137 Essex Street

Manhattan, NY

BBL 1-00411-0065BIN 1005377Plain-text version

Concern level3 of 4

High

0110 active DOB violation(s)
023 OATH/ECB fines lost by default (unpaid)

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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The building

1900

Built

Floors

Residential units

Mixed residential / commercial

Type

This building and the landlord's others

This building11 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.

No open HPD violations.

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water2

Door/Window1

Plumbing1

Unsanitary Condition1

Unsanitary ConditionGarbage/Recycling Storage2023-11-22 · closed

Heat/Hot WaterApartment Only2023-02-14 · closed

PlumbingRadiator2023-02-14 · 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

3011

Noise reports · last 12 mo

251

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Commercial1210

Residential805

Street/Sidewalk673

Unspecified162

Vehicle156

House of Worship4

Park1

311 noise complaints within about 1,000 ft (a few blocks) in the last year. Most reports here are about outdoor noise (mostly commercial) — 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

Much higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

1170

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony340

Misdemeanor688

Violation142

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 5 annual bedbug reports and reported no infested units. Filing with zero infestations is the compliant, reassuring case.

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 · EVCAT5-NON-RESIDENTIAL ELEVATOR PERIODIC INSPECTION/TEST ELEVATORREQUIRED2021-12-17

FAILURE TO PERFORM CATEGORY 5 INSPECTION

ACTIVE · AEUHAZ1-FAIL TO CERTIFY CLASS 1 NONE2019-07-09

FAILURE TO CERTIFY CORRECTION ON IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUS (CLASS 1) ECB VIOLATION

ACTIVE · AEUHAZ1-FAIL TO CERTIFY CLASS 1 NONE2019-07-09

FAILURE TO CERTIFY CORRECTION ON IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUS (CLASS 1) ECB VIOLATION

DOB building violations

OATH/ECB violations and fines

$16,755

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.

DEFAULTConstructionClass 32024-04-30$500 due

DEFAULTElevatorsClass 22021-07-12$3,125 due

DEFAULTConstructionClass 22019-04-09$6,250 due

ConstructionClass 12019-04-09$1,250 due

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

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 2019-04-18

Heat / hot water

CLOSEDOpened 2014-12-31

Tenant action

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

GBS REALTY INC

Head officer

WEITZNER SHIH

Managing agent

WEITZNER SHIH

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

143 ESSEX STREETMANHATTAN 167 HESTER STREETMANHATTAN 203 MOTT STREETMANHATTAN 206 GRAND STREETMANHATTAN 229 REAR MOTT STREETMANHATTAN

Landlord and related buildings

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2014-10-24 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2000-03-24 · $325,000

Sale2014-10-24no recorded price

GOLDEN BLOSSOM REALTY INC. → GBS REALTY INC.

Mortgage2000-03-24$325,000

borrower GOLDEN BLOSSOM REALTY INC. · lender UNITED ORIENT BANK

Mortgage1994-04-21$221,000

borrower GOLDEN BLOSSOM REALTY INC. · lender UNITED ORIENT BANK

Sale1994-04-14no recorded price

GREENBERG, HARVEY REF → GOLDEN BLOSSOM REALTY INC.

Mortgage1987-07-14$403,000

borrower GELBTUCH, DAVID · lender CITYTRUST

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.