63 Cooper Street

Brooklyn, NY

BBL 3-03433-0063BIN 3079692

Concern level4 of 4

Severe

017 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 6 apartments
027 of those issued in the last 3 years
039 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.

HPD enforcement

Previously in HPD's Alternative Enforcement Program (AEP Round 8), discharged 2015-05-06.

Rent regulation

Likely rent-stabilized

The owner registered 4 stabilized units with New York State for 2019 — of about 6 apartments.

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1906

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

199

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.

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water5

Plumbing5

Unsanitary Condition3

Water Leak1

311 complaints from tenants

Neighborhood noise

Higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

723

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential520

Street/Sidewalk74

Unspecified54

Vehicle41

Commercial30

House of Worship4

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

207

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony81

Misdemeanor86

Violation40

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

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 2024-04-04

Heat / hot water

CLOSEDOpened 2014-12-15

Heat / hot water

CLOSEDOpened 2014-05-06

Heat / hot water

CLOSEDOpened 2012-02-03

Heat / hot water

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

JR REALTY LLC

Head officer

JOSEPH WATERS

Managing agent

JOSEPH WATERS

No other buildings found sharing this building's registered contact.

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.

ConstructionClass 22011-11-23$800 penalty

Unpaid city fines

Ownership & money

Speculation watch

·Changed hands in 2024 — new owners sometimes move to raise rents or deregulate units

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

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2024-12-23 · $1,516,232.71

Most recent mortgage2024-12-23 · $1,320,000

Mortgage2024-12-23$1,320,000

borrower 63 COOPER LLC · lender BROADVIEW CAPITAL LLC

Sale2024-12-23$1,516,232.71

JR COOPER LLC → 63 COOPER LLC

Mortgage2015-12-15$1,250,000

borrower JR COOPER LLC · lender SIGNATURE BANK

Sale2015-02-17$1,060,000

WILLIAMS, LEONARD, WILLIAMS, EDA → JR COOPER LLC

Mortgage2005-06-29$290,000

borrower WILLIAMS, EDA, WILLIAMS, LEONARD · 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