49 East 19 Street

Brooklyn, NY

BBL 3-05100-0051BIN 3117127Plain-text version

Concern level4 of 4

Severe

0141 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 54 apartments
0225 of those issued in the last 3 years
031 open rent-impairing violation(s)
042 active DOB violation(s)
051 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 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 54 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — essentially all of the building's 54 apartments.

2018 — 54 units registered2023 — 54

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

1929

Built

Floors

Residential units

Elevator apartments

Type

This building and the landlord's others

This building55 others linked to the same owner

HPD housing-maintenance violations

120

Open now

1235

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 47Issued 2026-09-22

§ 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... GREATER THAN 30 SQ FT OBSERVED AT CEILING , EAST WALL, WEST WALL AND SOUTH WALL IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 47, 4th STORY, 3rd APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST , SECTION AT SOUTH

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2026-09-08

HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF ROACHES AT PUBLIC HALL, 4th STORY

Status: Nov Certified On Time

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 47Issued 2026-09-04

§ 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... MORE THAN 10SQ FEET OBSERVED AT ALL WALLS AND CIELINGS IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 47, 4th STORY, 4th APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2026-09-04

HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF ROACHES

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

702

All time

100

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water438

Unsanitary Condition81

Paint/Plaster42

Door/Window33

Plumbing27

Water Leak25

Flooring/Stairs17

Electric17

Heat/Hot WaterApartment Only2026-10-18 · open

Paint/PlasterCeiling2026-10-09 · closed

PlumbingBathtub/Shower2026-10-09 · closed

Complaints record what a tenant reported, not a finding by the city. "Closed" often means the inspector could not gain access.

Neighborhood noise

Much higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

1127

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential640

Street/Sidewalk347

Vehicle76

Unspecified49

Commercial14

Helicopter1

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

584

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony186

Misdemeanor301

Violation97

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 8 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

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 · EGRADE-FAILURE TO POST ENERGY GRADE/SCORE NONE2021-04-29

FAILURE TO DISPLAY ENERGY EFFICIENCY SCORE AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY GRADE AS PER ADCODE SEC. 28-309.12.3

ACTIVE · LL1081-LOCAL LAW 10/81 - ELEVATOR ELEVATOROPTIONAL1997-01-13

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

2024-01-03Apt 59residential

2019-05-24Apt 69residential

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 2026-05-15

Harassment case

CLOSEDOpened 2026-01-08

Heat / hot water

CLOSEDOpened 2018-11-16

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2018-10-19

False Certification Non-Lead

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

TENNIS COURT LLC

Head officer

SEFIK GUNES

Managing agent

SEFIK GUNES

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

1115 JEROME AVENUEBRONX 1185 MORRIS AVENUEBRONX 120 SHERMAN AVENUEMANHATTAN 124 SHERMAN AVENUEMANHATTAN 1250 MORRIS AVENUEBRONX

Landlord and related buildings

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2005-03-23 · $3,850,000

Most recent mortgage2017-07-20 · $894,651.52

Mortgage2017-07-20$894,651.52

borrower TENNIS COURT LLC · lender JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.

Mortgage2013-10-02$1,009,341.05

borrower TENNIS COURT LLC · lender JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.

Mortgage2011-09-27$824,897.14

borrower TENNIS COURT LLC · lender JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.

Sale2005-03-23$3,850,000

49 REALTY LLC → TENNIS COURT LLC

Mortgage2005-03-23$1,445,807.52

borrower TENNIS COURT LLC · lender WASHINGTION MUTUAL 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.

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.