A modest record — below the level that usually signals systemic problems. More recorded distress than 66% of 6-24-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 6-24-unit residential buildings is 16.3 penalty
points per 10 units; this building carries 35. In ZIP 11205, 49% of residential buildings hold an A and
13% grade D or F.
How grades work
this building
A
B
C
Among 46,798 6-24-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more
Open with the city right now
Open HPD violations
2 total — 1 class C (immediately hazardous), 0 class B, 1 class A. Oldest open since 2026-05-24.
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
Patterns
3 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
What 311 hears from this address
3 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (2) · HEAT/HOT WATER (1).
Filed construction activity
$2,000 in permitted construction work filed since
2016 (2 filings with a declared cost) — a rough measure of how actively
the owner maintains the building. Permit costs cover filed construction work only — they do not
capture routine maintenance or repairs done without a permit.
Rent-stabilization signals
No
Built before 1974 (2016)
Yes
Six or more residential units (8)
Yes
421-a / J-51 tax benefit on the current tax roll
2 of 3 signals present. Buildings receiving 421-a or J-51 benefits are generally required to register their units as rent-stabilized for the duration of the benefit. The definitive answer for any unit:
request its rent history from NYS Homes & Community Renewal (free, at hcr.ny.gov).
Registered with HPD — the names behind the building
Registered owner(s)
957 BEDFORD LLC
Head officer
BENJAMIN NIEDERMAN
Managing agent
EQUITY MANAGEMENT
Last registered
2025-07-07
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
What the city thinks it's worth
Tax year
City market value
Assessed value
2025
$1,719,600
$773,820
2026
$2,064,000
$928,800
2027
$2,477,000
$1,114,650
The city's market estimate has risen
44% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Tax exemptions on the roll: 421A 15 YR CAP
Flood exposure
Not in the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary maps).
Not in a hurricane evacuation zone.
Not in the city's stormwater (cloudburst) flood maps under any modeled scenario.
No street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints on record at this address.
Sources: FEMA flood maps (coastal), NYC DEP Stormwater Flood Maps
(cloudburst), NYC hurricane evacuation zones, and 311 records for this address.
Getting around
Subway
Bedford-Nostrand Avs — G · 650 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
Bus
Nearest boarding stop: Bedford Av / De Kalb Av — B44 · 50 ft
Citi Bike
DeKalb Ave & Bedford Ave · 150 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
Distances are straight-line, not walking routes. Transit locations from the MTA and
Citi Bike, bike facilities from NYC DOT, school zones from the DOE's 2024–25 maps.
3 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 1 of them about heat or hot water.
311 will ask for the address, the apartment if the problem is inside, and what's wrong.
Contact details are optional for most complaints; food-poisoning reports can be anonymous. Complaints
appear in the city's public 311 data, usually within a day or two, and then in the Live from 311 box
on this page.
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $2,100,000 on
2018-04-04 (lender: Ridgewood Savings Bank). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid
down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded
document.
