53 East 2 Street

Manhattan, NY

BBL 1-00443-0009BIN 1077684Plain-text version

Concern level1 of 4

Low

01No open hazardous violations found

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

Likely rent-stabilized

The owner registered 4 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 10 apartments.

2018 — 4 units registered2023 — 4

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1890

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building9 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. This tax lot has 2 buildings; these counts are for this building only.

No open HPD violations.

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Unsanitary Condition3

Plumbing2

Water Leak2

Door/Window1

Flooring/Stairs1

Paint/Plaster1

PlumbingWater Supply2026-10-28 · open

Unsanitary ConditionMold2024-04-24 · closed

Paint/PlasterWall2024-04-24 · 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

1675

Noise reports · last 12 mo

140

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Commercial745

Residential419

Street/Sidewalk317

Unspecified165

Vehicle27

Park1

Helicopter1

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

749

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony187

Misdemeanor478

Violation84

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 18 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

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.

No active DOB violations.

DOB building violations

OATH/ECB violations and fines

$1,250

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.

ConstructionClass 22026-05-29$1,250 due

OATH/ECB violations and fines

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

No HPD housing-court cases on record for this building.

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

LEAS REALTY LLC

Head officer

JONATHAN WERTENTEIL

Managing agent

MATEL REALTY LLC

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

19 STUYVESANT STREETMANHATTAN 213 EAST 5 STREETMANHATTAN 215 EAST 5 STREETMANHATTAN 227 EAST 5 STREETMANHATTAN 313 EAST 5 STREETMANHATTAN

Landlord and related buildings

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale1996-01-01 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage1985-04-12 · $375,000

Sale1996-01-01no recorded price

LEAS REALTY CO. → LEAS REALTY LLC

Sale1993-06-01no recorded price

WERTENTEIL, ESTHER, RUBIN, SARA → LEAS REALTY CO.

Mortgage1985-04-12$375,000

borrower WERTENTEIL, ESTHER, RUBIN, SARA · lender SILVER, AUDREY M.

Sale1985-04-01no recorded price

SILVER, AUDREY M. → WERTENTEIL, ESTHER, RUBIN, SARA

Sale1968-10-04no recorded price

RUBAR INTERNTL LTD → SILVER, AUDREY, M

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