650 East 21 Street

Brooklyn, NY

BBL 3-05220-0047BIN 3120585Plain-text version

Concern level3 of 4

High

017 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 3 apartments
023 of those issued in the last 3 years
036 open rent-impairing violation(s)
041 active DOB violation(s)
052 evictions 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.

HPD enforcement

Previously in HPD's Alternative Enforcement Program (AEP Round 4), discharged 2011-08-03.

Rent regulation

Likely rent-stabilized

The owner registered 24 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — essentially all of the building's 23 apartments.

2018 — 24 units registered2023 — 24

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

219

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 2025-03-122 violationsRENT-IMPAIRING

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE FIRE ESCAPE DEFECTIVE. PROPERLY SECURE 1ST TREAD FROM BOTTOM AT 1ST STACK FROM EAST AT NORTH FACADE AT FIRE ESCAPE, 3rd STORY · Certified late
§ 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 HINGES AT VESTIBULE DOOR · Landlord hasn't certified a fix

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 1BIssued 2024-04-25

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

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2019-04-185+ YRS OLDRENT-IMPAIRING

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE FIRE ESCAPE DEFECTIVE. REPLACE WITH NEW THE BROKEN, DEFECTIVE AND/OR MISSING GUSSET PLATE AT 3RD STORY BALCONY, 1ST STACK FROM NORTH AT BUILDING FRONT EAST YARD AT FIRE ESCAPE

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt B3Issued 2019-04-185+ YRS OLDRENT-IMPAIRING

§ 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE REMOVE THE ILLEGAL FASTENING CONSISTING PADLOCK INSTALLED AT METAL GATE AT WINDOW TO FIRE ESCAPE IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT B3, 3rd STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water7

Unsanitary Condition5

Plumbing4

Paint/Plaster2

Water Leak2

Door/Window1

Safety1

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

781

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential399

Street/Sidewalk278

Unspecified72

Vehicle32

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

About averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

179

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony51

Misdemeanor84

Violation44

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

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

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 · LBLVIO-LOW PRESSURE BOILER BOILER REQUIRED2023-04-25

VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2022 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION

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

2024-08-23Apt E-4residential

2018-07-23Apt C-3residential

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 2018-05-02

Heat / hot water

CLOSEDOpened 2012-08-28

Access Warrant - Non-Lead

CLOSEDOpened 2012-08-23

Comprehensive

CLOSEDOpened 2011-10-12

Tenant action

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

650 EAST 21 HOLDING LLC

Head officer

Sam Rub

Managing agent

SAM Rub

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

Landlord and related buildings

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2019-06-04 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2016-04-19 · $1,519,626.71

Sale2019-06-04no recorded price

650 EAST 21ST STREET REALTY LLC → 650 EAST 21ST STREET REALTY LLC, MM 650 LLC, MK 650 LLC, UPSTATE INVESTORS MM LLC, JF REALTY III, LLC, MTD 650 EAST 21 LLC

Sale2019-06-04$4,302,778

JF REALTY III, LLC, UPSTATE INVESTORS MM LLC, MTD 650 EAST 21 LLC, 650 EAST 21ST STREET REALTY LLC, MM 650 LLC, MK 650 LLC → 650 EAST 21 HOLDING LLC

Mortgage2016-04-19$1,519,626.71

borrower 650 EAST 21ST STREET REALTY LLC · lender THE BRIDGEHAMPTON NATIONAL BANK

Mortgage2013-11-08$606,439.03

borrower 650 EAST 21ST STREET REALTY LLC · lender BANKUNITED, N.A.

Sale2012-06-28no recorded price

650 E. 21ST LLC → 650 BM LLC, 650 EH LLC, 650 E. 21ST LLC

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