# 70 Orchard Street, Manhattan, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/1004080002/70-orchard-street-manhattan).
BBL 1004080002 · BIN 1005266 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: severe

- 11 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 16 apartments
- 1 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 11 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 2 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 2 stabilized units for 2023, of about 16 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 2, 2019: 2, 2022: 2, 2023: 2.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1920, 5 floors, 16 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

50 open (class C immediately hazardous: 11, class B hazardous: 29, class A non-hazardous: 10); 75 on record.
1 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
11 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

2 active (1 issued in the last 3 years); 12 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

5 active of 9 on record; 2 decided by default; $9,375 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

2 in the last 12 months; 60 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (47), UNSANITARY CONDITION (9), GENERAL (3), PLUMBING (1).

## 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)

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

## City debt and tax-lien sale

On a tax-lien sale list in 2025 (10-day notice), water/sewer debt only.

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: 70 ORCHARD LLC
- Officer: SUZAN ERLICHSTER
- Shareholder: SUZAN ERLICHSTER
- SiteManager: Ethan Tam
- Agent: KENNETH TAM
- HeadOfficer: JOE ERLICHSTER

The same owner is linked to 2 other buildings (JOE ERLICHSTER at 72 ORCHARD ST).

## 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/1004080002/70-orchard-street-manhattan