0126 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 9 apartments
0223 of those issued in the last 3 years
032 open rent-impairing violation(s)
041 active DOB violation(s)
0513 evictions 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 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.
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The owner filed 50 annual bedbug reports and reported no infested units. Filing with zero infestations is the compliant, reassuring case.
DOB building violations
OATH/ECB violations and fines
No OATH/ECB violations on record for this building.
Evictions
Housing court
Landlord and related buildings
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.
Rent regulation
Likely rent-stabilized
The owner registered 224 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 225 apartments.
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2018 — 224 units registered2023 — 224
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.
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. This tax lot has 7 buildings; these counts are for this building only.
CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt A4Issued 2025-07-03
§ 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... LESS THAN 10 SQ FT AT CEILING IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT A4, 1st STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST ORIGINAL VIOLATION 17721078 ISSUED 26-FEB-25 HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO CLASS B PER ADMINISTRATIVE CODE §27-2017.3a(3)(a) or (b).
Status: Defect letter issued
CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt A2Issued 2024-09-04
§ 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... GREATER THAN 10 SQFT ST WEST AND EAST WLL IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT A2, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST
Status: Defect letter issued
311 complaints from tenants
630
All time
115
Last 12 months
Heat/Hot Water242
Unsanitary Condition116
Plumbing52
Door/Window41
Paint/Plaster41
Electric32
General27
Flooring/Stairs23
Unsanitary ConditionGarbage/Recycling Storage2026-10-22 · open
Unsanitary ConditionGarbage/Recycling Storage2026-10-22 · open
Unsanitary ConditionPests2026-10-21 · open
Complaints record what a tenant reported, not a finding by the city. "Closed" often means the inspector could not gain access.
Neighborhood noise
Lower than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks
104
Noise reports · last 12 mo
9
≈ per month
39
% from neighbors
Residential41
Commercial28
Street/Sidewalk14
Vehicle12
Unspecified9
311 noise complaints within about 1,000 ft (a few blocks) in the last year. Most reports here are about outdoor noise (mostly residential) — street life and traffic more than neighbors. 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 crime
Lower than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks
83
NYPD reports · last 12 mo
7
≈ per month
Felony26
Misdemeanor37
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.
DOB building violations
1
Active
7
On record
0
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 REQUIRED1993-08-16
Evictions
27
Executed, all time
13
Last 3 years
2026-08-11Apt C6residential
2026-08-11Apt C6residential
2026-05-18Apt B7residential
2026-05-18Apt B7residential
Executed by a city marshal. An eviction can be lawful; a high or rising count is a displacement signal, not proof of wrongdoing.
Housing court: repair & harassment cases
62
Cases on record
0
Open now
56
Tenant-brought
0
Harassment found
0
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 2025-07-14
Tenant action
CLOSEDOpened 2025-04-09
Heat / hot water
CLOSEDOpened 2025-02-10
Harassment case
CLOSEDOpened 2025-01-27
Heat / hot water
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.
Landlord and related buildings
Registered owner
CLARENDON GARDENS LLC
Head officer
LAV BAUTA
Managing agent
ZION MGMT
No other buildings found sharing this building's registered contact.
Ownership & money
6
Recorded sales
12
Mortgages / refinances
Last recorded sale2015-02-12 · $32,515,000
Most recent mortgage2019-03-11 · $7,242,467.3
Mortgage2019-03-11$7,242,467.3
borrower CLARENDON GARDENS LLC · lender NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK
Mortgage2017-07-10$2,000,000
borrower CLARENDON GARDENS LLC · lender CAPITAL ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Sale2015-02-12$32,515,000
KMGH CLARENDON LLC → CLARENDON GARDENS LLC
Mortgage2015-02-12$4,375,000
borrower CLARENDON GARDENS LLC · lender CAPITAL ONE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Mortgage2013-08-16$4,395,577.63
borrower KMGH CLARENDON LLC · lender PEMBROOK CLARENDON CAPITAL LLC
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.