Date
Record
Amount
Per res. unit
2018-04-04
Agreement $3,000,000 — from 957 BEDFORD LLC to RIDGEWOOD SAVINGS BANK
$3,000,000
2018-04-04
AL&R $3,000,000 — from 957 BEDFORD LLC to RIDGEWOOD SAVINGS BANK
$3,000,000
2018-04-04
Mortgage $2,100,000 — from 957 BEDFORD LLC to RIDGEWOOD SAVINGS BANK
$2,100,000
2017-05-31
Mortgage $900,000 — from 957 BEDFORD LLC to BREUER HERSKOWITZ LLP, AS NOMINEE
$900,000
2013-06-26
Deed $100,000 — from BRACH, FERDINAND; BRACH, SARA S to 957 BEDFORD LLC
$100,000
Ten-year activity
50250
25
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
Show as table
Year
Construction
Enforcement
Housing & tenants
Ownership & money
Health & systems
Total
2017
8
7
7
1
2
25
2018
3
0
10
4
2
19
2019
0
0
0
0
2
2
2020
0
3
3
0
1
7
2021
0
1
10
0
1
12
2022
0
0
0
0
3
3
2023
0
0
3
0
3
6
2024
0
0
3
0
3
6
2025
0
0
3
0
2
5
2026
0
0
5
0
1
6
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HPD class C: § 27-2033 ADM CODE PROVIDE READY ACCESS TO BUILDINGS HEATING SYSTEM LOCKED DOOR AT CELLAR AT BOILER ROOM
2026-05-24
HPD class A: §27-2104(B) HMC POST A PROPER NOTICE REGARDING RENT STABILIZATION LAW, IN A FORM APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER, IN A CONSPICUOUS LOCATION WIT
2026-05-24
HPD class C: § 27-2031 ADM CODE PROVIDE HOT WATER AT ALL HOT WATER FIXTURES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 5A, 5th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUT
2026-05-23
Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2026-05-23
311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2026-05-06
Rodent inspection: Passed
2025-12-04
Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2025-11-21
Rodent inspection: Passed
The full timeline
2026
2026-05-24HPD class C: § 27-2033 ADM CODE PROVIDE READY ACCESS TO BUILDINGS HEATING SYSTEM LOCKED DOOR AT CELLAR AT BOILER ROOM
2026-05-24HPD class A: §27-2104(B) HMC POST A PROPER NOTICE REGARDING RENT STABILIZATION LAW, IN A FORM APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER, IN A CONSPICUOUS LOCATION WIT
2026-05-24HPD class C: § 27-2031 ADM CODE PROVIDE HOT WATER AT ALL HOT WATER FIXTURES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 5A, 5th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUT
2026-05-23Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2024-10-10311: Noise — Noise: Construction Before/After Hours (NM1)
2024-07-09Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2024-05-30Rodent inspection: Failed for Rat Activity
2024-05-06Rodent inspection: Failed for Rat Activity
2023
2023-12-19Rodent inspection: Failed for Rat Activity
2023-12-06Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2023-11-16Rodent inspection: Failed for Rat Activity
2023-05-31Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2023-05-23Rodent inspection: Passed
2023-03-31HPD class A: (A) § HMC:FILE ANNUAL BEDBUG REPORT IN ACCORDANCE WITH HPD RULE AS DESCRIBED ON THE BACK OF THIS NOTICE OF VIOLATION OR AS DESCRIBED ON HPD
2022
2022-11-03Rodent inspection: Passed
2022-07-25Rodent inspection: Passed
2022-05-04Rodent inspection: Failed for Rat Activity
2021-05-19311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2021-04-21Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2021-04-20HPD class A: (A) § HMC:FILE ANNUAL BEDBUG REPORT IN ACCORDANCE WITH HPD RULE AS DESCRIBED ON THE BACK OF THIS NOTICE OF VIOLATION OR AS DESCRIBED ON HPD
2020
2020-12-10311: Building/Use — Illegal. Commercial Use In Resident Zone
2020-12-10DOB complaint, category ?
2020-10-08311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2020-07-14Rodent inspection: Passed
2020-02-05311: Elevator — Elevator - Single Device On Property/No Alternate Service
2020-02-05DOB complaint, category ?
