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.
Rent regulation
Likely rent-stabilized
The owner registered 7 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 8 apartments.
18
19
20
21
23
2018 — 7 units registered2023 — 7
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.
The owner filed 7 annual bedbug reports and reported no infested units. Filing with zero infestations is the compliant, reassuring case.
The building
1900
Built
5
Floors
8
Residential units
Walk-up apartments
Type
311 complaints from tenants
3
All time
3
Last 12 months
Unsanitary Condition2
Heat/Hot Water1
Unsanitary ConditionMold2026-07-28 · closed
Unsanitary ConditionPests2026-07-28 · closed
Heat/Hot WaterEntire Building2025-12-02 · closed
Complaints record what a tenant reported, not a finding by the city. "Closed" often means the inspector could not gain access.
Evictions
No marshal-executed evictions on record for this building. Eviction cases filed in court but not carried out aren't included.
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.
DOB building violations
0
Active
4
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.
No active DOB violations.
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.
Concern level1 of 4
Low
011 open HPD 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.
HPD housing-maintenance violations
1
Open now
3
On record
0
Open Class C
1
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.
CLASS B · HAZARDOUSIssued 2014-04-215+ YRS OLD
§ 27-2040 ADM CODE PROVIDE ADEQUATE LIGHTING AT OR NEAR THE OUTSIDE OF THE FRONT ENTRANCEWAY OF THE BUILDING AND KEEP SAME BURNING FROM SUNSET EVERY DAY TO SUNRISE ON THE DAY FOLLOWING 200 WATTS MINIMUM REQUIRED (LIGHT FIXTURES)
Status: Certification rejected by HPD
Landlord and related buildings
Registered owner
23 ESSEX REALTY CORPORATION
Head officer
Mike WONG
Managing agent
ARISTOCRAT MANAGEMENT INC.
1 other building share this owner's registration contacts. Shared contacts suggest common control, but they are not proof of ownership.
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.
This building and the landlord's others
This building1 others linked to the same owner
Ownership & money
8
Recorded sales
5
Mortgages / refinances
Last recorded sale2011-05-06 · $2,000,000
Most recent mortgage2006-01-11 · $345,856.28
Sale2011-05-06$2,000,000
DONG'S REALTY INC. → 23 ESSEX REALTY CORP.
Mortgage2006-01-11$345,856.28
borrower DONG'S REALTY INC. · lender ASIA BANK, N.A.
Mortgage2003-07-08$567,328.18
borrower DONG'S REALTY INC. · lender ASIA BANK, N.A.
Mortgage2000-02-11$499,000
borrower DONG'S REALTY, INC. · lender FLEISCHER, MICHAEL, FLEISCHER, JOSEPH
Sale1999-12-15no recorded price
23 ESSEX STREET REALTY, INC. → DONG'S REALTY, 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.
Neighborhood noise
Much higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks
1524
Noise reports · last 12 mo
127
≈ per month
27
% from neighbors
Commercial550
Residential412
Street/Sidewalk366
Unspecified116
Vehicle67
Park13
311 noise complaints within about 1,000 ft (a few blocks) in the last year. Most reports here are about outdoor noise (mostly commercial) — 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.