642 East 14 Street

Manhattan, NY

BBL 1-00396-0028BIN 1004944

Concern level4 of 4

Severe

019 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 2 apartments
021 open rent-impairing violation(s)
038 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 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 13 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 18 apartments.

2018 — 14 units registered2023 — 13

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 building1 others linked to the same owner

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

144

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 12Issued 2021-01-195+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2056.8 ADM CODE -CERTIFY COMPLIANCE WITH LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD CONTROL REQUIREMENTS DURING PERIOD OF UNIT VACANCY BY SUBMITTING REQUIRED SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION AND AFFIDAVITS FOR APARTMENT ...... IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 12, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST

Status: Certification rejected by HPD

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 7Issued 2020-01-155+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2056.8 ADM CODE -CERTIFY COMPLIANCE WITH LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD CONTROL REQUIREMENTS DURING PERIOD OF UNIT VACANCY BY SUBMITTING REQUIRED SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION AND AFFIDAVITS FOR APARTMENT ,, IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 7, 2nd STORY

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2020-01-155+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2056.4 ADM CODE- Correct failure to notify occupants and/or to investigate lead-based paint hazards.

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 20Issued 2020-01-155+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2056.8 ADM CODE -CERTIFY COMPLIANCE WITH LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD CONTROL REQUIREMENTS DURING PERIOD OF UNIT VACANCY BY SUBMITTING REQUIRED SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION AND AFFIDAVITS FOR APARTMENT .. IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 20, 5th STORY

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Paint/Plaster4

Door/Window1

General1

Plumbing1

Safety1

Water Leak1

Door/WindowDoor2024-02-12 · closed

Paint/PlasterWall2023-10-19 · closed

GeneralCabinet2021-09-15 · 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

Higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

727

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential370

Unspecified162

Street/Sidewalk145

Commercial35

Vehicle9

Park3

Helicopter3

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

287

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony52

Misdemeanor194

Violation41

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 8 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

ACTIVE · C-CONSTRUCTION OTHER OPTIONAL2026-05-08

STRUCTURE RENDERED NON-COMPLIANT. AT TIME OF INSPECTION OBSERVED AT 3RD FLOOR, 2ND WINDOW FROM EXPOSURE 2 HAS HORIZONTAL CRACK IN STONE HEADER ABOVE WINDOW.

ACTIVE · C-CONSTRUCTION OTHER OPTIONAL2024-04-29

EMERGENCY WORK.DAMAGED BY EVACUATION AT ADJACENT LOT.EAST&SOUTH WALL GAVE SETTLED &MULTIPLE CRACK WE FOUND THROUGHOUT.IMMEDIATELY COMPLY WITH COMMISSIONER ORDER #343147

ACTIVE · C-CONSTRUCTION OTHER OPTIONAL2024-04-29

FTM.NUMEROUS SIGNIFICANT CRACKS OBSERVED @SOUTHEAST&EAST WALLS CRACK IN FINISHES OBSERVED@THE INTERIOR@ALL FLOORS.FLOOR FRAMING@5TH FLOOR DISPLACED.IMMEDIATELY COMPLY WITH COMMISSIONER'S ORDER 343146

DOB building violations

Evictions

No executed evictions on record for this building.

Evictions

Housing court

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 2024-01-22

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2013-02-07

Heat / hot water

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

642 EAST 14TH ST LLC

Head officer

JACK LEBEWOHL

Managing agent

Jeremy Lebewohl

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

92 ST MARKS PLACEMANHATTAN

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.

ConstructionClass 22026-03-20$1,280 penalty

Unpaid city fines

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2008-12-01 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage1984-02-02 · $62,400

Sale2008-12-01no recorded price

RIVER VIEW REALTY CO. → 642 EAST 14TH ST. LLC

Mortgage1984-02-02$62,400

borrower WACHTEL, TERRY, MARCUS, ELEANOR, VAZQUEZ, EDWIN, RIVER VIEW RLTY CO.DBA · lender DALTON, DONALD

Sale1984-01-27no recorded price

DALTON, DONALD → RIVER VIEW REALTY CO.

Sale1980-12-19no recorded price

KAREN REALTY CORP → DALTON, DONALD

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