259 Martense Street

Brooklyn, NY

BBL 3-05088-0055BIN 3116833

Concern level4 of 4

Severe

0113 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 16 apartments
025 of those issued in the last 3 years
031 open rent-impairing violation(s)
041 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.

Rent regulation

Likely rent-stabilized

The owner registered 16 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — essentially all of the building's 16 apartments.

2018 — 16 units registered2023 — 16

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 building

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

191

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 4Issued 2026-06-30

HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF MICE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 4, 1st STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

Status: Certification rejected by HPD

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 4Issued 2026-06-30

HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF ROACHES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 4, 1st STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

Status: Certification rejected by HPD

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 4Issued 2026-06-29RENT-IMPAIRING

§ 27-2031 ADM CODE PROVIDE HOT WATER AT ALL HOT WATER FIXTURES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 4, 1st STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 14Issued 2026-04-27

§ 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... GREATER THAN 30 SQUARE FEET AT CEILING AND WEST WALL IN THE 5th ROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT APT 14, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

Status: Certification rejected by HPD

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water21

Plumbing6

Water Leak3

Paint/Plaster3

Unsanitary Condition2

Door/Window1

Safety1

Appliance1

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

Much higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

1457

Noise reports · last 12 mo

121

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential884

Street/Sidewalk425

Unspecified78

Commercial43

Vehicle27

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

Much higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

704

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony195

Misdemeanor361

Violation148

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

Infested, latest filing

Annual filings

2024–20250 infested · 0 eradicated

2023–20240 infested · 0 eradicated

2022–20230 infested · 0 eradicated

Self-reported by the owner for the year ending each filing. Counts are building-wide and do not say which apartment was affected.

Bedbug history

DOB building violations

Active

On record

Active, last 3 yrs

No active DOB violations.

DOB building violations

Evictions

Executed, all time

Last 3 years

2023-12-18Apt APT 12residential

2023-06-27Apt APT 13residential

2019-03-05Apt 4residential

2019-01-09Apt 2residential

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

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 2019-06-24

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2014-08-13

Access Warrant - Non-Lead

CLOSEDOpened 2014-01-31

Heat / hot water

CLOSEDOpened 2013-09-25

Tenant action

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

DLCL PROPERTIES LLC

Head officer

CECIL LOWE

Managing agent

WATERSTONE GROUP LLC

No other buildings found sharing this building's registered contact.

Landlord and related buildings

Unpaid city fines

No DOB/ECB violations on record for this building.

Unpaid city fines

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2011-01-01 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2022-03-31 · $2,500,000

Mortgage2022-03-31$2,500,000

borrower DLCL PROPERTIES LLC · lender JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.

Sale2011-01-01no recorded price

LOWE, DEANNA, LOWE, CECIL → DLCL PROPERTIES LLC

Mortgage1986-08-27$200,000

borrower LOWE, CECIL, LOWE, DEANNA · lender MC INTOSH, MILLS, MC INTOSH, BARBARA

Sale1986-08-21no recorded price

MC INTOSH, MILLS, MC INTOSH, BARBARA → LOWE, CECIL, LOWE, DEANNA

Mortgage1984-12-13$7,000

borrower MC INTOSH, MILLS, MC INTOSH, BARBARA · lender KATZ, LEON A

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