131 Avenue B

Manhattan, NY

BBL 1-00391-0003BIN 1004734Plain-text version

Concern level2 of 4

Moderate

014 active DOB violation(s)
027 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.

Rent regulation

Not on the rent-stabilized list

Not found in the DOF tax-bill records nor the 2024 DHCR registered building list. Absence isn't proof a unit is unregulated — buildings can be missing or newly deregulated.

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1940

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building88 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. HPD writes a separate violation for each room or spot, so one inspection can produce several near-identical entries; those are grouped below by apartment and date.

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSIssued 2008-06-265 violations5+ YRS OLD

D26-14.03 ADM CODE PROVIDE SUFFICIENT, PROPER AND SEPARATE METAL RECEPTACLES FOR THE DEPOSIT OF GARBAGE, RUBBISH AND OTHER WASTE MATERIAL AND ARRANGE FOR COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL OF SUCH MATERIAL.
D26-10.01 ADM CODE & 309 M/D LAW ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF LATCH AT DOOR 4 STY PUBLIC HALL FIRE STAIRS AT EAST.

3 more from the same inspection

D26-10.01 ADM CODE & 309 M/D LAW ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF WALLS DAMPNESS ALL STYS FIRE STAIRS AT WEST.
D26-10.01 ADM CODE PROPERLY SECURE THE LOOSE SCREEN OVER SKYLIGHT CENTER ROOF.
D26-10.01 ADM CODE & 309 M/D LAW ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF WALL DAMPNESS 6 STY PUBLIC HALL TO BULKHEAD FIRE STAIRS AT EAST.

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS A · NON-HAZARDOUSIssued 2008-06-262 violations5+ YRS OLD

D26-41.15 ADM CODE POST AND MAINTAIN A PROPER SIGN ON WALL OF ENTRANCE STORY SHOWING THE REGISTRATION NUMBER ASSIGNED BY THE DEPARTMENT AND THE ADDRESS OF THE BUILDING.
D26-22.03 ADM CODE POST SIGN ON WALL OF ENTRANCE STORY BEARING NAME, ADDRESS INCLUDING APARTMENT NUMBER IF ANY, AND TELEPHONE NUMBER OF SUPERINTENDENT, JANITOR OR HOUSEKEEPER.

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water2

Electric1

ElectricNo Lighting2025-06-02 · closed

Heat/Hot WaterEntire Building2025-01-07 · 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

1681

Noise reports · last 12 mo

140

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential553

Commercial435

Street/Sidewalk431

Unspecified183

Vehicle52

Park23

House of Worship2

Helicopter2

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

378

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony130

Misdemeanor184

Violation64

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.

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 · ACC1-(OTHER BLDGS TYPES) - ELEVATOR AFFIRMATION OF CORRECTION ELEVATORREQUIRED2018-01-26

VIO ISSUED TO ELEVATOR - FAIL TO CORRECT DEFECTS ON 2016 CAT 1 INSP/TST

ACTIVE · EVCAT1-ELEVATOR ANNUAL INSPECTION / TEST ELEVATORREQUIRED2016-12-01

VIOLATION ISSUED TO ELEVATOR-FAILURE TO FILE CATEGORY 1 2015 INSPECTION/TEST

ACTIVE · ACC1-(OTHER BLDGS TYPES) - ELEVATOR AFFIRMATION OF CORRECTION ELEVATORREQUIRED2016-11-14

VIO ISSUED TO ELEVATOR - FAIL TO CORRECT DEFECTS ON 2014 CAT 1 INSP/TST

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

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.

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

TOMPKINS PARK MANSION OWNERS LTD

Head officer

MARK LEVINE

Managing agent

EBMG LLC

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

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Landlord and related buildings

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale1997-04-24 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2025-08-25 · $650,000

Mortgage2025-08-25$650,000

borrower TOMPKINS PARK MANSION OWNERS, LTD · lender NATIONAL CONSUMER COOPERATIVE BANK, N.A.

Mortgage2020-08-27$500,000

borrower TOMPKINS PARK MANSION OWNERS, LTD · lender NATIONAL CONSUMER COOPEARTIVE BANK

Mortgage1997-06-06$56,314.22

borrower THOMPKINS PARK MANSION OWNERS, LTD · lender NCB MORTGAGE CORPORATION

Sale1997-04-24no recorded price

TOMPKINS PARK MANSION OWNERS, INC., ADVENT REALTY, INC. → INTERBANK OF NEW YORK

Mortgage1987-03-13$100,000

borrower TOMPKINS PRK MANSIONETC · lender CITIBANK, N.A.

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