Previously in HPD's Alternative Enforcement Program (AEP Round 16), discharged 2023-05-30.
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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.
Self-reported by the owner for the year ending each filing. Counts are building-wide and do not say which apartment was affected.
Rent regulation
Likely rent-stabilized
The owner registered 497 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 504 apartments.
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2018 — 504 units registered2023 — 497
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.
RENAISSANCE EQUITY HOLDINGS LLC C → FLATBUSH GARDENS HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND CORPORAT, RENAISSANCE EQUITY HOLDINGS LLC C
Mortgage2020-05-08$83,000,000
borrower RENAISSANCE EQUITY HOLDINGS LLC C, RENAISSANCE EQUITY HOLDINGS LLC D, RENAISSANCE EQUITY HOLDINGS LLC E, RENAISSANCE EQUITY HOLDINGS LLC F, RENAISSANCE EQUITY HOLDINGS LLC G, RENAISSANCE EQUITY HOLDINGS LLC A, RENAISSANCE EQUITY HOLDINGS LLC B · lender NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK
Mortgage2018-02-21$283,336.96
borrower RENAISSANCE EQUITY HOLDINGS LLC G, RENAISSANCE EQUITY HOLDINGS LLC E, RENAISSANCE EQUITY HOLDINGS LLC B, RENAISSANCE EQUITY HOLDINGS LLC A, RENAISSANCE EQUITY HOLDINGS LLC F, RENAISSANCE EQUITY HOLDINGS LLC C, RENAISSANCE EQUITY HOLDINGS LLC D · lender NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK
Mortgage2014-10-31$20,000,000
borrower RENAISSANCE EQUITY HOLDINGS LLC A, RENAISSANCE EQUITY HOLDINGS LLC C, RENAISSANCE EQUITY HOLDINGS LLC D, RENAISSANCE EQUITY HOLDINGS LLC F, RENAISSANCE EQUITY HOLDINGS LLC G, RENAISSANCE EQUITY HOLDINGS LLC B, RENAISSANCE EQUITY HOLDINGS LLC E · lender NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK
Mortgage2012-09-24$30,325,674.42
borrower RENAISSANCE EQUITY HOLDINGS LLC E, RENAISSANCE EQUITY HOLDINGS LLC B, RENAISSANCE EQUITY HOLDINGS LLC A, RENAISSANCE EQUITY HOLDINGS LLC G, RENAISSANCE EQUITY HOLDINGS LLC C, RENAISSANCE EQUITY HOLDINGS LLC D, RENAISSANCE EQUITY HOLDINGS LLC F · lender NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK
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.
OATH/ECB violations and fines
$0
Balance due (active)
0
Active violations
0
Lost by default
These are separate from DOB violations. They are summonses written by DOB inspectors and decided at a hearing before OATH, the city's administrative court (formerly the Environmental Control Board), and they can carry a fine. "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.
Neighborhood crime
Much higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks
562
NYPD reports · last 12 mo
47
≈ per month
Felony180
Misdemeanor270
Violation112
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
RENAISSANCE EQUITY HOLDING LLC
Head officer
ARNICE STEWARD
Managing agent
ARNICE STEWARD
6 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.
311 complaints from tenants
3182
All time
370
Last 12 months
Heat/Hot Water694
Unsanitary Condition598
Paint/Plaster379
Plumbing364
Door/Window241
Water Leak233
Appliance200
General162
Complaints record what a tenant reported, not a finding by the city. "Closed" often means the inspector could not gain access.
Heat/Hot WaterApartment Only2026-10-27 · closed
Heat/Hot WaterApartment Only2026-10-27 · closed
Heat/Hot WaterEntire Building2026-10-23 · closed
HPD housing-maintenance violations
8
Open now
362
On record
6
Open Class C
1
Open Class B
1
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 writes a separate violation for each room or spot, so one inspection can produce several near-identical entries; those are grouped below by apartment and date. This tax lot has 12 buildings; these counts are for this building only.
CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 1BIssued 2026-10-263 violations
§ 27-2005 ADM CODE & 309 M/D LAW ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF HOT WATER EXCIEEDING THE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 130 DEGREES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 1B, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST
HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF MICE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 1B, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST
1 more from the same inspection
HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF ROACHES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 1B, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST
Status: Notice issued, not yet certified
CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 6AIssued 2025-01-13
HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF MICE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 6A, 6th STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH
Status: Defect letter issued
CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 4GIssued 2022-04-062 violations
HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF MICE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 4G, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH
HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF ROACHES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 4G, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH
Status: Defect letter issued
CLASS B · HAZARDOUSIssued 2026-09-08
§ 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE LATCH SET AT BUILDING ENTRANCE DOOR AT PUBLIC HALL, 1st STORY
Status: Nov Certified On Time
DOB building violations
1
Active
28
On record
0
Active, last 3 yrs
Violations issued by the Department of Buildings that the owner must correct. Most don't carry a fine on their own; summonses that go to a hearing and can be fined are listed separately under OATH/ECB.
ACTIVE · LL1081-LOCAL LAW 10/81 - ELEVATOR ELEVATOROPTIONAL1997-01-13
Housing court: repair & harassment cases
86
Cases on record
0
Open now
67
Tenant-brought
0
Harassment found
1
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 2025-08-15
Heat / hot water
CLOSEDOpened 2025-08-14
Heat / hot water
CLOSEDOpened 2025-08-14
Heat / hot water
CLOSEDOpened 2025-08-13
Heat / hot water
These are cases HPD is a party to, mostly tenants suing to force repairs or stop harassment. Eviction cases landlords file against tenants are not in the city's open data, so they don't appear here; the Evictions section shows only evictions a marshal carried out.
Evictions
94
Executed, all time
41
Last 3 years
2026-10-14Apt 2Aresidential
2026-10-14Apt 5Fresidential
2026-10-14Apt 2Aresidential
2026-10-02Apt 2Cresidential
Executed by a city marshal. An eviction can be lawful; a high or rising count is a displacement signal, not proof of wrongdoing.
Concern level3 of 4
High
0179 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 6 apartments
0261 of those issued in the last 3 years
0313 open rent-impairing violation(s)
041 active DOB violation(s)
0541 evictions 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 OATH/ECB 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.
