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 6 stabilized units with New York State for 2019 — essentially all of the building's 6 apartments.
18
19
2018 — 6 units registered2019 — 6
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.
The owner filed 6 annual bedbug reports and reported no infested units. Filing with zero infestations is the compliant, reassuring case.
Unpaid city fines
No DOB/ECB violations on record for this building.
Evictions
No executed evictions on record for this building.
The building
1910
Built
3
Floors
6
Residential units
Walk-up apartments
Type
311 complaints from tenants
7
All time
0
Last 12 months
Door/Window3
Unsanitary Condition3
Flooring/Stairs1
Door/WindowWindow Frame2025-09-29 · closed
Door/WindowWindow Pane2020-10-04 · closed
Flooring/StairsFloor2020-10-04 · closed
Complaints record what a tenant reported, not a finding by the city. "Closed" often means the inspector could not gain access.
DOB building violations
0
Active
4
On record
0
Active, last 3 yrs
No active DOB violations.
HPD housing-maintenance violations
21
Open now
68
On record
7
Open Class C
13
Open Class B
1
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 1LIssued 2025-10-02
§ 27-2005, 27-2007, 27-2041.1 HMC, §238, § 309; § 107 (2) ( C) MDL AND 28 RCNY §25-171: REPLACE OR REPAIR THE SELF-CLOSING DOORS THAT IS MISSING OR DEFECTIVE HINGES AT DOOR IN THE ENTRANCE LOCATED AT APT 1L, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST
Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix
CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 1LIssued 2025-10-02
HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF ROACHES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 1L, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST
Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix
CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 3RIssued 2021-02-015+ YRS OLD
§ 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE ARRANGE AND MAKE SELF-CLOSING THE DOORS SECONDARY EGRESS DOOR IN THE 1st ROOM FROM EAST LOCATED AT APT 3R, 3rd STORY, APARTMENT AT NORTH
Status: Awaiting HPD re-inspection
CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 1Issued 2021-01-225+ YRS OLD
§ 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE ARRANGE AND MAKE SELF-CLOSING THE DOORS THE FIRE PROOF DOOR IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 1, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST
Status: Notice issued, not yet certified
Housing court
No HPD housing-court cases on record for this building.
Concern level4 of 4
Severe
017 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 6 apartments
022 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.
Neighborhood crime
Lower than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks
140
NYPD reports · last 12 mo
12
≈ per month
Felony44
Misdemeanor69
Violation27
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.
Ownership & money
5
Recorded sales
4
Mortgages / refinances
Last recorded sale2015-10-22 · no recorded price
Most recent mortgage2015-10-22 · $189,641.37
Mortgage2015-10-22$189,641.37
borrower 2037 PALMETTO ST LLC · lender EMPIRE NATIONAL BANK
Sale2015-10-22no recorded price
DONECEA, AURORA, DONECEA, ADAM, DONECEA, JOHN → 2037 PALMETTO ST LLC
Sale2007-11-06no recorded price
DONECEA, AURORA, DONECEA, ADAM → DONECEA, AURORA, DONECEA, ADAM, DONECEA, JOHN
Mortgage2007-11-06$232,000
borrower DONECEA, AURORA, DONECEA, JOHN, DONECEA, ADAM · lender FLUSHING SAVINGS BANK, FSB
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.
Landlord and related buildings
Registered owner
2037 PALMETTO ST LLC
Head officer
JOHN DONECEA
Managing agent
2037 PALMETTO ST LLC
1 other building share this owner's registration contacts. Shared contacts suggest common control, but they are not proof of ownership.
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.