185 Rear Hester Street

Manhattan, NY

BBL 1-00237-0033BIN 1079589Plain-text version

Concern level2 of 4

Moderate

011 open class-C HPD violation (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 21 apartments

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 OATH/ECB 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 4 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 21 apartments.

2019 — 4 units registered2023 — 4

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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The building

1900

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building49 others linked to the same owner

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 HAZARDOUSApt 4WIssued 2008-06-115+ YRS OLD

D26-16.01 ADM CODE REPAIR THE LEAKY AND/OR DEFECTIVE FAUCETS BATHTUB 1ST STY FRONT WEST APT 4W AT BATHROOM ER1. LOCATED AT APT 4W

Status: HPD couldn't get in to re-inspect

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 6WIssued 2008-06-115+ YRS OLD

D26-10.01 ADM CODE & 309 M/D LAW ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF EXPOSED EXTERIOR CORD WIRING 2ND STY PUBLIC HALL TO 2ND STY APT 6W. LOCATED AT APT 6W

Status: HPD couldn't get in to re-inspect

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

No 311 housing complaints on record for this building.

311 complaints from tenants

Neighborhood noise

Much higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

1003

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Street/Sidewalk311

Commercial296

Residential223

Unspecified140

Vehicle31

Helicopter2

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

Much higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

889

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony457

Misdemeanor365

Violation67

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 4 annual bedbug reports and reported no infested units. Filing with zero infestations is the compliant, reassuring case.

DOB building violations

Active

On record

Active, last 3 yrs

Violations issued by the Department of Buildings that the owner must correct. Most don't carry a fine on their own; summonses that go to a hearing and can be fined are listed separately under OATH/ECB.

No active DOB violations.

DOB building violations

OATH/ECB violations and fines

No OATH/ECB violations on record for this building.

OATH/ECB violations and fines

Evictions

Executed, all time

Last 3 years

2019-10-15Apt 2Rresidential

Executed by a city marshal. An eviction can be lawful; a high or rising count is a displacement signal, not proof of wrongdoing.

Evictions

Housing court: repair & harassment cases

No HPD housing-court cases on record for this building.

These are cases HPD is a party to, mostly tenants suing to force repairs or stop harassment. Eviction cases landlords file against tenants are not in the city's open data, so they don't appear here; the Evictions section shows only evictions a marshal carried out.

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

BSP Hester LLC

Head officer

Matthew Keller

Managing agent

Nieuw Amsterdam Property Management

49 other buildings share this owner's registration contacts. Shared contacts suggest common control, but they are not proof of ownership.

1020 PACIFIC STREETBROOKLYN 1063 PACIFIC STREETBROOKLYN 1091 ST NICHOLAS AVENUEMANHATTAN 120-08 FARMERS BOULEVARDQUEENS 121-16 FARMERS BOULEVARDQUEENS

Landlord and related buildings

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2018-07-24 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2020-04-02 · $1,296,367.8

Mortgage2020-04-02$1,296,367.8

borrower DS HESTER LLC, BSD HESTER LLC, BSP HESTER LLC · lender NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK

Sale2018-07-24no recorded price

185 HESTER ST. LLC → BENJAMIN MANCUSO, TRUSTEE, JOSEPH J. GAROFALO, TRUSTEE, DEBORAH PESCE, TRUSTEE, GREGORY GAROFALO 2017 TRUST, MARY MANCUSO 2015 TRUST II, REGINA SERRANTONIO, TRUSTEE, JOSEPH J. GAROFALO 2017 TRUST, JULIE BARON, TRUSTEE, GREGORY GAROFALO, TRUSTEE, MARY MANCUSO 2015 TRUST III, REGINA SERRANTONIO 2017 TRUST, MARY MANCUSO 2015 TRUST I

Sale2018-07-24$18,250,000

MARY MANCUSO 2015 TRUST II, MARY MANCUSO 2015 TRUST I, REGINA SERRANTONIO, TRUSTEE, JULIE BARON, TRUSTEE, BENJAMIN MANCUSO, TRUSTEE, JOSEPH J. GAROFALO, TRUSTEE, GREGORY GAROFALO, TRUSTEE, MARY MANCUSO 2015 TRUST III, GREGORY GAROFALO 2017 TRUST, REGINA SERRANTONIO 2017 TRUST, JOSEPH J. GAROFALO 2017 TRUST, DEBORAH PESCE, TRUSTEE → BSD HESTER LLC, DS HESTER LLC, BSP HESTER LLC

Mortgage2018-07-24$12,100,000

borrower BSP HESTER LLC, DS HESTER LLC, BSD HESTER LLC · lender SIGNATURE BANK

Mortgage2013-05-09$650,000

borrower 185 HESTER ST. LLC · lender GALSTER FUNDING LLC

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.