1225 Avenue R

Brooklyn, NY

BBL 3-06795-0047BIN 3182873

Concern level2 of 4

Moderate

011 open rent-impairing violation(s)
021 active DOB violation(s)
0310 open HPD 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 65 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — essentially all of the building's 65 apartments.

2018 — 65 units registered2023 — 65

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

Registration counts apply to the building, not to unit numbers. To confirm your own apartment, request your rent history from New York State Homes and Community Renewal — it is free and takes a few weeks.

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Rent regulation

The building

1939

Built

Floors

Residential units

Elevator apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building25 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 B · HAZARDOUSApt 1GIssued 2016-09-065+ YRS OLD

SECTION 27-2046.1 HMC: REPAIR OR REPLACE THE CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTING DEVICE(S). ,MISSING IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 1G, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 1GIssued 2016-09-065+ YRS OLD

SECTION 27-2045 ADM CODE REPAIR OR REPLACE THE SMOKE DETECTOR ,MISSING IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 1G, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 6AIssued 2011-10-245+ YRS OLD

SECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE COUNTER BALANCE AT LOWER SASH, WINDOW AT SOUTH WALL IN THE 1st ROOM FROM EAST LOCATED AT APT 6A, 6th STORY, 3rd APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 6AIssued 2011-10-215+ YRS OLD

SECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE WOOD FLOOR IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 6A, 6th STORY, 3rd APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water4

Paint/Plaster2

Unsanitary Condition2

Safety1

Water Leak1

SafetySmoke Detector2026-06-10 · closed

Heat/Hot WaterApartment Only2025-11-19 · closed

Heat/Hot WaterApartment Only2025-11-17 · 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

Higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

451

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential366

Street/Sidewalk52

Unspecified14

Park6

Vehicle6

Commercial5

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

About averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

276

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony57

Misdemeanor203

Violation16

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

Infested, latest filing

Annual filings

2024–20250 infested · 0 eradicated

2023–20240 infested · 0 eradicated

2022–20230 infested · 0 eradicated

Self-reported by the owner for the year ending each filing. Counts are building-wide and do not say which apartment was affected.

Bedbug history

DOB building violations

Active

On record

Active, last 3 yrs

ACTIVE · EGRADE-FAILURE TO POST ENERGY GRADE/SCORE NONE2021-04-29

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

DOB building violations

Evictions

Executed, all time

Last 3 years

2018-12-11Apt 2Kresidential

2017-06-28Apt A1residential

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

LINCOLN REALTY, LLC

Head officer

RONALD KATZ

Managing agent

RONALD KATZ

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

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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 sale1997-01-01 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage1977-03-22 · no recorded price

Sale1997-01-01no recorded price

KATZ, LENNARD A/EX, KATZ-SCHULMAN, SUSANE, KATZ, RONALD E, KATZ, LEON A/EST OF, KATZ, SHELDON C, KATZ-EARL, SARI A, NANCI KATZ TRUST, KATZ, DAVID B → LINCOLN REALTY OF NEW YORK LLC

Sale1993-12-31no recorded price

KATZ, SHELDON C → SARI KATZ TRUST, NANCI KATZ TRUST, KATZ, LENNARD A

Sale1977-03-22no recorded price

PADAR RLTY CO INC → RONDAV RLTY CO INC

Mortgage1977-03-22no recorded price

borrower RONDAV RLTY CO INC · lender INDEPENDENCE SAVS BK

Sale1977-03-22no recorded price

RONDAV RLTY CO INC → KATZ SHELDON C, KATZ LEON A

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