27 Catherine Street

Manhattan, NY

BBL 1-00277-0049BIN 1003355

Concern level3 of 4

High

013 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 7 apartments
022 open rent-impairing violation(s)
033 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 20 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — essentially all of the building's 20 apartments.

2018 — 20 units registered2023 — 20

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

Registration counts apply to the building, not to unit numbers. To confirm your own apartment, request your rent history from New York State Homes and Community Renewal — it is free and takes a few weeks.

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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 2010-10-015+ YRS OLDRENT-IMPAIRING

SECTION 27-2018 ADM CODE ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF RODENTS RATS AT PUBLIC HALL, 1st STORY

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2010-10-015+ YRS OLDRENT-IMPAIRING

SECTION 27-2018 ADM CODE ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF RODENTS RATS AT GARBAGE STORAGE AREA AT EAST YARD , 1st STORY

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 7Issued 2010-06-015+ YRS OLD

SECTION 27-2056.6 ADM CODE - CORRECT THE LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD - PRESUMED LEAD PAINT THAT IS PEELING OR ON A DETERIORATED SUBSURFACE USING WORK PRACTICES SET FORTH IN 28 RCNY ?11-06(B)(2) 1st RISER FROM NORTH AT EAST WALL IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 7, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

Status: Certification rejected by HPD

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSIssued 2018-04-045+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE FIRE RETARDANT MATERIAL AT CEILING AND SOUTH WALL AT PUBLIC HALL, 1st STORY

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water5

Heat/Hot WaterEntire Building2025-11-06 · closed

Heat/Hot WaterEntire Building2025-01-14 · 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

821

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential275

Commercial246

Street/Sidewalk199

Unspecified71

Vehicle23

Helicopter5

Park1

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

Higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

467

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony143

Misdemeanor220

Violation104

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 OPTIONAL2022-02-01

FAILURE TO MAINTAIN BUILDING IN CODE COMPLIANT MATTER. NOTED: DEFECTIVE FRONT EXP-1 FIRE ESCAPE STEP AT 4TH FLOOR LEVEL. STEP IS DETACHED FROM ONE SIDE AND LOOSE.

ACTIVE · LL6291-LOCAL LAW 62/91 - BOILERS BOILER REQUIRED1997-02-10

ACTIVE · LL6291-LOCAL LAW 62/91 - BOILERS BOILER REQUIRED1995-08-29

DOB building violations

Evictions

No executed evictions on record for this building.

Evictions

Housing court

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

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

27 CATHERINE MGT CO INC

Head officer

DANNY GUO

Managing agent

27 CATHERINE MGT CO INC

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 29 RUTGERS STREETMANHATTAN 51 CATHERINE 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.

Unpaid city fines

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale1992-11-23 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2006-09-15 · $13,667.12

Mortgage2006-09-15$13,667.12

borrower 27 CATHERINE MANAGEMENT CO., INC. · lender WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK

Mortgage2002-11-07$370,802.83

borrower 27 CATHERINE MANAGEMENT CO., INC. · lender ASIA BANK, N.A.

Mortgage2000-01-18$289,450.49

borrower 27 CATHERINE MANAGEMENT CO., INC. · lender CHINATOWN FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK

Mortgage1992-11-30$455,000

borrower 27 CATHERINE MNGMNTETC · lender GREAT EASTERN BANK

Sale1992-11-23no recorded price

251/2-27 CATHERINE ETC → 27 CATHERINE MNGT COETC

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