# 51 East 2 Street, Manhattan, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/1004430009/51-east-2-street-manhattan).
BBL 1004430009 · BIN 1077669 · Generated 2026-10-23

## Concern level: moderate

- 1 active DOB violation(s)

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 4 stabilized units for 2023, of about 10 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 4, 2019: 4, 2020: 4, 2021: 4, 2023: 4.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1890, 5 floors, 10 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

0 open (class C immediately hazardous: 0, class B hazardous: 0, class A non-hazardous: 0); 2 on record.
This tax lot has 2 buildings; these counts are for this building only.

## DOB building violations

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

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

1 active of 7 on record; 0 decided by default; $2,500 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

0 in the last 12 months; 9 on record.
Most common: UNSANITARY CONDITION (3), WATER LEAK (2), DOOR/WINDOW (1), FLOORING/STAIRS (1), PAINT/PLASTER (1).

## Bedbugs

18 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.

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: LEAS REALTY LLC
- Agent: MATEL REALTY LLC
- HeadOfficer: TZVI WERTENTEIL
- Officer: JONATHAN WERTENTEIL
- SiteManager: SOL EIFERMAN

The same owner is linked to 9 other buildings (TZVI WERTENTEIL at 303 E 6TH 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/1004430009/51-east-2-street-manhattan