012 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 8 apartments
022 of those issued in the last 3 years
031 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 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.
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The owner registered 1 stabilized unit with New York State for 2023 — of about 16 apartments.
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2018 — 4 units registered2023 — 1
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.
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No marshal-executed evictions on record for this building. Eviction cases filed in court but not carried out aren't included.
Housing court
Landlord and related buildings
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.
HPD housing-maintenance violations
2
Open now
48
On record
2
Open Class C
0
Open Class B
0
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. HPD writes a separate violation for each room or spot, so one inspection can produce several near-identical entries; those are grouped below by apartment and date.
CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 4Issued 2026-06-232 violations
HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF ROACHES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 4, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST
HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF MICE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 4, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST
Status: Notice issued, not yet certified
311 complaints from tenants
10
All time
2
Last 12 months
Unsanitary Condition3
Door/Window2
Water Leak2
General1
Heat/Hot Water1
Paint/Plaster1
Door/WindowWindow Pane2026-06-17 · closed
GeneralVentilation System2026-06-17 · closed
Door/WindowDoor2024-01-20 · closed
Complaints record what a tenant reported, not a finding by the city. "Closed" often means the inspector could not gain access.
Neighborhood noise
Higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks
788
Noise reports · last 12 mo
66
≈ per month
51
% from neighbors
Residential403
Commercial174
Street/Sidewalk129
Unspecified54
Vehicle16
Park7
Helicopter4
House of Worship1
311 noise complaints within about 1,000 ft (a few blocks) in the last year. Most reports here are about noise from inside buildings — neighbors, not the street. 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 crime
Higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks
457
NYPD reports · last 12 mo
38
≈ per month
Felony145
Misdemeanor217
Violation95
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.
Bedbug history
0
Infested, latest filing
7
Annual filings
2024–20250 infested · 0 eradicated
2023–20240 infested · 0 eradicated
2022–20231 infested · 1 eradicated
Self-reported by the owner for the year ending each filing. Counts are building-wide and do not say which apartment was affected.
DOB building violations
1
Active
13
On record
0
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.
ACTIVE · ES-ELECTRIC SIGNS NONE1990-03-19
OATH/ECB violations and fines
$0
Balance due (active)
0
Active violations
0
Lost by default
These are separate from DOB violations. They are summonses written by DOB inspectors and decided at a hearing before OATH, the city's administrative court (formerly the Environmental Control Board), and they can carry a fine. "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.
Housing court: repair & harassment cases
3
Cases on record
0
Open now
3
Tenant-brought
0
Harassment found
0
With a judgment
Most cases are tenants taking the owner to court to force repairs. A case is not proof of wrongdoing; a harassment finding or judgment is a court ruling against the owner.
CLOSEDOpened 2015-04-02
Heat / hot water
CLOSEDOpened 2011-02-24
Tenant action
CLOSEDOpened 2005-08-04
Tenant action
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.
Landlord and related buildings
Registered owner
54 HENRY STREET REALTY LLC
Head officer
ELMA MOY
Managing agent
OCTET REALTY LLC
2 other buildings share this owner's registration contacts. Shared contacts suggest common control, but they are not proof of ownership.
MOY, ELMA S., MOY, JAMES C.W. → 54 HENRY STREET REALTY LLC
Mortgage1984-10-26$148,147.89
borrower MOY, ELMA S., MOY, JAMES C.W. · lender MOTT & PRINCE, INC.
Sale1984-10-24no recorded price
MOTT & PRINCE,INC. → MOY, ELMA S., MOY, JAMES C.W.
Sale1983-07-28no recorded price
VJHC PROPERTIES, INC. → MOTT & PRINCE,INC.
Sale1983-05-25no recorded price
SUNG, THOMAS → VJHC PROPERTIES,INC.
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.