A sustained record of distress well beyond its peers. More recorded distress than 97% of 1-5-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 1-5-unit residential buildings is 0 penalty
points per 10 units; this building carries 86.7. In ZIP 11206, 43% of residential buildings hold an A and
17% grade D or F.
How grades work
this building
A
C
Among 699,345 1-5-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), 1 class B, 0 class A. Oldest open since 1988-03-24.
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
Patterns
6 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2024–25: 6).
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
What 311 hears from this address
44 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (25) · Illegal Parking (7) · Food Establishment (2) · Outdoor Dining (2) · HEAT/HOT WATER (2) · Obstruction (2).
Filed construction activity
$1,000 in permitted construction work filed since
2016 (1 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
Yes
Built before 1974 (1920)
No
Six or more residential units (2)
No
421-a / J-51 tax benefit on the current tax roll
1 of 3 signals present. Only a partial profile — stabilization is possible but less likely. 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)
VARET REALTY LLC
Head officer
MORDECHAI HALBERSTAM
Managing agent
DAVE DENIS
Last registered
2026-07-28
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
$893,000
$401,850
2026
$1,072,000
$482,400
2027
$1,165,000
$524,250
The city's market estimate has risen
30% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
2 Food Establishment complaints to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: No Permit or License, Rodents/Insects/Garbage) · complaints filed by the public; DOHMH investigates, outcomes aren't published.
Flood exposure
Not in the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary maps).
Hurricane evacuation zone 4 of 6 — zone 1 evacuates first.
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
Lorimer St — J M · 850 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
Bus
Nearest boarding stop: Broadway / Cook St — B46 · 300 ft
Citi Bike
Broadway & Whipple St · 400 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.
44 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 2 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.
Sales, deeds & mortgages
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $464,587 on
2025-08-14 (lender: Cmfg Life Insurance Company, An Iowa Corporation), covering 2 lots — the amount covers all of them. Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid
down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded
document.
Date
Record
Amount
Per res. unit
2025-08-14
AL&R $11,630,000 — from MAZAL AND BRACHA, LLC; VARET REALTY LLC to CMFG LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, AN IOWA COR
$11,630,000
2025-08-14
Agreement $11,630,000 — from MAZAL AND BRACHA, LLC; VARET REALTY LLC to CMFG LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, AN IOWA COR
$11,630,000
2025-08-14
Mortgage $464,587 — from MAZAL AND BRACHA, LLC; VARET REALTY LLC to CMFG LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, AN IOWA COR
$464,587
2020-04-09
Mortgage $4,325,742 — from MAZAL AND BRACHA, LLC to SANTANDER BANK, N.A.
$4,325,742
2020-04-09
Agreement $12,210,000 — from MAZAL AND BRACHA, LLC to SANTANDER BANK, N.A.
$12,210,000
2013-07-02
Mortgage $3,854,502 — from VARET REALTY LLC; MAZAL AND BRACHA, LLC to PEOPLE'S UNITED BANK
$3,854,502
2013-07-02
Agreement $9,250,000 — from MAZAL AND BRACHA, LLC; VARET REALTY LLC to PEOPLE'S UNITED BANK
$9,250,000
2009-01-22
Mortgage $600,000 — from VARET REALTY LLC to EDNAR, LLC
$600,000
2006-01-05
Deed $200,000 — from CAICHE, RICARDO to VARET REALTY LLC
$200,000
Ten-year activity
50250
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
35
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
Show as table
Year
Construction
Enforcement
Housing & tenants
Ownership & money
Health & systems
Total
2017
0
0
2
0
0
2
2018
0
0
1
4
0
5
2019
1
0
3
0
0
4
2020
0
0
6
3
0
9
2021
0
0
4
0
0
4
2022
0
1
34
0
0
35
2023
0
2
8
0
1
11
2024
0
0
12
0
0
12
2025
0
0
20
4
2
26
2026
0
0
17
0
1
18
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2025-05-07311: Street Sweeping Complaint — Inadequate Sweeping
2025-02-23HPD class C: § 27-2029 ADM CODE PROVIDE AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF HEAT FOR THE APARTMENT IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 2L, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT
2025-02-23HPD class C: § 27-2031 ADM CODE PROVIDE HOT WATER AT ALL HOT WATER FIXTURES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 2L, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST
2025-02-23HPD class C: § 27-2033 ADM CODE PROVIDE READY ACCESS TO BUILDINGS HEATING SYSTEM DENIED ACCESS. AT BOILER ROOM
2025-02-21Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2025-02-21311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2025-02-20Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2022-01-20311: Real Time Enforcement — Work Without A Permit - Occupied Multiple Dwelling
2022-01-20DOB complaint, category ?
