2502 Cortelyou Road

Brooklyn, NY

BBL 3-05169-0059BIN 3119071

Concern level4 of 4

Severe

0147 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 36 apartments
0238 of those issued in the last 3 years
0314 open rent-impairing violation(s)
043 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 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 36 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — essentially all of the building's 36 apartments.

2018 — 35 units registered2023 — 36

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1924

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building

HPD housing-maintenance violations

149

Open now

440

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 F4Issued 2026-10-13

§ 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE COUNTER BALANCES AT LOWER SASH WINDOW AT EAST WALL IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT F4, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH , SECTION ''EAST''

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt F4Issued 2026-10-13

HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF MICE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT F4, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH , SECTION ''EAST''

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt F4Issued 2026-10-13RENT-IMPAIRING

§ 27-2026 ADM CODE REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE CRACKED WASH BASIN AT WEST WALL IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT F4, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH , SECTION ''EAST''

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt F4Issued 2026-10-13

HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF ROACHES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT F4, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH , SECTION ''EAST''

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

306

All time

147

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water149

Unsanitary Condition30

Door/Window27

Paint/Plaster24

Plumbing23

Water Leak19

Flooring/Stairs15

General12

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

475

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential260

Street/Sidewalk112

Unspecified53

Commercial25

Vehicle24

House of Worship1

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

Higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

331

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony99

Misdemeanor147

Violation85

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.

Bedbug history

DOB building violations

Active

On record

Active, last 3 yrs

ACTIVE · BENCH-FAILURE TO BENCHMARK NONE2024-08-02

FAILURE TO FILE BENCHMARKING REPORT OF ENERGY USE AS PER AD. CODE SEC. 28-309.4

ACTIVE · BENCH-FAILURE TO BENCHMARK NONE2024-05-02

FAILURE TO FILE BENCHMARKING REPORT OF ENERGY USE AS PER AD. CODE SEC. 28-309.4

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

DOB building violations

Evictions

No executed evictions on record for this building.

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 2025-06-18

Heat / hot water

CLOSEDOpened 2019-03-05

Heat / hot water

CLOSEDOpened 2017-04-25

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2014-01-23

Tenant action

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

L & K Realty Corporation

Head officer

Kenneth Redguard

Managing agent

Melanie Penn

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

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 sale1983-10-20 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2022-09-22 · $1,124,293.16

Mortgage2022-09-22$1,124,293.16

borrower L & K REALTY CORP. · lender RIDGEWOOD SAVINGS BANK

Mortgage2017-04-10$1,055,946.64

borrower L. & K. REALTY CORP · lender RIDGEWOOD SAVINGS BANK

Mortgage2012-12-14$415,089.04

borrower L & K REALTY CORP. · lender RIDGEWOOD SAVINGS BANK, ISAOA

Mortgage2010-03-19$613,052.21

borrower L&K REALTY CORP. · lender EMIGRANT FUNDING CORPORATION

Mortgage2002-12-11$350,000

borrower L & K REALTY CORP · lender EMIGRANT FUNDING CORPORATION

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