1525 Dorchester Road

Brooklyn, NY

BBL 3-05158-0034BIN 3118734

Concern level4 of 4

Severe

0124 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 20 apartments
023 of those issued in the last 3 years
038 active DOB 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 20 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — essentially all of the building's 20 apartments.

2018 — 20 units registered2023 — 20

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

1913

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building4 others linked to the same owner

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

619

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 5Issued 2024-10-22

§ 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 HIINGE IN THE ENTRANCE LOCATED AT APT 5, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

Status: HPD couldn't get in to re-inspect

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 3Issued 2024-06-13

§ 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... THE CEILING , EAST AND SOUTH WALLS . APPROX 15 SQ FT IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 3, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH ORIGINAL VIOLATION 15741907 ISSUED 25-FEB-23 HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO CLASS C PER ADMINISTRATIVE CODE §27-2017.3a(5)(a) or (b).

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 4Issued 2024-05-24

§ 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... AT CEILING (APPROX 12 SQ FT) WEST WALL (APPROX 10 SQ FT) EAST WALL (APPROX 2 SQ FT) AND SOUTH WALL (APPROX 6 SQ FT) IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 4, 4th STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 11Issued 2021-01-125+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2056.8 ADM CODE -CERTIFY COMPLIANCE WITH LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD CONTROL REQUIREMENTS DURING PERIOD OF UNIT VACANCY BY SUBMITTING REQUIRED SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION AND AFFIDAVITS FOR APARTMENT ..... IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 11, 3rd STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

144

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water60

Paint/Plaster17

Unsanitary Condition12

Plumbing12

Water Leak10

Door/Window10

Electric8

Flooring/Stairs7

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

About averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

355

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential254

Unspecified52

Street/Sidewalk37

Vehicle10

Commercial2

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

Lower than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony23

Misdemeanor39

Violation23

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

2023–20241 infested · 1 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

ACTIVE · C-CONSTRUCTION OTHER OPTIONAL2015-09-16

FM BLDG. BRICK FACADE WALL @ SOUTH-WEST CORNER IS CRACKED @ ALL FLOORS & THE CRACKS ARE COSMETICALLY PATCHED.THE CORNER IS LIKELY SETTLED UNEVENLY EVIDENCED BY TWISTED WINDOW FRAMES & TILTED WINDOW SILLS AT FIRST LEVEL.OWNER TO IMMED ENGAGE LIC PE TO INSPECT ENTIRE BLDG.OBTAIN PERMITS FOR RPRS START WRK W/PERMIT NO LATER THAN OCTOBER 01, 2015

ACTIVE · C-CONSTRUCTION OTHER OPTIONAL2015-09-04

DUE TO CAR INTO BUILDING

ACTIVE · P-PLUMBING NONE2014-04-02

WORK WITHOUT A PERMIT; WORK NOTED IN APT'S 18 & 9 GAS WORK WAS COMPLETED. APT 18 HAD PIPING DISCONNECTED & CAPPED OFF APT 9 HAD NEW GAS LINE RAN FROM GAS METER TO COOKING STOVE REMEDY: OBTAIN A PERMIT

DOB building violations

Evictions

Executed, all time

Last 3 years

2026-02-05Apt 14residential

2018-12-19Apt 12Aresidential

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 2019-07-08

Lead False Certification

CLOSEDOpened 2019-05-24

Harassment case

CLOSEDOpened 2017-08-22

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2017-05-04

Access Warrant - Non-Lead

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

1525 DORCHESTER CO INC

Head officer

SAMUEL LEIFER

Managing agent

SAMUEL LEIFER

4 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

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 sale1994-07-28 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2023-03-13 · $130,987.93

Mortgage2023-03-13$130,987.93

borrower 1525 DORCHESTER COMPANY, INC · lender JPMORGAN CHASE BANK NA

Mortgage2015-11-18$2,200,000

borrower 1525 DORCHESTER COMPANY INC. · lender JP MORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.

Mortgage1995-02-09$42,728.76

borrower 1525 DORCHESTER COMPANY INC · lender INDEPENDENCE SAVINGSBANK

Sale1994-07-28no recorded price

BERGER, BRUCE/ADMIN, BERGER, CARL/ADMIN OF → 1525 DORCHESTER COMPANY INC

Sale1988-11-28no recorded price

1525 DORCHESTER CORP → BERGER, CARL

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