2021
2021-12-28Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2021-10-25311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2021-09-27311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2021-01-26Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2020
2020-11-28311: Blocked Driveway — No Access
2020-10-06311: Street Condition — Pothole
2020-08-26311: Street Condition — Cave-in
2020-07-24311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2020-06-05311: Illegal Fireworks — N/A
2020-05-22311: Non-Emergency Police Matter — Social Distancing
2020-04-09Mortgage $4,325,742 — from MAZAL AND BRACHA, LLC to SANTANDER BANK, N.A.$4,325,742
2020-04-09Agreement $12,210,000 — from MAZAL AND BRACHA, LLC to SANTANDER BANK, N.A.$12,210,000
2020-04-09Mortgage assigned — from PEOPLE'S UNITED BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATI; PEOPLE'S UNITED BANK to SANTANDER BANK, N.A.
2019
2019-12-23Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2019-10-24Job filed: A1$1,000
2019-10-04311: Street Condition — Pothole
2019-01-14Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2018
2018-05-02CERT — from SUTTON LAND SERVICES LLC
2018-05-02ZONE — from MAZAL AND BRACHA, LLC; VARET REALTY LLC
2018-05-02SMIS — from VARET REALTY LLC; MAZAL AND BRACHA, LLC
2018-05-02SMIS — from PEOPLE'S UNITED BANK
2018-04-03311: Street Condition — Pothole
2017
2017-02-04311: Air Quality — Air: Odor/Fumes, Restaurant (AD2)
2017-02-04311: Air Quality — Air: Odor/Fumes, Restaurant (AD2)
2016
2016-12-19311: Air Quality — Air: Odor/Fumes, Restaurant (AD2)
2016-11-16HPD class I: §27-2107 ADM CODE OWNER FAILED TO FILE A VALID REGISTRATION STATEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT AS REQUIRED BY ADM CODE §27-2097 AND IS THEREFORE
2016-08-22311: Other Enforcement — E6 Commercial Waste Disposal
2016-08-16311: Other Enforcement — E6 Commercial Waste Disposal
2016-08-16311: Food Establishment — Kitchen/Food Prep Area
2016-08-15311: Other Enforcement — E6 Commercial Waste Disposal
2016-07-27311: Other Enforcement — E6 Commercial Waste Disposal
2014-01-22Job filed: RENOVATION INTO EXISTING COMMERCIAL SPACE TO ESTABLISH A EATING AND DRINKING. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS OR CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY.$80,000
2010-10-29311: Water System — Defective Street Cut (WZZ1)
2009
2009-01-22Mortgage $600,000 — from VARET REALTY LLC to EDNAR, LLC$600,000
2008
2008-12-26Permit PL — ISSUED
2007
2007-10-05Tenant complaint: APPLIANCE — ELECTRIC/GAS RANGE
2007-09-12Tenant complaint: APPLIANCE — ELECTRIC/GAS RANGE
2007-09-11Tenant complaint: APPLIANCE — ELECTRIC/GAS RANGE
2007-08-13DOB violation C:
2007-08-09DOB complaint, category ?
