# 542 East 14 Street, Manhattan, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/1004070029/542-east-14-street-manhattan).
BBL 1004070029 · BIN 1005246 · Generated 2026-10-23

## Concern level: high

- 4 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 6 apartments
- 2 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 4 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 9 active DOB violation(s)
- 2 OATH/ECB fines lost by default (unpaid)

Scale: low, moderate, high, severe. Set from open hazardous violations relative to building size, raised by distress signals (HPD's Alternative Enforcement Program, court harassment findings, evictions, unpaid OATH/ECB fines, open housing-court cases, a sold tax lien). It describes the public record, not any one apartment.

## Rent stabilization

Likely rent-stabilized. The owner registered 20 stabilized units for 2023, of about 25 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 20, 2019: 20, 2020: 20, 2021: 20, 2022: 20, 2023: 20.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1900, 6 floors, 25 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

20 open (class C immediately hazardous: 4, class B hazardous: 10, class A non-hazardous: 6); 295 on record.
2 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
4 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

9 active (5 issued in the last 3 years); 18 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

19 active of 87 on record; 2 decided by default; $27,500 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

76 in the last 12 months; 282 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (154), PAINT/PLASTER (25), DOOR/WINDOW (21), UNSANITARY CONDITION (21), WATER LEAK (16).

## Bedbugs

6 annual bedbug filings by the owner; latest reports 0 infested units.

## Evictions

0 executed in the last 3 years; 0 on record.

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

3 cases on record, 0 open, 3 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: 542 EAST 14TH STREET L.L.C.
- Agent: John Cummings
- HeadOfficer: JANE GOLDMAN
- Officer: LOUISA LITTLE
- SiteManager: LULZIM SPAHIU

The same owner is linked to 115 other buildings (JANE GOLDMAN at 1185 SIXTH AVENUE).

## Sources and limits

NYC Open Data (HPD, DOB, OATH/ECB, 311, DOF, PLUTO) and NYS DHCR building lists. This is a screening signal from public records, not legal advice; records lag and contain errors. Full interactive report with violation details and maps: https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/1004070029/542-east-14-street-manhattan