81 Bay 22 Street

Brooklyn, NY

BBL 3-06373-0012BIN 3166797

Concern level3 of 4

High

012 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 14 apartments
021 of those issued in the last 3 years
035 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 6 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 27 apartments.

2018 — 7 units registered2023 — 6

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1929

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building7 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 HAZARDOUSIssued 2024-06-10

§ 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 VESTIBULE DOOR , 1st STORY

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2017-06-055+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE LOCKING DEVICE FRONT ENTRANCE DOOR TO BUILDING

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSIssued 2025-02-18

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE & 309 M/D LAW ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF PLEXIGLASS AT VESTIBULE DOOR AT PUBLIC HALL, 1st STORY

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSIssued 2025-02-18

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE PROVIDE PLAIN GLASS AT VESTIBULE DOOR AT PUBLIC HALL, 1st STORY

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water1

Paint/Plaster1

Unsanitary Condition1

Heat/Hot WaterEntire Building2025-01-09 · closed

Unsanitary ConditionGarbage/Recycling Storage2024-03-15 · closed

Paint/PlasterCeiling2021-07-18 · 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

Lower than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

142

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential94

Unspecified21

Street/Sidewalk14

Commercial9

Vehicle4

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

Higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

393

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony94

Misdemeanor270

Violation29

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 9 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 · EGRADE-FAILURE TO POST ENERGY GRADE/SCORE NONE2021-12-01

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

ACTIVE · BENCH-FAILURE TO BENCHMARK NONE2020-02-02

FAILURE TO FILE BENCHMARKING REPORT OF ENERGY USE AS PER AD. CODE SEC. 28-309.4

ACTIVE · BENCH-FAILURE TO BENCHMARK NONE2019-11-02

FAILURE TO FILE BENCHMARKING REPORT OF ENERGY USE AS PER AD. CODE SEC. 28-309.4

DOB building violations

Evictions

Executed, all time

Last 3 years

2018-11-19Apt D4residential

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

No HPD housing-court cases on record for this building.

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

81B 22 LLC

Head officer

TONY SAFONTE

Managing agent

TONY SAFONTE

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

183 GELSTON AVENUEBROOKLYN 2045 78 STREETBROOKLYN 2118 WEST 6 STREETBROOKLYN 345 91 STREETBROOKLYN 347 91 STREETBROOKLYN

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

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2013-08-19 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage1999-12-30 · $26,700

Sale2013-08-19no recorded price

SAFONTE REALTY CORP → 81 B 22 LLC

Mortgage1999-12-30$26,700

borrower SAFONTE, REALTY CORP · lender EMIGRANT FUNDING CORPORATION

Mortgage1999-12-30$242,821.2

borrower SAFONTE REALTY CORP · lender EMIGRANT FUNDING CORPORATION

Mortgage1988-03-30$300,000

borrower SAFONTE REALTY CORP · lender INDEPENDENCE SAVS BANK

Sale1985-06-30no recorded price

BENNARDO, PASQUALE, SAFONTE, ANTONINO, SAFONTE, SALVATORE, BENNARDO, PASQUALINA → SAFONTE 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.

City debt & tax-lien sale