1973 81 Street

Brooklyn, NY

BBL 3-06286-0043BIN 3163374

Concern level3 of 4

High

0116 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 3 apartments
026 of those issued in the last 3 years
033 open rent-impairing violation(s)
0416 active DOB violation(s)
052 evictions executed in the last 3 years
06$13,750 in unpaid DOB fines

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 22 stabilized units with New York State for 2018 — of about 54 apartments.

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1926

Built

Floors

Residential units

Elevator apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

359

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 HAZARDOUSIssued 2024-12-19

§ 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 CENTER SECTION DOOR AT PUBLIC HALL, 4th STORY

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2024-12-19

§ 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 FIRE DOOR AT CENTER SECTION AT PUBLIC HALL, 5th STORY

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2024-12-19

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2024-03-14RENT-IMPAIRING

§ 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE REMOVE THE ILLEGAL FASTENING CONSISTING OF SLIDE BOLT ARRANGED FOR PADLOCKING AINSTALLED AT DOOR LEADING TO ROOF AT BULKHEAD AT SOUTH AT PUBLIC HALL, 6th STORY

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Water Leak8

Paint/Plaster7

Door/Window5

Heat/Hot Water4

Plumbing4

Unsanitary Condition3

Outside Building2

Elevator2

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

231

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential190

Street/Sidewalk22

Unspecified10

Vehicle6

Commercial2

House of Worship1

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

Lower than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony30

Misdemeanor29

Violation28

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 7 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 · C-CONSTRUCTION OTHER OPTIONAL2024-12-05

PARTIAL VACATE ORDER. AT TIME OF INSPECTION IT WAS OBSERVED AT EXPOSURE 3 (NORTH ELEVATION) CRACKS, DETERIORATED STUCCO AND BULGING OUT STUCCO AROUND WINDOWS. REMEDY: VACATE REAR YARD OF ROOF OF 1-STORY COMMERCIAL @ EXPOSURE 3 (NORTH ELEVATION)

ACTIVE · EGRADE-FAILURE TO POST ENERGY GRADE/SCORE NONE2024-12-01

FAILURE TO DISPLAY ENERGY EFFICIENCY SCORE AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY GRADE AS PER ADCODE SEC. 28-309.12.3

ACTIVE · C-CONSTRUCTION OTHER OPTIONAL2024-09-05

EWO DUE TO THE HAZARD CONDI. OBSERVED: MISSING/LOOSE METAL (FLASHING) AT ROOF ON EXP (1&4,81 ST & 20TH AVE); LOOSE/HANGING WOODEN STRIPS @ 6TH FLR ON EXP4 (E.ELEV); DETERIORATING MASONRY ON ALL EXP INCLUDINFG

DOB building violations

Evictions

Executed, all time

Last 3 years

2026-07-17Apt F10residential

2024-03-04Apt D10residential

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

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 2024-01-23

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2024-01-08

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2019-10-11

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2019-09-25

Tenant action

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

BENSON HOUSE CORP.

Head officer

Isidor LANDAU

Managing agent

MCS PROPERTIES LLC

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

Landlord and related buildings

Unpaid city fines

$13,750

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.

ConstructionClass 12026-08-24$2,500 due

ConstructionClass 12021-12-22$2,500 due

ConstructionClass 12019-01-23$6,250 due

ConstructionClass 12018-12-04$2,500 due

Unpaid city fines

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale1994-12-02 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2019-03-15 · $306,320.39

Mortgage2019-03-15$306,320.39

borrower BENSON HOUSE INC. · lender NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK

Mortgage2013-12-19$523,172.8

borrower BENSON HOUSE, INC. · lender FLUSHING BANK

Mortgage2003-08-11$63,792.93

borrower BENSON HOUSE, INC. · lender THE DIME SAVINGS BANK OF WILLIAMSBURGH

Mortgage1998-04-14$166,274.53

borrower BENSON HOUSE INC · lender DIME SAVINGS BANK OFWILLIAMSBURGH

Sale1994-12-02no recorded price

CAROZZA, JENNIE/EX, LI BERTO, ROSE/EX OF → LEONARDI, GEORGINA, LEONARDI, LEO, LEONARDI, JEAN

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