678 Central Avenue

Brooklyn, NY

BBL 3-03440-0036BIN 3079968

Concern level3 of 4

High

013 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 2 apartments
022 of those issued in the last 3 years
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 2 stabilized units with New York State for 2018 — essentially all of the building's 2 apartments.

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1910

Built

Floors

Residential units

Two-family house

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building100 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 HAZARDOUSIssued 2024-08-23

§ 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... AT CEILING. APPROX. 800 SQ. FT. AT CELLAR ORIGINAL VIOLATION 14496517 ISSUED 11-AUG-21 HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO CLASS C PER ADMINISTRATIVE CODE §27-2017.3a(5)(a) or (b).

Status: Defect letter issued

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2024-08-23

§ 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... APPROXIMATELY 30 SQ.FT AT CEILING AT CELLAR ORIGINAL VIOLATION 14553985 ISSUED 05-SEP-21 HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO CLASS C PER ADMINISTRATIVE CODE §27-2017.3a(5)(a) or (b).

Status: Defect letter issued

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 1AIssued 2023-10-13

§ 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... APPROX 30SQ FT AT ALL WALLS AND CEILING IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 1A, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST

Status: Defect letter issued

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSIssued 2026-05-26

§ 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE BRICK MORTAR JOINTS AT BUILDING FRONT FACADE

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water13

Unsanitary Condition6

Door/Window3

General3

Paint/Plaster2

Appliance1

Plumbing1

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

546

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential249

Street/Sidewalk200

Vehicle56

Unspecified30

Commercial11

311 noise complaints within about 1,000 ft (a few blocks) in the last year. Most reports here are about outdoor noise (mostly residential) — street life and traffic more than neighbors. 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

Lower than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

145

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony49

Misdemeanor70

Violation26

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 · C-CONSTRUCTION OTHER OPTIONAL2021-09-02

FAILURE TO MAINTAIN BUILDING IN CODE COMPLAINT MANNER/REPAIR AND OR RE PLACE FULL VACATE ORDER ISSUED

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

WEST BUSHWICK 203K HDFC

Head officer

ISMAEL FELICIANO

Managing agent

RISEBORO COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP

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

10 FORREST STREETBROOKLYN 111 LINDEN STREETBROOKLYN 1116 WILLOUGHBY AVENUEBROOKLYN 1126 WILLOUGHBY AVENUEBROOKLYN 113 LINDEN 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 sale2006-09-28 · $10

Most recent mortgage2006-09-28 · $1,007,458

Sale2006-09-28$10

THE SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT → WEST BUSHWICK 203K HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND

Mortgage2006-09-28$1,007,458

borrower WEST BUSHWICK 203K HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND · lender BPD BANK

Mortgage2006-09-28$11,000,000

borrower WEST BUSHWICK 203K HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND · lender UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN

Sale2005-02-17$1,000

ROMERO, AS REFEREE TO SELL, MANUEL → THE SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

Mortgage2000-03-01$219,355

borrower ALPHA & OMEGA INC · lender RYAN'S EXPRESS EQUITIES CORP

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