279 East 4 Street

Manhattan, NY

BBL 1-00387-0047BIN 1004649

Concern level2 of 4

Moderate

011 open class-C HPD violation (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 12 apartments
021 of those issued in the last 3 years
031 open rent-impairing violation(s)
041 eviction executed in the last 3 years

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 12 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — essentially all of the building's 12 apartments.

2021 — 12 units registered2023 — 12

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 building100 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 2026-07-30RENT-IMPAIRING

567 (C) § 27-2017, 27-2017.1, 27-2017.4, 27-2017.5, 27-2017.8, 27-2019, 27-2021 HMC: ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF EVIDENCE OF RATS AND ALL UNDERLYING CAUSES CREATING THE PEST INFESTATIONS, BY USING INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT (IPM), ELIMINATE ALL BURROW ENTRY AND PASSAGEWAYS, PEST NESTS, HOLES, GAPS OR CRACKS IN WALLS, CEILINGS, FLOORS, FIXING LEAKS AND MANAGING GARBAGE IN PUBLIC AREAS. EVIDENCE FOUND AT OBSERVED BURROWS AT EAST YARD

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water7

Unsanitary Condition3

General2

Paint/Plaster1

Plumbing1

Safety1

Door/Window1

Water Leak1

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

1511

Noise reports · last 12 mo

126

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential816

Street/Sidewalk282

Commercial266

Unspecified104

Vehicle36

Helicopter3

Park2

House of Worship2

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 noise

Neighborhood crime

Higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

402

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony118

Misdemeanor195

Violation89

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

Infested, latest filing

Annual filings

2024–20252 infested · 2 eradicated

2023–20240 infested · 0 eradicated

2022–20230 infested · 0 eradicated

Self-reported by the owner for the year ending each filing. Counts are building-wide and do not say which apartment was affected.

Bedbug history

DOB building violations

Active

On record

Active, last 3 yrs

No active DOB violations.

DOB building violations

Evictions

Executed, all time

Last 3 years

2026-05-05Apt 4Aresidential

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

TRIBOROUGH PRESERVATION LLC

Head officer

HERMINIO TORRES

Managing agent

C&C APARTMENT MANAGEMENT

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

1 BREVOORT PLACEBROOKLYN 1 SPENCER PLACEBROOKLYN 105 QUINCY STREETBROOKLYN 1077 BEDFORD AVENUEBROOKLYN 1110 FULTON STREETBROOKLYN

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 sale2014-12-23 · $8,571,429

Most recent mortgage2014-12-23 · $235,000,000

Mortgage2014-12-23$235,000,000

borrower NYCHA TRIBOROUGH PRES. HOUSING DEV. FUND CORP., TRIBOROUGH PRESERVATION LLC · lender FANNIE MAE

Mortgage2014-12-23$141,117,864

borrower NYCHA TRIBOROUGH PRES. HOUSING DEV. FUND CORP., TRIBOROUGH PRESERVATION LLC · lender NEW YORK CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY

Sale2014-12-23$8,571,429

NEW YORK CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY → NYCHA TRIBOROUGH PRESERVATION HDFC

Mortgage2014-12-23$158,882,136

borrower TRIBOROUGH PRESERVATION LLC, NYCHA TRIBOROUGH PRES. HOUSING DEV. FUND CORP. · lender NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

Mortgage2014-12-23$69,531,058

borrower TRIBOROUGH PRESERVATION LLC, NYCHA TRIBOROUGH PRES. HOUSING DEV. FUND CORP. · lender NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

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