783 Seneca Avenue

Queens, NY

BBL 4-03462-0006BIN 4082763

Concern level4 of 4

Severe

015 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 6 apartments
021 of those issued in the last 3 years
031 open rent-impairing 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 2019 — essentially all of the building's 6 apartments.

2018 — 6 units registered2019 — 6

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1930

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up 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.

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2025-06-30RENT-IMPAIRING

§ 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE REMOVE THE ILLEGAL FASTENING CONSISTING OF SELF LOCKABLE LOCK INSTALLED ON BULKHEAD DOOR TO ROOF AT PUBLIC HALL, 3rd STORY

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 3LIssued 2023-01-04

§ 27-2005, 27-2007, 27-2041.1 HMC: REPLACE OR REPAIR THE SELF-CLOSING DOORS THAT IS MISSING OR DEFECTIVE SECONDARY ENTRANCE DOOR LEADING TO PUBLIC HALL IN THE 5th ROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT APT 3L, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

Status: Certification Postponment Denied

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 3LIssued 2023-01-04

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE & 309 M/D LAW ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF KEY OPERATER DOOR LCK INSTALLED AT DOOR LEADING TO SECONDAY ENTRANCE DOOR IN THE 5th ROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT APT 3L, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

Status: Certification Postponment Denied

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 3LIssued 2023-01-03

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE & 309 M/D LAW ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF KEY OPERATED DOOR LOCK INSTALLED AT DOOR LEADING TO SECONDARY ENTRANCE DOOR IN THE 4th ROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT APT 3L, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

Status: Certification Postponment Denied

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water6

Paint/Plaster3

Plumbing2

Door/Window1

Electric1

PlumbingBathtub/Shower2026-05-25 · closed

PlumbingSteam Pipe/Riser2026-05-25 · closed

Paint/PlasterCeiling2026-05-25 · 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

Much higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

1057

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Commercial479

Residential322

Street/Sidewalk131

Unspecified66

Vehicle48

House of Worship8

Park2

Helicopter1

311 noise complaints within about 1,000 ft (a few blocks) in the last year. Most reports here are about outdoor noise (mostly commercial) — 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 noise

Neighborhood crime

About averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

275

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony103

Misdemeanor143

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

No active DOB violations.

DOB building violations

Evictions

No executed evictions on record for this building.

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 2018-02-05

Heat / hot water

CLOSEDOpened 2013-08-28

Harassment case

CLOSEDOpened 2010-07-09

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2010-07-08

Tenant action

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

SOLMAR INC

Head officer

RICHARD SOLER

Managing agent

SOLMAR INC

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

Landlord and related buildings

Unpaid city fines

No DOB/ECB violations on record for this building.

Unpaid city fines

Ownership & money

Speculation watch

·Bought and resold within a few years — rapid turnover is a common speculation signal

A pattern, not a prediction — many transfers are ordinary or between related companies.

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2005-10-11 · $720,000

Most recent mortgage2005-10-11 · $499,000

Sale2005-10-11$720,000

T & A ENTERPRISES, INC → SOLMAR INC.

Mortgage2005-10-11$499,000

borrower SOLMAR INC. · lender THE NEW YORK MORTGAGE COMPANY, LLC

Mortgage2005-03-23$400,000

borrower T & A ENTERPRISES INC. · lender PETER WEISS AND MTM REALTY

Sale2005-03-23$535,000

CERNE, ERNA → T&A ENTERPRISES INC

Sale2000-07-27no recorded price

VERDERBER, OLGA (EX/OF) → CERNE, ERNA

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