB building violations

Active

On record

Active, last 3 yrs

Violations issued by the Department of Buildings that the owner must correct. Most don't carry a fine on their own; summonses that go to a hearing and can be fined are listed separately under OATH/ECB.

ACTIVE · AEUHAZ1-FAIL TO CERTIFY CLASS 1 NONE2011-09-07

FAILURE TO CERTIFY CORRECTION ON IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUS (CLASS 1) ECB VIOLATION

ACTIVE · AEUHAZ1-FAIL TO CERTIFY CLASS 1 NONE2011-09-07

FAILURE TO CERTIFY CORRECTION ON IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUS (CLASS 1) ECB VIOLATION

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

DOB building violations

OATH/ECB violations and fines

Balance due (active)

Active violations

Lost by default

These are separate from DOB violations. They are summonses written by DOB inspectors and decided at a hearing before OATH, the city's administrative court (formerly the Environmental Control Board), and they can carry a fine. "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.

ConstructionClass 22014-11-12$4,000 penalty

ConstructionClass 12014-05-31$24,000 penalty

ConstructionClass 12014-01-18$24,000 penalty

ConstructionClass 12013-09-20$24,000 penalty

Evictions

Executed, all time

Last 3 years

2023-06-23Apt 2residential

2022-04-07Apt BASEMENTresidential

2019-04-29Apt BASEMENTresidential

Executed by a city marshal. An eviction can be lawful; a high or rising count is a displacement signal, not proof of wrongdoing.

Evictions

Housing court: repair & harassment cases

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

These are cases HPD is a party to, mostly tenants suing to force repairs or stop harassment. Eviction cases landlords file against tenants are not in the city's open data, so they don't appear here; the Evictions section shows only evictions a marshal carried out.

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

51 COVERT LLC

Head officer

MICHAEL LEFKOWITZ

Managing agent

MARK HALPERN

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

1030 BEDFORD AVENUEBROOKLYN 113 HEWES STREETBROOKLYN 173 PULASKI STREETBROOKLYN 425 EAST 35 STREETBROOKLYN 5216 BEVERLY ROADBROOKLYN

Landlord and related buildings

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 sale2017-11-02 · $999,999

Most recent mortgage2023-09-11 · $759,000

Mortgage2023-09-11$759,000

borrower 51 COVERT LLC · lender LOAN FUNDER LLC, SERIES 58449

Sale2017-11-02$999,999

SALCEDO, JUAN → 51 COVERT LLC

Mortgage2006-06-29$531,200

borrower TORRES, LEONI · lender FIRST UNITED MORTGAGE BANKING CORP.

Mortgage2006-06-29$132,800

borrower TORRES, LEONI · lender FIRST UNITED MORTGAGE BANKING CORP.

Sale2006-06-29$664,000

BUSHWICK AVENUE CORP. → TORRES, LEONI

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

Flagged for the 2020 tax-lien sale

The owner owes enough in water and sewer charges to be listed for the city's tax-lien sale (most recently a 30-day notice). A listing can still be cured by paying or entering a payment plan.

Years listed

2020

Most recent

30-day noticewater/sewer only2020-07-30

60-day noticewater/sewer only2020-03-10

90-day noticewater/sewer only2020-02-12

From DOF lien-sale lists (2019–2025). Financial distress is not proof of neglect, but owners behind on what they owe the city more often let repairs slide. Debt may since have been paid.

City debt & tax-lien sale