224 Avenue B

Manhattan, NY

BBL 1-00407-0032BIN 1005248

Concern level2 of 4

Moderate

013 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 9 apartments
022 of those issued in the last 3 years
031 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 4 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 26 apartments.

2018 — 6 units registered2023 — 4

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.

How to request your rent history →

Rent regulation

The building

1905

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building25 others linked to the same owner

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

157

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 2026-07-30

§ 27-2043.1 HMC INSTALL THE MISSING OR REPAIR/REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE WINDOW GUARD(S) THROUGHOUT THE PUBLIC AREAS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SPECIFICATIONS OF THE NEW YORK CITY HEALTH CODE SECTION 24 RCNY CHAPTER 12.

Status: Awaiting HPD re-inspection

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2025-07-25

§ 27-2005 HMC: IMMEDIATELY PROVIDE A FIRE GUARD AS DIRECTED BY THE NYC DEPT. OF HOUSING PRESERVATION & DEVELOPMENT (HPD) AND/OR THE NYC DEPT. OF BUILDINGS (DOB) TO PROTECT AGAINST FIRE HAZARDS OBSERVED BY HPD AND/OR DOB. FIRE HAZARDS OBSERVED BY HPD HAVE RESULTED IN THE FOLLOWING ADDITIONAL HPD VIOLATION(S): 18117457, 18117455, 18117452, 18117460, AND DOB VIOLATION NO. 39154739N, 39154734Y, 39154735X IN ORDER TO PROTECT PUBLIC SAFETY AGAINST IMMINENT FIRE HAZARDS OBSERVED, A FIRE GUARD MUST BE PROVIDED FORTHWITH FOR CONTINUOUS 24 HOUR COVERAGE, NOTWITHSTANDING THE CORRECTION AND CERTIFICATION DATES SET FORTH ABOVE (THE CORRECTION AND CERTIFICATION DATES SET FORTH ABOVE ARE APPLICABLE FOR PURPOSES OF CIVIL PENALTIES THAT MAY BE ASSESSED PURSUANT TO NYC ADMINISTRATIVE CODE § 27-2115, BUT DO NOT REFLECT THE DATE BY WHICH A FIRE GUARD MUST BE PROVIDED). A FIRE GUARD MUST BE PROVIDED IMMEDIATELY DUE TO THE EXIGENCY OF THE DANGEROUS FIRE HAZARD CONDITIONS OBSERVED. THE VIOLATION REQUIRING A FIRE GUARD TO BE PROVIDED WILL REMAIN OPEN UNTIL SUCH TIME AS THE FIRE HAZARDS RESULTING IN THE HPD VIOLATION(S) REFERENCED ABOVE AND/OR THE FIRE HAZARDS RESULTING IN RELATED DOB VIOLATION(S) HAVE BEEN DISMISSED.

Status: Awaiting HPD re-inspection

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 26Issued 1997-12-235+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2013 ADM CODE REMOVE OR COVER IN A MANNER APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT THE PEELING LEAD PAINT NORTH WALL 6 STY NORTH APT 26 KITCHENETTE BAZUNA 677 2387 ER1 97036391. LOCATED AT APT 26

Status: Defect letter issued

CLASS A · NON-HAZARDOUSIssued 2026-07-06

§ 329, M/D LAW AND DEPT. RULES AND REGS. PROVIDE A COMPLETED CERTIFICATE OF INSPECTION VISITS IN A PROPER FRAME AT OR NEAR MAILBOXES, BOTTOM EDGE OF FRAME BETWEEN 48-62 INCHES ABOVE FLOOR MISSING FRAME AT PUBLIC HALL, 1st STORY

Status: Nov Certified On Time

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water25

Unsanitary Condition8

Plumbing3

Paint/Plaster3

Water Leak3

Safety2

General1

311 complaints from tenants

Neighborhood noise

Much higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

1135

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential482

Street/Sidewalk279

Unspecified237

Commercial92

Vehicle39

Park5

Helicopter1

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

354

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony74

Misdemeanor232

Violation48

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

ACTIVE · C-CONSTRUCTION OTHER OPTIONAL2025-12-19

EXP #2, INCLUDING MISSING STUCCO NEAR THE ROOF LINE WITH EXPOSED BRICK/MISSING MORTAR. EXP #1 SHOWS DETERIORATED STUCCO, SPALLING BRICK, AND MISALIGNED LINTELS/WINDOW SILLS ACROSS MULTIPLE STORIES, INDICATING POTENTIAL STRUCTURAL INSTABILITY REQUIRING EVALUATION BY A LICENSED STRUCTURAL ENGINEER.

DOB building violations

Evictions

Executed, all time

Last 3 years

2017-07-24Apt 25residential

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

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 2022-08-16

Heat / hot water

CLOSEDOpened 2005-01-04

Heat / hot water

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

224 AVE B HOLDINGS LLC

Head officer

PETER TRAN

Managing agent

224 AVE B HOLDINGS LLC

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

110 EAST 1 STREETMANHATTAN 120 WEST 25 STREETMANHATTAN 122 WEST 20 STREETMANHATTAN 136 EAST 17 STREETMANHATTAN 141 EAST 95 STREETMANHATTAN

Landlord and related buildings

Unpaid city fines

$2,500

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 12025-12-19$2,500 due

Unpaid city fines

Ownership & money

Speculation watch

·Changed hands in 2025 — new owners sometimes move to raise rents or deregulate units

A pattern, not a prediction — many transfers are ordinary or between related companies.

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2025-03-24 · $13,000,000

Most recent mortgage2026-07-02 · $8,574,996.7

Mortgage2026-07-02$8,574,996.7

borrower 224 AVE B HOLDINGS LLC · lender CITI REAL ESTATE FUNDING INC.

Mortgage2025-03-24$4,236,815.68

borrower 224 AVE B HOLDINGS LLC · lender CITIZENS BANK, NA

Sale2025-03-24$13,000,000

MARSHALL ASSOCIATES, L.P. → 224 AVE B HOLDINGS LLC

Mortgage2015-08-26$1,735,943.15

borrower MARSHALL ASSOCIATE, L.P. · lender JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.

Mortgage2010-09-24$3,000,000

borrower MARSHALL ASSOCIATES L.P. · lender CAPITAL ONE, 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