Four buildings in Norwood are among those on the notorious Worst Landlords Watch List compiled by the New York City Public Advocate’s office.

On the list is 3366 Decatur Ave., a 60-unit building with 201 violations listed on the city Department of Housing Preservation & Development’s (HPD) website and 14 violations through the city Department of Buildings (DOB) along with three evictions this year alone.

The majority of the HPD violations were filed under Decatur Enterprise LLC and Matt Levi, who was listed as the 14th worst landlord in the city. While a stop work order has been activated on the property, building owners also owe civil penalties.

The building’s management is now registered under EK Realty LLC, owned by Moshe Katzenstein, according to HPD records. It was sold five months ago, according to Marina Perez, 73, a tenant who has lived in the building for five years. EK Realty LLC last registered the edifice on Nov. 1 of this year.

In a visit by the Norwood News, doorknobs were found used as door stoppers in the hallways and a nest of dead bugs in a spider web lay near mailboxes in the lobby.

“They don’t fix nothing here,” said Perez, listing issues that include a leaky ceiling, unstable floorboards, and windows in need of repair. “The only thing that’s good here is the heat.”

Perez also points out unreliable communication with her current landlord, having been sent a notice calling for documentation of past payments with the previous landlord so that any overdue fees can be accurately invoiced. When she calls the management office to ask for repairs, either “they don’t come” or the mailbox is full.

“I take off my shoes and forget where I put them and they’re asking me to pay five months of lease,” she said, explaining that she’s been unable to file for the Senior Citizen Rent Increase Exemption (SCRIE) program, which prevents future rent increases and freezes it at a third of the income of qualifying tenants, because she doesn’t have a lease with the new owners yet. “They’re not supposed to keep raising the rent like this.”

Her rent had been raised this year from $1,380 to $1,401.

The Watch List criteria was based on the number of average monthly complaints filed with HPD and DOB, and the number of units landlords oversaw between December 2018 and November 2019.

Only violations categorized as a Class B or Class C, which are known to threaten a tenant’s health such as a broken elevator or lack of heat, were used to determine poorly run buildings and the landlords behind them.

“I had a leak for almost a year or two,” said Chris, a three-year resident of the building who has also had mold and pests and complains of an adequate repair of his bathroom. “They pretty much rushed the job.”

Denise, a tenant who has lived in the building for over 30 years, recalled about 10 years ago when things for the building began to go downhill, a change in management. “The old super, he went out of his way to help, anything you needed he helped. This [current super] sucks big time,” she said.

After recently becoming disabled from an accident, she emphasized how underappreciated she felt as a tenant. “I got mold growing in my bathroom that the super supposedly fixed repeatedly. The super uses very minimal [tools] to make repairs. For instance, my door I’ve been complaining about this for years, someone can bust right into my apartment,” said Denise.

Two of the three other Norwood buildings that placed on the list included 374 E. 209th St., and 414 E. 204th St. Identifying the last home on Perry Avenue between East 204th and 205th streets was unclear as the list’s map feature identifying problem buildings was not properly working as of press time.

“Through legislation and organization, through political power and tenant power, we’re going to take them on,” said New York Public Advocate Jumaane D. Williams, in a statement.

“We’re doing the best we can to make everybody happy and get stuff done right. And that’s our motto,” said Abraham of EK Realty LLC, noting that the company just took over as the building’s managing agent. “Check back with us in six months to see how everybody’s feeling. That’ll be the real test.”

Decatur Enterprise LLC could not be reached for comment.