2513 Bedford Avenue

Brooklyn, NY

BBL 3-05190-0073BIN 3119764Plain-text version

Concern level3 of 4

High

011 open class-C HPD violation (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 8 apartments
021 of those issued in the last 3 years
031 open rent-impairing violation(s)
042 active DOB violation(s)
052 OATH/ECB fines lost by default (unpaid)

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

Not on the rent-stabilized list

Not found in the DOF tax-bill records nor the 2024 DHCR registered building list. Absence isn't proof a unit is unregulated — buildings can be missing or newly deregulated.

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

1905

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

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 HAZARDOUSIssued 2024-12-23

§ 27-2033 ADM CODE PROVIDE READY ACCESS TO BUILDINGS HEATING SYSTEM DOOR LOCK AT BOILER ROOM

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 4BIssued 2024-12-232 violationsRENT-IMPAIRING

§ 27-2026, 2027 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE EVIDENCE OF A WATER LEAK AT CEILING IN THE 1st ROOM FROM EAST LOCATED AT APT 4B, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST
§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE ROOF SO THAT IT WILL NOT LEAK OVER CEILING IN THE 1st ROOM FROM EAST LOCATED AT APT 4B, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Water Leak6

Heat/Hot Water4

Electric2

Unsanitary Condition1

Water LeakHeavy Flow2025-01-23 · closed

Heat/Hot WaterApartment Only2025-01-23 · closed

Water LeakHeavy Flow2024-12-21 · closed

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

785

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential466

Street/Sidewalk146

Vehicle64

Commercial58

Unspecified47

House of Worship4

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

385

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony128

Misdemeanor175

Violation82

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 annual bedbug report on file. Owners of buildings with three or more apartments must file one each year — its absence can mean a smaller building, or an owner that has not filed.

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 · C-CONSTRUCTION OTHER OPTIONAL2022-04-27

AT TIME OF MY INSPECTION, BOROUGH COMMISSIONER'S ORDER FSWO IN CONNECTION WITH JOB PERMIT# 321193908

ACTIVE · C-CONSTRUCTION OTHER OPTIONAL2022-04-27

AT TIME OF MY INSPECTION, BOROUGH COMMISSIONER'S ORDER FSWO IN CONNECTION WITH JOB PERMIT# 321193908

DOB building violations

OATH/ECB violations and fines

$16,250

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.

DEFAULTConstructionClass 22019-12-24$10,000 due

DEFAULTConstructionClass 22019-10-16$6,250 due

OATH/ECB violations and fines

Evictions

No marshal-executed evictions on record for this building. Eviction cases filed in court but not carried out aren't included.

Evictions

Housing court: repair & harassment cases

No HPD housing-court cases on record for this building.

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

Bedford Ave Bricks BH LLC

Head officer

mark lavian

Managing agent

mark lavian

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

417 THROOP AVENUEBROOKLYN 4811 5 AVENUEBROOKLYN 5505 5 AVENUEBROOKLYN 5507 5 AVENUEBROOKLYN

Landlord and related buildings

Ownership & money

Speculation watch

·Bought and resold within a few years — rapid turnover is a common speculation signal

A pattern, not a prediction — many transfers are ordinary or between related companies.

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2025-05-29 · $1,950,000

Most recent mortgage2025-05-29 · $1,560,000

Sale2025-05-29$1,950,000

SHARESTATES REO, LLC → BEDFORD AVE BRICKS BH LLC

Mortgage2025-05-29$1,560,000

borrower BEDFORD AVE BRICKS BH LLC · lender SHARESTATES INVESTMENST LLC, ISAOA/ATIMA

Sale2024-05-16$500

DOMENICK NAPOLETANO, ESQ, REFEREE → SHARESTATES REO, LLC

Mortgage2020-03-27$480,000

borrower PENNY HEADS LLC · lender SHARESTATES INVESTMENTS, LLC

Mortgage2017-11-28$1,900,000

borrower PENNY HEADS LLC · lender SHARESTATES INVESTMENTS, LLC SERIES BC2017-001457

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

Flagged for the 2025 tax-lien sale

The owner owes enough in property taxes (and possibly water charges) to be listed for the city's tax-lien sale (most recently a 10-day notice). A listing can still be cured by paying or entering a payment plan.

Years listed

2025

Most recent

10-day noticeincl. property tax2025-05-01

30-day noticeincl. property tax2025-04-01

60-day noticeincl. property tax2025-03-01

90-day noticeincl. property tax2025-02-01

From DOF lien-sale lists (2019–2025). Financial distress is not proof of neglect, but owners behind on what they owe the city more often let repairs slide. Debt may since have been paid.

City debt & tax-lien sale