The owner filed 6 annual bedbug reports and reported no infested units. Filing with zero infestations is the compliant, reassuring case.
Unpaid city fines
$0
Balance due (active)
0
Active violations
0
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.
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.
Evictions
1
Executed, all time
1
Last 3 years
2025-04-22Apt 2Fresidential
Executed by a city marshal. An eviction can be lawful; a high or rising count is a displacement signal, not proof of wrongdoing.
Rent regulation
Likely rent-stabilized
The owner registered 6 stabilized units with New York State for 2019 — essentially all of the building's 6 apartments.
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19
2018 — 6 units registered2019 — 6
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.
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 I · NON-HAZARDOUS
§ 27-2142 ADM CODE APTS HAVE BEEN VACATED BY THIS DEPARTMENT AND CANNOT BE REOCCUPIED UNTIL SO ORDERED AFTER PROOF OF COMPLIANCE FOR APTS 3F , VACATE ORDER #261123 IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST
Status: Notice issued, not yet certified
CLASS I · NON-HAZARDOUS
§ 27-2142 ADM CODE APTS HAVE BEEN VACATED BY THIS DEPARTMENT AND CANNOT BE REOCCUPIED UNTIL SO ORDERED AFTER PROOF OF COMPLIANCE FOR APTS 3R , VACATE ORDER # 261123 IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST
Status: Notice issued, not yet certified
CLASS I · NON-HAZARDOUS
§ 27-2142 ADM CODE APTS HAVE BEEN VACATED BY THIS DEPARTMENT AND CANNOT BE REOCCUPIED UNTIL SO ORDERED AFTER PROOF OF COMPLIANCE FOR APTS 2R , VACATE ORDER # 261123 IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST
Status: Notice issued, not yet certified
CLASS I · NON-HAZARDOUS
§ 27-2142 ADM CODE APTS HAVE BEEN VACATED BY THIS DEPARTMENT AND CANNOT BE REOCCUPIED UNTIL SO ORDERED AFTER PROOF OF COMPLIANCE FOR APTS 1R , VACATE ORDER # 261123 IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST
Status: Notice issued, not yet certified
DOB building violations
2
Active
21
On record
0
Active, last 3 yrs
ACTIVE · LBLVIO-LOW PRESSURE BOILER BOILER REQUIRED2015-10-01
VIOLATION ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO FILE ANNUAL BOILER 2014 INSPECTION REPORT
ACTIVE · LL6291-LOCAL LAW 62/91 - BOILERS BOILER REQUIRED1993-08-16
311 complaints from tenants
30
All time
9
Last 12 months
Water Leak7
Unsanitary Condition7
Heat/Hot Water5
Paint/Plaster4
Door/Window3
Plumbing1
Safety1
Flooring/Stairs1
Complaints record what a tenant reported, not a finding by the city. "Closed" often means the inspector could not gain access.
Paint/PlasterCeiling2026-08-22 · closed
Unsanitary ConditionMold2026-08-22 · closed
Water LeakHeavy Flow2026-08-22 · closed
Housing court
2
Cases on record
0
Open now
1
Tenant-brought
0
Harassment found
0
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 2022-11-14
Tenant action
CLOSEDOpened 2007-05-08
Comprehensive
Concern level4 of 4
Severe
0114 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 6 apartments
0214 of those issued in the last 3 years
034 open rent-impairing violation(s)
042 active DOB violation(s)
051 eviction executed in the last 3 years
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.
Neighborhood crime
Higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks
396
NYPD reports · last 12 mo
33
≈ per month
Felony122
Misdemeanor202
Violation72
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.
Landlord and related buildings
Registered owner
DAVID BEN LLC
Head officer
MOSHE SILBERSTEIN
Managing agent
YITZCHOK GROSS
34 other buildings share this owner's registration contacts. Shared contacts suggest common control, but they are not proof of ownership.
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.
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.
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Recorded sales
5
Mortgages / refinances
Last recorded sale2008-08-12 · $425,000
Most recent mortgage2022-07-26 · $762,318.78
Mortgage2022-07-26$762,318.78
borrower BEREL LANDAU, LLC, B JEFFERSON LLC, 42 STARR LLC, DAVID BEN LLC · lender NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK
Mortgage2017-10-30$698,504.49
borrower 42 STARR LLC, DAVID BEN LLC · lender NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK
Mortgage2012-12-07$321,633.14
borrower DAVID BEN LLC, 42 STARR LLC · lender INVESTORS BANK
Mortgage2010-01-07$729,000
borrower DAVID BEN LLC · lender NORTHFIELD BANK
Sale2008-08-12$425,000
AM TRUST BANK → DAVID BEN 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.