2007-06-25Permit EW — ISSUED
2007-06-18Job filed: REPAIR OF FOUNDATIONS AND FLOOR BEAMS AT 1ST FLOOR IN CONJUNCTION WITH ALT2 302253380 THERE WILL BE NO CHANGE PROPOSED TO EGRESS, USE AND OCCUPANCY UN$10,000
2007-03-28Permit PL — ISSUED
2007-01-03Permit EQ — ISSUED
2007-01-02Job filed: INSTALLATION OF HEAVY DUTY SIDEWALK SHED 30' DURING FACADE REPAIR. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY. SHED TO COMPLY WITH LL33/91 AND TPPN 9/99.
2007-01-02Job filed: INSTALLATION OF HEAVY DUTY SIDEWALK SHED 30' DURING FACADE REPAIR. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY. SHED TO COMPLY WITH LL33/91 AND TPPN 9/99.
2007-01-02Job filed: PROPOSED INSTALLATION OF 30' LINEAR FEET OF HEAVY DUTY SIDEWALK SHED FOR REMEDIAL REPAIRS IN CONJUNCTION WITH ALT 2 APPLICATION 302253380. SIDEWALK SH
2006
2006-12-26Permit EW — ISSUED
2006-12-26Permit EQ — ISSUED
2006-12-26Permit EW — ISSUED
2006-12-26Permit EW — ISSUED
2006-11-09Permit EQ — ISSUED
2006-11-09Permit EW — ISSUED
2006-11-09Permit EW — ISSUED
2006-11-06Job filed: PROPOSED INTERIOR ALTERATION TO EXISTING THREE (3) APARTMENTS AT 2ND AND 3RD FLOORS, ALTERATION INCLUDES DEMOLITION AND INSTALLATION OF RATED AND NON-$100,000
2006-11-06Job filed: PROPOSED INTERIOR ALTERATION TO EXISTING THREE (3) APARTMENTS AT 2ND AND 3RD FLOORS, ALTERATION INCLUDES DEMOLITION AND INSTALLATION OF RATED AND NON-$100,000
2006-01-05Deed $200,000 — from CAICHE, RICARDO to VARET REALTY LLC$200,000
2006-01-03Tenant complaint: NONCONST — RUBBISH
2006-01-03Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
1999
1999-04-23HPD class B: § 27-2040 ADM CODE PROVIDE ADEQUATE LIGHTING AT OR NEAR THE OUTSIDE OF THE FRONT ENTRANCEWAY OF THE BUILDING AND KEEP SAME BURNING FROM SUNS
1996
1996-12-10HPD class A: § 53, 187, 231 M/D LAW AND DEPARTMENT RULES AND REGULATIONS. PROVIDE A SHOE PROPERLY SECURED TO BOTTOM OF STRING OF DROPLADDER REAR YARD FIR
1992
1992-09-29Deed — from DE JESUS, FELICITA to CAICHE, RICARDO
1988
1988-07-12HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADM CODE & 309 M/D LAW ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF EXPOSED ELECTRICAL WIRES CEILING 2 STY EAST APT 2R BATHROOM. LOCATED AT AP
1988-07-12HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE CERAMIC WALL TILES 2 STY EAST APT 2R BATHROOM. LOCATED AT A
1988-07-12HPD class B: § 27-2044 ADM CODE ARRANGE AND MAKE SELF-CLOSING THE DOORS ENTRANCE 2 STY EAST APT 2R.
1988-06-20HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADM CODE REPLACE WITH NEW THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE WINDOW SASH & GLASS FRONT & REAR 2 STY EAST APT.
1988-06-20HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADM CODE REPLACE WITH NEW THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE WINDOW SASH & GLASS FRONT & REAR 3 STY EAST APT.
1988-06-20HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADM CODE REPLACE WITH NEW THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE WINDOW SASH & GLASS 3 STY WEST APT.
1988-06-20HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADM CODE MAKE SAFE BY PROPERLY REPAIRING THE STRUCTURAL DEFECT BLDG LEANING OUT OT PLUMB TO THE EAST.
1988-06-20HPD class A: § 27-2005 ADM CODE REPLACE WITH NEW THE MISSING DOOR GLASS VESTIBULE TO 1 STY PUBLIC HALL.
1988-06-20HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE WOOD FLOOR 2 STY WEST APT KITCHEN.
