402 Foster Avenue

Brooklyn, NY

BBL 3-06501-0018BIN 3170298

Concern level4 of 4

Severe

0124 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 40 apartments
021 eviction executed in the last 3 years

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 36 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 40 apartments.

2018 — 36 units registered2023 — 36

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1928

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building12 others linked to the same owner

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

434

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 B4Issued 2021-10-155+ 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 IN THE FOYER LOCATED AT APT B4, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST , SECTION ''N'', 1st FROM WEST AT NORTH

Status: Defect letter issued

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt B4Issued 2021-10-155+ 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 DOOR FROM WEST AT NORTH WALL, 1st DOOR FRAME FROM WEST AT NORTH WALL, SOUTH WALL, WEST WALL IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT B4, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST , SECTION ''N'', 1st FROM WEST AT NORTH

Status: Defect letter issued

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2021-10-155+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2056.4 ADM CODE- CORRECT FAILURE TO NOTIFY OCCUPANTS AND/OR TO INVESTIGATE LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARDS.

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2021-10-045+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2056.4(H) AND 27-2056.17 ADM CODE -CORRECT FAILURE TO PROVIDE TO THE DEPARTMENT WITHIN 45 DAYS OF DEMAND ALL RECORDS REQUIRED TO BE MAINTAINED BY OWNER PURSUANT TO LOCAL LAW 1 OF 2004 RELATED TO LEAD-BASED PAINT NOTICES, INSPECTIONS AND REMEDIATION/ABATEMENT ACTIVITIES.

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water30

Plumbing8

Water Leak5

Paint/Plaster3

Unsanitary Condition3

Electric2

Appliance1

General1

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

204

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential109

Commercial29

Street/Sidewalk29

Unspecified28

Vehicle8

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

About averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

209

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony48

Misdemeanor135

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 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

No active DOB violations.

DOB building violations

Evictions

Executed, all time

Last 3 years

2026-01-22Apt C-2residential

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 2015-11-13

Access Warrant - Non-Lead

CLOSEDOpened 2015-11-10

False Certification Non-Lead

CLOSEDOpened 2015-05-08

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2010-09-06

Comp Supplemental Cases

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

402 FOSTER AVE LLC

Head officer

ELIEZER SPIRA

Managing agent

ADOR HOUSING & DEVELOPMENT LLC

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

1006 CATON AVENUEBROOKLYN 1233 EAST 19 STREETBROOKLYN 1235 43 STREETBROOKLYN 1485 EAST 16 STREETBROOKLYN 1840 52 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 sale2010-10-06 · $3,800,000

Most recent mortgage2012-08-23 · $206,258.02

Mortgage2012-08-23$206,258.02

borrower 334 FOSTER AVENUE LLC, 402 FOSTER AVENUE LLC · lender INVESTORS BANK

Sale2010-10-06$3,800,000

402 ASSOCIATES LLC → 402 FOSTER AVENUE LLC

Mortgage2008-01-09$1,317,960.4

borrower 334 ASSOCIATES LLC, 402 ASSOCIATES LLC · lender NORTH FORK BANK

Mortgage2004-09-27$793,975.29

borrower 334 ASSOCIATES LLC, 401 ASSOCIATES LLC · lender WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK, FA

Mortgage2002-11-07$1,249,076.07

borrower 334 ASSOCIATES LLC &402 ASSOCIATES LLC · lender WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK FA

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