51 Catherine Street

Manhattan, NY

BBL 1-00276-0056BIN 1003326

Concern level2 of 4

Moderate

012 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 10 apartments
022 of those issued in the last 3 years
032 open rent-impairing violation(s)
042 active DOB 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.

Rent regulation

Likely rent-stabilized

The owner registered 15 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 20 apartments.

2018 — 15 units registered2023 — 15

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1900

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building5 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 HAZARDOUSIssued 2024-09-03RENT-IMPAIRING

§ 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE REMOVE THE ILLEGAL FASTENING CONSISTING OF SLIDING BOLT CAPABLE OF BEING LOCK AT DOOR LEADING TO EAST YARD AT PUBLIC HALL, 1st STORY

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 15Issued 2024-06-27

§ 27-2043.1 HMC INSTALL THE MISSING OR REPAIR/REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE WINDOW GUARD(S) IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SPECIFICATIONS OF THE NEW YORK CITY HEALTH CODE SECTION 24 RCNY CHAPTER 12. WG TO INSTALL = 3; WG TO REPLACE = 0; WG TO REPAIR = 0; IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 15, 5th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSIssued 2024-08-14RENT-IMPAIRING

§ 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE REMOVE ALL ENCUMBRANCES CONSISTING OF HOUSEHOLD ITEMS AT PUBLIC HALL, 5th STORY

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 15Issued 2024-08-14

§ 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE GLASS PANE AT LOWER SASH WINDOW AT WEST IN THE 3rd ROOM FROM EAST AT SOUTH LOCATED AT APT 15, 5th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water13

Door/Window4

Unsanitary Condition2

Appliance1

Heat/Hot WaterApartment Only2026-01-18 · closed

Door/WindowWindow Pane2024-11-27 · closed

Heat/Hot WaterEntire Building2024-11-15 · closed

Complaints record what a tenant reported, not a finding by the city. "Closed" often means the inspector could not gain access.

311 complaints from tenants

Neighborhood noise

Higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

664

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential284

Commercial163

Street/Sidewalk150

Unspecified40

Vehicle14

Park6

Helicopter6

House of Worship1

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

486

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony140

Misdemeanor233

Violation113

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

Bedbug history

DOB building violations

Active

On record

Active, last 3 yrs

ACTIVE · C-CONSTRUCTION OTHER OPTIONAL2017-05-26

FM. 5STRY WOODFRAMED MIXED USE NON FIREPROOF. SEVERAL LOCATIONS OF DAMAGED OR MISSING STONE SILLS&LINTELS.SEVERAL LINTELS ARE DETERIORATE AND PART CRACKED.ONE SILL HAS APPROX 20% MISSING WITH CRACKING AT REMAINDER&A SECT WHICH MAY BECOME UNSTABLE.REMEDY:OWNER ENGAGE LICPROF EVAL FACADE&PREP DWGS TO EFFECT REPAIRS.DWGS BE FILE W/DOB BY 6/19/17

ACTIVE · C-CONSTRUCTION OTHER OPTIONAL2017-05-26

ADD'L INFO.5 STRY,WOODFRAMED MIXED USE NON FIREPROOF BLDG.BLDG APPEARS TO BE LEANING TO THE SOUTH.REMEDY:OWNER ENGAGE LIC SURVEYOR/PROF ENG'R TO PERFORM OPTICAL SURVEY TO ESTABLISH EXTENT OF BLDG DISPLACEMENT.LIC PE TO PERFORM STRL EVAL&COND SURVEY OF BLDG INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO BLDG STRL SYSTEMS,FOUND&EXT WALLS.RESULTS OF SURVEY&ENGR REPORT

DOB building violations

Evictions

Executed, all time

Last 3 years

2019-03-21Apt 10residential

2017-08-08Apt 13residential

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

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

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

51 EMPIRE REALTY CORP

Head officer

DANNY GUO

Managing agent

51 EMPIRE REALTY CORP

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

11 PELL STREETMANHATTAN 12 PELL STREETMANHATTAN 27 CATHERINE STREETMANHATTAN 29 RUTGERS STREETMANHATTAN 87 MULBERRY STREETMANHATTAN

Landlord and related buildings

Unpaid city fines

Balance due (active)

Active violations

Lost by default

DOB violations adjudicated by OATH carry money penalties. "Lost by default" means the owner never appeared at the hearing. An unpaid balance is a stronger "ignoring the city" signal than a raw violation count.

PlumbingClass 22018-01-25$830 penalty

Unpaid city fines

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2011-01-18 · $2,400,000

Most recent mortgage2016-04-07 · $921,056.17

Mortgage2016-04-07$921,056.17

borrower 51 EMPIRE REALTY CORP. · lender ASTORIA BANK

Sale2011-01-18$2,400,000

ANTHONY K. WONG, AS TRUSTEE, KIN YEE WONG, AS TRUSTEE, YUK MY WONG, AS TRUSTEE, YUK MY WONG REVOCABLE TRUST, DATED NOV. 7, 1995 → 51 EMPIRE REALTY CORP.

Mortgage2011-01-18$1,200,000

borrower 51 EMPIRE REALTY CORP. · lender CATHAY BANK

Sale1995-11-07no recorded price

WONG, YUK MY → WONG, KIN YEE TRUSTEE, YUKMY WONG REVOCABLETRUST, WONG, YUK MY, WONG, ANTHONY K. TRUSTEE

Sale1971-10-04no recorded price

WU MARIA Y.K., LING YIU BING LAM → WONG HEE YOUNG, WONG YUK MY

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.

City debt & tax-lien sale