1988-06-20HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADM CODE FIRE ESCAPE DEFECTIVE. ADJUST THE DROPLADDER SO THAT IT WILL SLIDE EASILY IN THE GUIDE RODS REAR.
1988-06-20HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE SOUTH & WEST PLASTER WALL 2 STY WEST APT KITCHEN.
1988-06-20HPD class C: § 27-2005 ADM CODE & 309 M/D LAW ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF DOUBLE CYLINDER KEY OPERATED LOCK INSTALLED ENTRANCE DOOR 2 STY WEST APT.
1988-06-20HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADM CODE & 309 M/D LAW ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF OPEN COCKLOFT SCUTTLE TO ROOF 3 STY.
1988-06-20HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADM CODE REPLACE WITH NEW THE MISSING SKYLIGHT OVER DUMBWAITER SHAFT ROOF.
1988-06-20HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADM CODE REPLACE WITH NEW THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE WINDOW SASH & GLASS FRONT & REAR 2 STY WEST APT.
1988-06-20HPD class B: § 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE AND DEPT. RULES AND REGULATIONS. REMOVE THE ENCUMBRANCE OBSTRUCTING EGRESS FROM FIRE ESCAPES ALL STYS REAR.
1988-03-24HPD class B: § 300, 301, 302, M/D LAW FILE PLANS AND OBTAIN A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY TO LEGALIZE THE FOLLOWING ALTERATION OR RESTORE PREMISES TO PRIOR
1988-03-24HPD class B: D26-10.01 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE MORTAR & CEMENT CLG CELLAR THRU OUT.
1988-03-24HPD class B: D26-11.01, 11.03, 11.05 ADM CODE REMOVE THE ACCUMULATION OF REFUSE AND/OR RUBBISH AND MAINTAIN IN A CLEAN CONDITION THE CELLAR THRU OUT.
1988-03-24HPD class C: D26-17.10 ADM CODE POST NOTICE, IN FORM APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT, STATING THE NAME AND LOCATION OF THE PERSON DESIGNATED BY THE OWNER TO H
1988-03-24HPD class A: D26-10.01 ADM CODE REFIT DOOR BOILER ROOM CELLAR REAR.
1988-03-24HPD class A: § 27-2014 ADM CODE AND DEPT. RULES AND REGULATIONS. SCRAPE AND REMOVE RUST SCALES AND PAINT WITH 2 COATS OF PAINT ALL STYS ALL PARTS REAR FI
1988-03-24HPD class B: § 27-2040 ADM CODE INSTALL AND MAINTAIN SUFFICIENT LIGHT OR LIGHTS OF AT LEAST 100 WATTS INCANDESCENT OR EQUIVALENT EACH, TO LIGHT ADEQUATEL
1988-03-24HPD class A: § 27-2026 ADM CODE PROVIDE A PROPER SCREW CAP FOR THE CLEANOUT OF TRAP NORTH WEST CELLAR.
1988-03-24HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADM CODE FIRE ESCAPE DEFECTIVE. REPLACE WITH NEW THE BROKEN, DEFECTIVE AND/OR MISSING BRACKET NORTH STRINGER TO 1 STY BALCONY AT B
1988-03-24HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADM CODE FIRE ESCAPE DEFECTIVE. REPLACE WITH NEW THE BROKEN, DEFECTIVE AND/OR MISSING SHOE OF DROPLADDER BLDG REAR.
1988-03-24HPD class A: § 300 M/D LAW FILE PLANS AND APPLICATION AND LEGALIZE THE FOLLOWING ALTERATION OR RESTORE TO THE LEGAL CONDITION EXISTING PRIOR TO THE MAKIN
1984
1984-03-30Deed — from OREL, ANNE/ADMIN&INDV; SHAPIRO, JACOB/EST OF to DE JESUS, FELICITA
1984-03-30Deed — from SHAPIRO, BENJAMIN to SHAPIRO, JACOB/EST OF; OREL, ANNE/ADMIN
1970
1970-10-22Deed — from COOK OPERATING CORP to SHAPIRO JACOB