526 Flatbush Avenue

Brooklyn, NY

BBL 3-05024-0063BIN 3114570Plain-text version

Concern level3 of 4

High

016 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 3 apartments
021 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 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.

Rent regulation

Likely rent-stabilized

The owner registered 16 stabilized units with New York State for 2021 — essentially all of the building's 16 apartments.

2018 — 16 units registered2021 — 16

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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The building

1915

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

Type

This building and the landlord's others

This building2 others linked to the same owner

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

115

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. 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.

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 3B4 violations

HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF MICE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 3B, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST
§ 27-2056.6 ADM CODE - CORRECT THE LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD - PAINT THAT TESTED POSITIVE FOR LEAD CONTENT AND THAT IS PEELING OR ON A DETERIORATED SUBSURFACE - USING WORK PRACTICES SET FORTH IN 28 RCNY §11-06(B)(2) 1st DOOR FROM NORTH AT EAST WALL IN THE FOYER LOCATED AT APT 3B, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST

2 more from the same inspection

§ 27-2005, 27-2007, 27-2041.1 HMC, §238, § 309; § 107 (2) ( C) MDL AND 28 RCNY §25-171: REPLACE OR REPAIR THE SELF-CLOSING DOORS THAT IS MISSING OR DEFECTIVE DOOR BINDING AT FLOOR IN THE ENTRANCE LOCATED AT APT 3B, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST
§ 27-2056.6 ADM CODE - CORRECT THE LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD-PAINT THAT IS PEELING OR ON A DETERIORATED SUBSURFACE AND EITHER TESTED INCONCLUSIVE FOR LEAD CONTENT AT 0.5MG/CM2 OR TESTED POSITIVE FOR LEAD CONTENT ON A METAL OR CERAMIC SUBSTRATE AS SET FORTH IN (28 RCNY §11-07(b)) USING WORK PRACTICES SET FORTH IN 28 RCNY §11-06(b)(2). 1st DOOR FRAME FROM NORTH AT EAST WALL IN THE FOYER LOCATED AT APT 3B, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 4CIssued 2018-07-175+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR UNKEYED CEILING INSIDE CLOSET IN THE 3rd ROOM FROM EAST LOCATED AT APT 4C, 4th STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2016-01-295+ YRS OLD

SECTION 27-2033 ADM CODE PROVIDE READY ACCESS TO BUILDINGS HEATING SYSTEM DOOR LOCKED AT CELLAR AT BOILER ROOM

Status: Certification rejected by HPD

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 3B4 violations

§ 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE LATCH SET AND DOOR KNOB ASSEMBLY AT NORTH ENTRY DOOR IN THE 2nd ROOM FROM EAST LOCATED AT APT 3B, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST
§ 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE SPRING BALANCE LOWER WINDOW SASH AT 1ST WINDOW FROM SOUTH AT WEST WALL IN THE 3rd ROOM FROM EAST LOCATED AT APT 3B, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST

2 more from the same inspection

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE WOOD FLOOR IN THE FOYER LOCATED AT APT 3B, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST
§ 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE ESCUTCHEON PLATE AT TOP AND BOTTOM OF 1ST STEAM RISER FROM SOUTH AT WEST WALL IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 3B, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Unsanitary Condition10

Plumbing5

Heat/Hot Water2

Door/Window2

General2

Water Leak1

Electric1

Flooring/Stairs1

Flooring/StairsFloor2026-10-20 · open

ElectricOutlet/Switch2026-10-20 · open

Door/WindowWindow Frame2026-10-20 · open

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

833

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential429

Street/Sidewalk271

Unspecified52

Commercial46

Vehicle33

Helicopter2

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

256

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony82

Misdemeanor141

Violation33

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 6 annual bedbug reports and reported no infested units. Filing with zero infestations is the compliant, reassuring case.

DOB building violations

Active

On record

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 · LL6291-LOCAL LAW 62/91 - BOILERS BOILER REQUIRED1993-08-16

DOB building violations

OATH/ECB violations and fines

Balance due (active)

Active violations

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.

OATH/ECB violations and fines

Evictions

Executed, all time

Last 3 years

2023-06-28Apt 1Dresidential

Executed by a city marshal. An eviction can be lawful; a high or rising count is a displacement signal, not proof of wrongdoing.

Evictions

Housing court: repair & harassment cases

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 2006-10-10

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2006-02-10

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2006-02-10

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2006-01-20

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.

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

526 FLATBUSH REALTY LLC 1

Head officer

URIEL SARAOZ

Managing agent

526 FLATBUSH REALTY

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

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Landlord and related buildings

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2001-01-10 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2020-10-22 · $325,609.63

Mortgage2020-10-22$325,609.63

borrower 526 FLATBUSH REALTY LLC · lender NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK

Mortgage2015-06-09$769,002.19

borrower 526 FLATBUSH REALTY LLC · lender GREYSTONE SERVICING CORPORATION, INC.

Mortgage2011-03-10$326,162.11

borrower 526 FLATBUSH REALTY LLC · lender INVESTORS SAVINGS BANK

Mortgage2004-09-01$290,690.91

borrower 526 FLATBUSH REALTY, LLC · lender WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK, FA

Mortgage2003-04-28$208,018.58

borrower 526 FLATBUSH REALTY LLC · lender ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION

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.