5001 15 Avenue

Brooklyn, NY

BBL 3-05458-0006BIN 3129335

Concern level3 of 4

High

012 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 24 apartments
025 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 47 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — essentially all of the building's 47 apartments.

2018 — 46 units registered2023 — 47

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

1934

Built

Floors

Residential units

Elevator apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building14 others linked to the same owner

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

101

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 I · NON-HAZARDOUS

§ 27-2142 ADM CODE APTS HAVE BEEN VACATED BY THIS DEPARTMENT AND CANNOT BE REOCCUPIED UNTIL SO ORDERED AFTER PROOF OF COMPLIANCE FOR APTS AT CELLAR APARTMENT VACATE ORDER 146204

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 3EIssued 2005-04-275+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2056.7 ADM CODE -CORRECT FAILURE TO PROVIDE TO THE DEPARTMENT WITHIN 45 DAYS OF DEMAND ALL RECORDS REQUIRED TO BE MAINTAINED BY OWNER

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

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 4-FIssued 2001-11-025+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2056.5 ADM CODE - CORRECT THE LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD - PRESUMED LEAD PAINT THAT IS PEELING OR IS ON A DETERIORATED SUBSURFACE - USING EXCLUSIVE INTERIM CONTROLS. CEILING IN THE 1st ROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT APT 4-F, 4th STORY, APARTMENT AT EAST

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

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSIssued 2018-11-015+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2081 ADM CODE DISCONTINUE USE OF ROOMS FOR LIVING, DISCONNECT PLUMBING FIXTURES AND PROPERLY SEAL PIPE CONNECTIONS WATER CLOSET, WASH BASIN, BATH TUB AND KITCHEN SINK IN THE 1ST APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH AT CELLAR

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Water Leak3

Paint/Plaster2

Heat/Hot Water1

Safety1

Unsanitary Condition1

SafetyFire Escape2024-09-10 · closed

Heat/Hot WaterEntire Building2023-11-12 · closed

Water LeakSlow Leak2021-10-22 · 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

Residential79

Street/Sidewalk6

Unspecified2

Commercial1

Park1

Vehicle1

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

Misdemeanor16

Violation5

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 · LBLVIO-LOW PRESSURE BOILER BOILER REQUIRED2025-11-14

VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2024 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION

ACTIVE · LBLVIO-LOW PRESSURE BOILER BOILER REQUIRED2024-09-23

VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2023 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION

ACTIVE · LBLVIO-LOW PRESSURE BOILER BOILER REQUIRED2023-06-30

VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2021 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION

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 2016-01-08

Harassment case

CLOSEDOpened 2012-07-09

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2012-01-12

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2010-03-31

Heat / hot water

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

GOOD REALTY LLC

Head officer

DAVID NIERENBERG

Managing agent

GOOD REALTY LLC

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

1123 AVENUE KBROOKLYN 1245 AVENUE XBROOKLYN 1360 48 STREETBROOKLYN 1402 AVENUE KBROOKLYN 1705 DORCHESTER ROADBROOKLYN

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

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 sale2008-10-27 · $7,430,000

Most recent mortgage2020-02-10 · $663,173.84

Mortgage2020-02-10$663,173.84

borrower GOOD REALTY LLC · lender NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK, NEW YORK COMMERCIAL BANK

Mortgage2014-12-16$2,495,133.68

borrower GOOD REALTY LLC · lender NEW YORK COMMERCIAL BANK

Sale2008-10-27$7,430,000

5001 15TH REALTY LLC, 175 HAWTHORNE STREET ASSOCIATES, LLC → GOOD REALTY LLC

Mortgage2008-10-27$1,401,799.92

borrower GOOD REALTY LLC · lender THE DIME SAVINGS BANK OF WILLIAMSBURGH

Sale2005-04-06$4,850,000

5001 15TH AVE. CO. LP → 175 HAWTHORNE STREET ASSOCIATES LLC, 5001 15TH REALTY 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