541 Sutter Avenue

Brooklyn, NY

BBL 3-03750-0028BIN 3084029

Concern level4 of 4

Severe

014 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 6 apartments
021 open rent-impairing violation(s)
037 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 6 stabilized units with New York State for 2020 — essentially all of the building's 6 apartments.

2018 — 6 units registered2020 — 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.

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Rent regulation

The building

1930

Built

Floors

Residential units

Mixed residential / commercial

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building

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 2009-10-015+ YRS OLD

D26-17.10 ADM CODE PROVIDE READY ACCESS TO BUILDING'S HEATING SYSTEM CELLAR DOOR PADLOCKED.

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2009-10-015+ YRS OLD

D26-17.10 ADM CODE POST NOTICE, IN FORM APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT, STATING THE NAME AND LOCATION OF THE PERSON DESIGNATED BY THE OWNER TO HAVE KEY TO BUILDING'S HEATING SYSTEM 1 STY PUBLIC HALL & ON BOILER ROOM DOOR.

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 4Issued 2009-10-015+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR CEILING 3 STY REAR NORTH APT 4 BATHROOM ER1. , SECTION '' ''

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 4Issued 2009-10-015+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2026 ADM CODE REPAIR THE LEAKY AND/OR DEFECTIVE FAUCETS WASHBASIN 3 STY REAR NORTH APT 4 BATHROOM ER1. , SECTION '' ''

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

No 311 housing complaints on record for this building.

311 complaints from tenants

Neighborhood noise

Lower than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

198

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential166

Street/Sidewalk21

Unspecified8

Commercial1

House of Worship1

Vehicle1

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

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 2019 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION

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 REQUIRED2015-10-01

VIOLATION ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO FILE ANNUAL BOILER 2014 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

Managing agent

Sergio Buffalino

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.

Unpaid city fines

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2010-02-19 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage1983-03-09 · $15,000

Sale2010-02-19no recorded price

QUEVEDO, SILVIA, QUEVEDO, PRICI → AS TRUSTEES OF THE PRICI QUEVEDO REVOCABLE TRUST, CARLOS BUFFALINO, SERGIO BUFFALINO

Sale1994-06-29no recorded price

QUEVEDO, PRICI → QUEVEDO, SILVIA, QUEVEDO, PRICI

Sale1993-08-08no recorded price

QUEVEDO, BLANCA → QUEVEDO, PRICI

Mortgage1983-03-09$15,000

borrower QUEVEDO, BLANCA · lender COOK, HAROLD, COOK, MARTHA EX/OF, WAGNER, LEONARD, WAGNER, PAULINE EX/OF

Sale1982-12-14no recorded price

WAGNER, LEONARD, WAGNER, PAULINE EXTROF, COOK, MARTHA EXTR OF → QUEVEDO, BLANCA

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