2020-02-05ECB CLASS - 2 violation: NO CODE DATA PLATE. PROVIDE
2019
2019-11-14Rodent inspection: Passed
2019-05-16Rodent inspection: Passed
2018
2018-11-26Rodent inspection: Passed
2018-08-06Certificate of occupancy Final
2018-07-02HPD class A: § 27-2005 HMC: POST, IN A FORM APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER, AND MAINTAIN A NOTICE IN A COMMON AREA OF THE BUILDING REGARDING THE PROCEDURES
2018-07-02HPD class A: § 329, M/D LAW AND DEPT. RULES AND REGS. PROVIDE A COMPLETED CERTIFICATE OF INSPECTION VISITS IN A PROPER FRAME AT OR NEAR MAILBOXES, BOTTOM
2018-07-02HPD class A: § 26-1103 ADMIN. CODE: POST AND MAINTAIN A PROPER NOTICE ON WALL OF THE ENTRANCE STORY IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH ON THE AVAILABILITY OF THE AGE
2018-07-02HPD class A: § 27-2045 ADM CODE POST A PROPER NOTICE OF SMOKE DETECTOR REQUIREMENTS, IN A FORM APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER, AT OR NEAR THE MAIL BOX .. A
2018-07-02HPD class A: § 27-2046.1 HMC: POST A PROPER NOTICE OF CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTING DEVICE REQUIREMENTS, IN A FORM APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER, IN A COMMON
2018-07-01Tenant complaint: ELECTRIC — POWER OUTAGE
2018-07-01311: ELECTRIC — POWER OUTAGE
2018-06-30Tenant complaint: ELECTRIC — POWER OUTAGE
2018-06-30311: ELECTRIC — POWER OUTAGE
2018-05-25Rodent inspection: Passed
2018-04-04Agreement $3,000,000 — from 957 BEDFORD LLC to RIDGEWOOD SAVINGS BANK$3,000,000
2018-04-04Mortgage assigned — from BREUER HERSKOWITZ LLP, AS NOMINEE to RIDGEWOOD SAVINGS BANK
2018-04-04AL&R $3,000,000 — from 957 BEDFORD LLC to RIDGEWOOD SAVINGS BANK$3,000,000
2018-04-04Mortgage $2,100,000 — from 957 BEDFORD LLC to RIDGEWOOD SAVINGS BANK$2,100,000
2018-02-08Certificate of occupancy Temporary
2018-02-05Permit PL — ISSUED
2018-01-09311: New Tree Request — For One Address
2017
2017-12-09311: New Tree Request — For One Address
2017-11-13Rodent inspection: Passed
2017-10-12DOB violation C: STOP ALL WORK IMMEDIATELY MAKE SITESAFE CONTACT BOROUGH COMMISSIONER OFFICE AT 718 802-3677 FOR INFO
2017-10-11311: General Construction/Plumbing — Building Permit - None
2017-10-11DOB complaint, category ?
2017-09-25311: Sustainability Enforcement — Sustainability Enforcement Work Order
2017-09-25DOB complaint, category ?
2017-05-31Mortgage $900,000 — from 957 BEDFORD LLC to BREUER HERSKOWITZ LLP, AS NOMINEE$900,000
2017-05-17ECB CLASS - 2 violation: WORK DOES NOT CONFORM TO APPROVED CONSTRUCTION TO APPROVED CONSTRUCTION DOCS AND/OR APPROVED AMENDMENTS.OBSERVED LOCATION OF HALLW$500
2017-04-21311: Scaffold Safety — Suspended (Hanging) Scaffolds - No Pmt/Lic/Dangerous/Accident
2017-04-21311: General Construction/Plumbing — Sidewalk Shed/Pipe Scafford - Inadequate Defective/None
2017-04-21DOB complaint, category ?
2017-04-21DOB complaint, category ?
2017-04-13Permit EW — ISSUED
2017-03-29311: General Construction/Plumbing — Debris - Excessive
2017-03-29Job filed: SPRINKLER SPECIFICATIONS AND WORK TYPE FILED HEREWITH IN CONJUNCTION WITH N.B. #321058984$1,000
2017-03-29Job filed: SPRINKLER SPECIFICATIONS AND WORK TYPE FILED HEREWITH IN CONJUNCTION WITH N.B. #321058984$1,000
2017-03-07311: General Construction/Plumbing — Debris - Excessive
2017-03-07DOB complaint, category ?
2017-02-02Job filed: INSTALLATION OF TEMPORARY SCAFFOLD AS PER PLAN SUBMITTED. WORK SHALL COMPLY WITH 2014 BUILDING CODES CHAPTER 33. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY
2017-02-02Permit EQ — ISSUED
2017-01-30Rodent inspection: Passed
2017-01-19Permit EQ — ISSUED
2017-01-19Permit NB — ISSUED
2017-01-19Permit PL — ISSUED
2016
2016-12-01311: Building/Use — No Certificate Of Occupancy/Illegal/Contrary To CO
2016-12-01DOB complaint, category ?
