137 Norfolk Street

Manhattan, NY

BBL 1-00354-0028BIN 1004316Plain-text version

Concern level1 of 4

Low

01No open hazardous violations found

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 10 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — essentially all of the building's 10 apartments.

2019 — 10 units registered2023 — 10

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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The building

1920

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

Type

This building and the landlord's others

This building37 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.

No open HPD violations.

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water2

Door/Window1

Plumbing1

Unsanitary Condition1

Heat/Hot WaterEntire Building2025-01-14 · closed

Door/WindowDoor2023-07-14 · closed

PlumbingBasin/Sink2023-07-14 · 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

Much higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

2998

Noise reports · last 12 mo

250

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Commercial1300

Residential743

Street/Sidewalk664

Unspecified158

Vehicle131

Park2

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.

Neighborhood noise

Neighborhood crime

Much higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

1098

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony330

Misdemeanor641

Violation127

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 7 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.

Evictions

No marshal-executed evictions on record for this building. Eviction cases filed in court but not carried out aren't included.

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.

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

ASIAN-AMERICAN HDFC INC

Head officer

THOMAS YU

Managing agent

STANTON NORFOLK INC

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

108 NORFOLK STREETMANHATTAN 111 DIVISION STREETMANHATTAN 111 NORFOLK STREETMANHATTAN 112 ELDRIDGE STREETMANHATTAN 127 EDGECOMBE AVENUEMANHATTAN

Landlord and related buildings

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2008-06-30 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage1990-03-27 · $3,468,418

Sale2008-06-30no recorded price

FRIENDSHIP HOUSES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP → ASIAN AMERICAN HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND COMPANY

Mortgage1990-03-27$3,468,418

borrower FRIENDSHIP HSES LP · lender CITY OF NEW YORK HPD

Sale1990-03-09no recorded price

CITY OF NEW YORK → FRIENDSHIP HSE LTD PTSHP

Sale1978-05-25no recorded price

COMMISSIONER OF FINANCE NY → CITY OF NEW YORK

Sale1978-05-25no recorded price

COMMISSIONER OF FINANCE NY → CITY OF NEW YORK

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.