1946 70 Street

Brooklyn, NY

BBL 3-06173-0025BIN 3157399

Concern level3 of 4

High

014 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 4 apartments
021 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 16 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 17 apartments.

2018 — 16 units registered2023 — 16

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 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 C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt D1Issued 2005-12-015+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2056.6 ADM CODE - CORRECT THE LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD - PAINT THAT TESTED POSITIVE FOR LEAD CONTENT AND THAT IS PEELING OR ON A DETERIORATED SUBSURFACE - USING WORK PRACTICES SET FORTH IN 28 RCNY §11-06(B)(2) EAST WALL IN THE 1st ROOM FROM EAST AT SOUTH LOCATED AT APT D1, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST

Status: Defect letter issued

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt D1Issued 2005-04-205+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2056.6 ADM CODE - CORRECT THE LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD - PAINT THAT TESTED POSITIVE FOR LEAD CONTENT AND THAT IS PEELING OR ON A DETERIORATED SUBSURFACE - USING WORK PRACTICES SET FORTH IN 28 RCNY §11-06(B)(2) NORTH WALL, SOUTH WALL, EAST WALL, WEST WALL IN THE 1st ROOM FROM EAST AT NORTH LOCATED AT APT D1, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST

Status: Defect letter issued

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt D1Issued 2005-04-045+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2056.6 ADM CODE - CORRECT THE LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD - PAINT THAT TESTED POSITIVE FOR LEAD CONTENT AND THAT IS PEELING OR ON A DETERIORATED SUBSURFACE - USING WORK PRACTICES SET FORTH IN 28 RCNY §11-06(B)(2) 1st RADIATOR FROM NORTH AT EAST WALL IN THE 1st ROOM FROM NORTH AT EAST LOCATED AT APT D1, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

Status: Defect letter issued

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt D1Issued 2005-04-045+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2056.6 ADM CODE - CORRECT THE LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD - PAINT THAT TESTED POSITIVE FOR LEAD CONTENT AND THAT IS PEELING OR ON A DETERIORATED SUBSURFACE - USING WORK PRACTICES SET FORTH IN 28 RCNY §11-06(B)(2) CEILING, NORTH WALL, SOUTH WALL, EAST WALL IN THE 1st ROOM FROM NORTH AT WEST LOCATED AT APT D1, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

Status: Defect letter issued

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water3

Door/Window2

Unsanitary Condition1

Heat/Hot WaterEntire Building2024-12-08 · closed

Heat/Hot WaterEntire Building2024-03-13 · closed

Unsanitary ConditionMold2022-03-25 · 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

289

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential105

Street/Sidewalk91

Unspecified47

Vehicle39

Commercial5

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 residential) — 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

Lower than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

118

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony33

Misdemeanor59

Violation26

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.

Bedbug history

DOB building violations

Active

On record

Active, last 3 yrs

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

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 2016-01-11

Harassment case

CLOSEDOpened 2005-04-05

Tenant action

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

1946 70TH STREET LLC

Head officer

JOSEPH PANE

Managing agent

JOHN CATALDO

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

7301 4 AVENUEBROOKLYN 7311 4 AVENUEBROOKLYN 8785 BAY 16 STREETBROOKLYN 88 VAN SICKLEN STREETBROOKLYN 957 67 STREETBROOKLYN

Landlord and related buildings

Unpaid city fines

No DOB/ECB violations on record for this building.

Unpaid city fines

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2009-12-17 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage1999-07-08 · $347,121.66

Sale2009-12-17no recorded price

TAP REALTY LLC → 1946 70TH STREET LLC

Mortgage1999-07-08$347,121.66

borrower TAP REALTY LLCC · lender GMAC COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE CORPORATION

Sale1999-02-22no recorded price

TAP REALTY → TAP REALTY LLC

Mortgage1989-01-26$137,500

borrower TARA ASSOCIATES · lender TAP REALTY

Mortgage1989-01-26$700,000

borrower TAP REALTY · lender FOURTH FED S&L ASSN/NY

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