334 East 8 Street

Manhattan, NY

BBL 1-00390-0024BIN 1004713Plain-text version

Concern level2 of 4

Moderate

012 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 15 apartments
021 of those issued in the last 3 years
031 open rent-impairing violation(s)
042 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.

Rent regulation

Likely rent-stabilized

The owner registered 30 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — essentially all of the building's 30 apartments.

2018 — 30 units registered2023 — 30

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

Elevator apartments

Type

Energy-efficiency grade

Grade D — least efficient

ENERGY STAR score 36 of 100

Posted at the entrance of buildings over 25,000 sq ft (Local Law 33). It rates energy efficiency — a proxy for comfort and utility cost — not the landlord's upkeep.

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building6 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 HAZARDOUSApt 6AIssued 2025-09-30

§ 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... APPROXIMATELY 15 SQUARE FEET AT THE NORTH WALL, EAST WALL, SOUTH WALL, WEST WALL, CEILING IN THE 2nd BATHROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT APT 6A, 6th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH ORIGINAL VIOLATION 16639096 ISSUED 30-JAN-24 HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO CLASS C PER ADMINISTRATIVE CODE 27-2017.3a(5)(a) or (b).

Status: Certified late

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 6AIssued 2021-11-295+ YRS OLD

HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF MICE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 6A, 6th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

Status: Defect letter issued

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 6AIssued 2024-11-14

§ 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... LESS THAN 10 SQUARE FEET AT CEILING IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 6A, 6th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH ORIGINAL VIOLATION 17122534 ISSUED 13-JUL-24 HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO CLASS B PER ADMINISTRATIVE CODE §27-2017.3a(3)(a) or (b).

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 6AIssued 2024-02-01RENT-IMPAIRING

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE ROOF SO THAT IT WILL NOT LEAK AT THE CEILING, WEST WALL IN THE 1st BATHROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT APT 6A, 6th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water12

Unsanitary Condition10

Plumbing4

Water Leak3

Flooring/Stairs3

Paint/Plaster3

Door/Window3

Elevator2

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

1498

Noise reports · last 12 mo

125

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential718

Street/Sidewalk296

Commercial276

Unspecified167

Vehicle33

Park3

Helicopter3

House of Worship2

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

397

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony125

Misdemeanor187

Violation85

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

2024–20250 infested · 0 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

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 · EGRADE-FAILURE TO POST ENERGY GRADE/SCORE NONE2024-12-01

FAILURE TO DISPLAY ENERGY EFFICIENCY SCORE AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY GRADE AS PER ADCODE SEC. 28-309.12.3

ACTIVE · FISPNRF-NO REPORT AND / OR LATE FILING (FACADE) FACADE REQUIRED2023-02-22

FAILED TO FILE FISP CYCLE 9B TECHNICAL REPORT BY 2/21/2023

DOB building violations

OATH/ECB violations and fines

Balance due (active)

Active violations

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.

OATH/ECB violations and fines

Evictions

Executed, all time

Last 3 years

2023-02-21Apt 1Bresidential

2019-04-05Apt 2-Bresidential

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: repair & harassment cases

Cases on record

Open now

Tenant-brought

Harassment found

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 2018-08-28

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.

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

8TH AND C HDFC

Head officer

HERMAN HEWITT

Managing agent

L.E.S.P.M.H.A. INC

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

166 EAST 2 STREETMANHATTAN 168 ATTORNEY STREETMANHATTAN 169 AVENUE BMANHATTAN 299 EAST 3 STREETMANHATTAN 327 EAST 8 STREETMANHATTAN

Landlord and related buildings

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2012-06-13 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2015-09-30 · $1,814,630

Mortgage2015-09-30$1,814,630

borrower 8TH AND C HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND CORPORATION · lender THE COMMUNITY PRESERVATON CORPORATION

Sale2012-06-13no recorded price

MUTUAL HOUSING PARTNERSHIP, L.P. → 8TH AND C HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND CORPORATION

Mortgage2012-06-13$320,059

borrower 8TH AND C HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND CORPORATION · lender THE CITY OF NEW YORK, DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING PRESERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT

Mortgage2012-06-13$123,045

borrower 8TH AND C HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND CORPORATION · lender NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

Mortgage1993-07-12$2,558,591

borrower MUTUAL HOUSING ETC. · lender CITY OF NEW YORK HPD

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