6203 5 Avenue

Brooklyn, NY

BBL 3-05801-0009BIN 3144009Plain-text version

Concern level1 of 4

Low

011 open rent-impairing violation(s)
021 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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The building

1923

Built

Floors

Residential units

Mixed residential / commercial

Type

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.

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSIssued 2007-06-065+ YRS OLDRENT-IMPAIRING

§ 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE REMOVE ALL ENCUMBRANCES CONSISTING OF HOUSEHOLD ITEMS AT PUBLIC HALL, 3rd STORY

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water2

Plumbing1

Heat/Hot WaterEntire Building2021-06-25 · closed

Heat/Hot WaterEntire Building2021-02-23 · closed

PlumbingWater Supply2020-07-20 · 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

About averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

291

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Street/Sidewalk129

Residential116

Vehicle24

Commercial12

Unspecified8

House of Worship2

311 noise complaints within about 1,000 ft (a few blocks) in the last year. Most reports here are about outdoor noise (mostly street/sidewalk) — street life and traffic more than neighbors. 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

166

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony53

Misdemeanor95

Violation18

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 8 annual bedbug reports and reported no infested units. Filing with zero infestations is the compliant, reassuring case.

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.

No active DOB violations.

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

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

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

GUO LIANG INC.

Head officer

YANYOU WU

Managing agent

SHUXIAN LIN

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

113 WILSON AVENUEBROOKLYN 1365 GREENE AVENUEBROOKLYN 191 WILSON AVENUEBROOKLYN 6219 5 AVENUEBROOKLYN 7517 5 AVENUEBROOKLYN

Landlord and related buildings

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2013-02-26 · $950,000

Most recent mortgage2013-02-26 · $665,000

Sale2013-02-26$950,000

EMKAY, LLC → GUO LIANG INC.

Mortgage2013-02-26$665,000

borrower GUO LIANG INC. · lender CATHAY BANK

Sale2004-01-26no recorded price

RAQUEL REALTY CORP → EMKAY, LLC

Mortgage2000-06-13$150,000

borrower RAQUEL REALTY CORP · lender STATEN ISLAND SAVINGS BANK

Sale1973-01-08no recorded price

GATTOO ELIZABETH P → RAQUEL REALTY CORP

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.