523 Kingston Avenue

Brooklyn, NY

BBL 3-04799-0009BIN 3106804

Concern level3 of 4

High

011 open class-C HPD violation (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 6 apartments
023 open rent-impairing 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 2019 — essentially all of the building's 6 apartments.

2018 — 6 units registered2019 — 6

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1931

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building2 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 6Issued 2009-09-115+ YRS OLD

SECTION 27-2026 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE CONNECTION AT THE WASTE PIPE IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 6, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 6Issued 2013-04-305+ YRS OLD

SECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE WOOD FLOOR IN THE 2nd ROOM FROM EAST LOCATED AT APT 6, 3rd STORY, APARTMENT AT EAST

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 6Issued 2013-04-305+ YRS OLDRENT-IMPAIRING

SECTION 27-2026 ADM CODE REPAIR THE FLUSHING APPARATUS AND MAINTAIN SAME SO AS TO FLUSH EFFECTIVELY THE WATER CLOSET .. IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 6, 3rd STORY, APARTMENT AT EAST

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 6Issued 2013-04-305+ YRS OLDRENT-IMPAIRING

SECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE ROOF SO THAT IT WILL NOT LEAK AT CEILING IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 6, 3rd STORY, APARTMENT AT EAST

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

Higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

448

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential269

Street/Sidewalk98

Unspecified35

Commercial15

Park14

Vehicle11

House of Worship6

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

217

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony51

Misdemeanor104

Violation62

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 3 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

No active DOB violations.

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 2006-06-27

Tenant action

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

523 KINGSTON LLC

Head officer

ARIANA DEROCHE

Managing agent

ARIANA DEROCHE

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

527 KINGSTON AVENUEBROOKLYN 529 KINGSTON AVENUEBROOKLYN

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 sale2022-04-01 · $810,000

Most recent mortgage2022-04-01 · $810,000

Sale2022-04-01$810,000

ESTATE OF CYNTHIA CALLENDER CUMMINGS, PHYLLIS LACRETTE AS EXECUTOR → DEROCHE, ARLENE CALLENDER

Sale2022-04-01no recorded price

DEROCHE, ARLENE C → 523 KINGSTON LLC

Mortgage2022-04-01$810,000

borrower 523 KINGSTON LLC · lender GLOBAL RAI FUNDING LLC

Mortgage1983-10-27$9,500

borrower CALLENDER, CYNTHIA M, CALLENDER, BERNARD · lender DARTMOUTH PLAN INC

Sale1975-04-09no recorded price

CALLENDER BERNARD R, CALLENDER CYNTHIA M, SERGEANT JOSEPH → CALLENDER CYNTHIA M, CALLENDER BERNARD R

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 2025 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 10-day notice). A listing can still be cured by paying or entering a payment plan.

Years listed

2025

Most recent

10-day noticewater/sewer only2025-05-01

30-day noticewater/sewer only2025-04-01

60-day noticewater/sewer only2025-03-01

90-day noticewater/sewer only2025-02-01

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