4004 14 Avenue

Brooklyn, NY

BBL 3-05297-0037BIN 3123256Plain-text version

Concern level2 of 4

Moderate

013 active DOB violation(s)
026 open HPD 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 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

1931

Built

Floors

Residential units

Mixed residential / commercial

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building5 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 B · HAZARDOUSApt 2FLOORIssued 2026-06-034 violations

§ 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE WOOD DOOR FRAME IN THE 2nd ROOM FROM EAST LOCATED AT APT 2FLOOR, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST
§ 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE GLASS PANE UPPER WINDOW SASH AT 2ND WINDOW FROM NORTH AT EAST IN THE 1st ROOM FROM EAST AT SOUTH LOCATED AT APT 2FLOOR, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST

2 more from the same inspection

§ 27-2045(B)(1)(B) HMC, § 12-06, § 12-07, § 12-09 RCNY REPAIR, REPLACE OR PROVIDE AN APPROVED AND OPERATIONAL CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTING DEVICE, INSTALLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE LAW AND RULES MISSING WITHIN 15 FEET OF ALL SLEEPING ROOMS. IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 2FLOOR, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST
§ 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN UNIFORM COLOR THE EAST WALL IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 2FLOOR, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS A · NON-HAZARDOUSApt 2FLOORIssued 2026-06-032 violations

§ 27-2013 ADMIN. CODE: PAINT WITH LIGHT COLORED PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT THE 1st DOOR FRAME FROM SOUTH AT WEST WALL IN THE 2nd ROOM FROM EAST LOCATED AT APT 2FLOOR, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST
§ 27-2013 ADMIN. CODE: PAINT WITH LIGHT COLORED PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT ALL PEELING PAINT SURFACES IN THE KITCHEN , THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 2FLOOR, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Door/Window1

Paint/Plaster1

Door/WindowDoor2026-05-20 · closed

Paint/PlasterWall2026-05-20 · 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

Much lower than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential30

Vehicle14

Commercial4

Street/Sidewalk4

Unspecified2

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 lower than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony13

Misdemeanor18

Violation7

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 1 annual bedbug report 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 · C-CONSTRUCTION OTHER OPTIONAL2026-05-19

STRUCTURE RENDERED NON COMPLIANT DUE TO FIRE. AT TIME OF INSPECTION I OBSERVED A SECTION OF THE AWNING OF THE GROCERY STORE PARTIALLY BURNED/MELTED DUE TO FIRE AT ADJACENT PROPERTY.

ACTIVE · LL6291-LOCAL LAW 62/91 - BOILERS BOILER REQUIRED1999-03-16

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

DOB building violations

OATH/ECB violations and fines

No OATH/ECB violations on record for this building.

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

MOTION REALITY LLC

Head officer

HESHY BOTKNECHT

Managing agent

MOTION REALITY

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

1487 EAST 37 STREETBROOKLYN 1581 WEST 7 STREETBROOKLYN 205 EAST 9 STREETBROOKLYN 220 OSGOOD AVENUESTATEN ISLAND 51 COURSEN PLACESTATEN ISLAND

Landlord and related buildings

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2008-05-22 · $750,000

Most recent mortgage2018-09-21 · $603,135.95

Mortgage2018-09-21$603,135.95

borrower MOTION REALTY LLC · lender NEW YORK COMMERCIAL BANK

Mortgage2013-12-18$61,909.62

borrower MOTION REALTY LLC · lender NORTHFIELD BANK

Mortgage2009-09-17$450,000

borrower MOTION REALTY LLC · lender KIMMEL, JAY

Sale2008-05-22$750,000

FEDER, ESTHER, AZIMOV, RACHEL → MOTION REALTY LLC

Mortgage2008-05-22$700,000

borrower MOTION REALTY LLC · lender KIMMEL, JAY

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 water and sewer charges to be listed for the city's tax-lien sale (most recently a 60-day notice). A listing can still be cured by paying or entering a payment plan.

Years listed

2025

Most recent

60-day noticewater/sewer only2025-03-01

90-day noticewater/sewer only2025-02-01

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