2016-09-14Job filed: INSTALLATION OF TEMPORARY SIDEWALK SHED AS PER PLAN SUBMITTED. WORK SHALL COMPLY WITH 2014 BUILDING CODES CHAPTER 33. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS OR OCCU
2015-05-12Job filed: STRUCTURAL / FOUNDATION / S.O.E. SPECIFICATIONS AND WORK TYPES FILED HEREWITH IN CONJUNCTION WITH N.B. #321058984
2015-05-11Job filed: INSTALLATION OF SMOKE AND SPRINKLER MONITORING FIRE ALARM IN CONJUNCTION WITH N.B. #321058984$1,000
2015-05-08Job filed: SPRINKLER SPECIFICATIONS AND WORK TYPE FILED HEREWITH IN CONJUNCTION WITH N.B. #321058984
2015-04-27CERT — from SUCCESSFUL ABSTRACT LLC
2015-04-27ZONE — from 957 BEDFORD LLC
2015-04-22Rodent inspection: Failed for Other Reason
2015-04-21311: General Construction/Plumbing — Building Permit - None
2015-04-21DOB complaint, category ?
2015-01-29Job filed: NB
2015-01-29Job filed: NB
2014
2014-04-09Rodent inspection: Passed
2013
2013-06-26Deed $100,000 — from BRACH, FERDINAND; BRACH, SARA S to 957 BEDFORD LLC$100,000
2008
2008-10-09ECB CLASS - 3 violation: FENCE EXCEEDS PERMITTED HEIGHT.NOTED:AT THE FRONT & SIDE OF PROPERTY LOT (WEST & NORTHERN) CHAIN LINKED FENCE & GATE ARE APPROX 8 $200
2008-04-02DOB complaint, category ?
1999
1999-06-18ECB Non-Hazardous violation: WORK W/O A PERMIT. WORK NOTED: HAVING ERECTED CHAIN LINK FENCE OVER 8' HIGH W/ 2 GATES FOR THE PURPOSE OF STORING & PARKING CARS$2,500
1999-06-18DOB violation C: WORK WITHOUT A PERMIT. WORK NOTED: HAVING ERECTED CHAINLINK FENCE OVER 8FT HIGH WITH 2 GATES FOR THE PURPOSE OF STORING AND PARKIN
1999-06-18DOB violation C: WORK WITHOUT A PERMIT. WORK NOTED: HAVING ERECTED CHAIN LINK FENCE OVER 8FT HIGH WITH 2 GATES FOR THE PURPOSE OF STORING AND PA
1999-06-14ECB Non-Hazardous violation: WORK WITHOUT A PERMIT WORK NOTED WIRE FENCE CONSTRUCTED AT FRONT OF PREMISES APPROXIMATELY 8FT HIGH REMEDY ONBTAIN A PERMIT IF FEA$500
1995
1995-03-07ECB Non-Hazardous violation: ILLEGAL USE IN A RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT VACANT LOT USED FOR STORAGE OF CONSTRUCTION DEBRIS AND MOTOTR VEHICLE(DUMP TRUCK)IN AN R-6 $500
1995-03-07ECB Non-Hazardous violation: WORK WITHOUT A PERMIT.WORK NOTED 8"HIGH METAL CHAIN LINK FENCE ERECTEDAT FRONT OF LOT.REMEDY:REDUCE HEIGHT TO 6'HIGH OR OBTAIN ALL$1,000
1995-02-21DOB complaint, category ?
1994
1994-03-04Deed — from CITY OF NEW YORK to BRACH, FERDINAND; BRACH, SARA S
1988
1988-11-16DOB violation C:
1979
1979-04-18Deed — from COMMISSIONER OF FINANCE OF THE CITY O FN; ADMINISTRATOR OF FINANCE OF THE CITY OF ; COMMIS to THE CITY OF NEWY ORK; CITY OF NY; THE CITY OFNEW YORK; THE CITY OF NEW YORK; THE CITY OF N
1975
1975-06-19Deed — from FINANCE ADMIN OF THE CITY OF NY to CITY OF NY