1720 East 13 Street

Brooklyn, NY

BBL 3-06795-0015BIN 3182861Plain-text version

Concern level2 of 4

Moderate

011 open class-C HPD violation (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 75 apartments
021 open rent-impairing violation(s)
034 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 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

Likely rent-stabilized

The owner registered 3 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 75 apartments.

2018 — 4 units registered2023 — 3

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1959

Built

Floors

Residential units

Elevator apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building

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. HPD writes a separate violation for each room or spot, so one inspection can produce several near-identical entries; those are grouped below by apartment and date.

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2008-07-085+ YRS OLD

D26-17.10 ADM CODE POST NOTICE, IN FORM APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT, STATING THE NAME AND LOCATION OF THE PERSON DESIGNATED BY THE OWNER TO HAVE KEY TO BUILDING'S HEATING SYSTEM 1 STY PUBLIC HALL AND ON BOILER ROOM DOOR.

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSIssued 2024-07-15

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE & 309 M/D LAW ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF STONE AND CEMENT PARTITION ERECTED UNDER DROP LADDER AT NORTH FIRE ESCAPE AT BUILDING FRONT

Status: Certified late

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSIssued 2014-08-275+ YRS OLD

SECTION 27-2010, 2011, 2012 ADM CODE REMOVE THE ACCUMULATION OF REFUSE AND/OR RUBBISH AND MAINTAIN IN A CLEAN CONDITION THE GARAGE ROOF AT WEST AND NORTH SIDES

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 1GIssued 2014-08-255 violations5+ YRS OLD

SECTION 27-2005 HMC:TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF MOLD ... AT CEILING. APPROX. = 4 SQUARE FEET IN THE 2nd ROOM FROM NORTH AT WEST LOCATED AT APT 1G, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH
SECTION 27-2045 ADM CODE REPAIR OR REPLACE THE SMOKE DETECTOR INOPERATIVE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 1G, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH

3 more from the same inspection

SECTION 27-2046.1 HMC: REPAIR OR REPLACE THE CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTING DEVICE(S). INOPERATIVE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 1G, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH
SECTION 27-2026, 2027 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE EVIDENCE OF A WATER LEAK AT CEILING IN THE 2nd ROOM FROM NORTH AT WEST LOCATED AT APT 1G, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH
SECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR CEILING IN THE 2nd ROOM FROM NORTH AT WEST LOCATED AT APT 1G, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH

Status: Certified late

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water4

Paint/Plaster3

Unsanitary Condition1

Heat/Hot WaterEntire Building2026-03-19 · closed

Heat/Hot WaterEntire Building2026-02-10 · closed

Heat/Hot WaterEntire Building2026-01-31 · 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

344

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential268

Street/Sidewalk48

Unspecified13

Vehicle7

Commercial6

House of Worship2

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

330

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony71

Misdemeanor239

Violation20

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

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.

ACTIVE · LL6291-LOCAL LAW 62/91 - BOILERS BOILER REQUIRED2005-01-31

ACTIVE · LL1081-LOCAL LAW 10/81 - ELEVATOR ELEVATOROPTIONAL2004-11-19

ACTIVE · E-ELEVATOR ELEVATORREQUIRED2003-02-10

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.

ElevatorsNon-Hazardous1998-01-06$350 penalty

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.

Evictions

Housing court: repair & harassment cases

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 2012-04-23

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2012-03-15

Tenant action

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

1720 E 13TH ST TENANTS CORP

Head officer

ARKADY BLUSTEIN

Managing agent

NEW CITY REALTY CO

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

Landlord and related buildings

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale1987-02-17 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2023-01-17 · $250,000

Mortgage2023-01-17$250,000

borrower 1720 E. 13TH STREET TENANTS CORP. · lender NATIONAL CONSUMER COOPERATIVE BANK

Mortgage2023-01-17$229,168.51

borrower 1720 E. 13TH STREET TENANTS CORP. · lender NATIONAL COOPERATIVE BANK, N.A.

Mortgage2013-01-29$438,901.85

borrower 1720 E. 13TH STREET TENANTS CORP., 1720 E. 13TH ST. TENANTS CORP., 1720 EAST 13TH STREET TENANTS CORP. · lender NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK

Mortgage2008-09-29$96,632.75

borrower 1720 E 13TH STREET TENANTS CORP., 1720 EAST 13TH STREET TENANTS CORP. · lender BENO STERNLICHT

Mortgage2008-09-29$163,668.32

borrower 1720 EAST 13TH STREET TENANTS CORP., 1720 E 13TH STREET TENANTS CORP. · lender STERNLICHT, BENO

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