No HPD housing-court cases on record for this building.
The building
1900
Built
5
Floors
7
Residential units
Walk-up apartments
Type
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.
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.
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.
The owner filed 7 annual bedbug reports and reported no infested units. Filing with zero infestations is the compliant, reassuring case.
Neighborhood crime
Higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks
473
NYPD reports · last 12 mo
39
≈ per month
Felony131
Misdemeanor288
Violation54
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.
Landlord and related buildings
Registered owner
53-55 FIRST AVE FEE LLC
Head officer
STEVE GOREY
Managing agent
NEW YORK CITY MANAGEMENT LLC
1 other building share this owner's registration contacts. Shared contacts suggest common control, but they are not proof of ownership.
borrower 53-55 FIRST AVE FEE LLC · lender JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
Sale2017-12-12$16,200,000
53-55 FIRST AVENUE REALTY, LLC → 53-55 FIRST AVE FEE LLC
Mortgage2017-12-12$7,683,955.29
borrower 53-55 FIRST AVE FEE LLC · lender SIGNATURE BANK
Mortgage2012-11-21$454,785.68
borrower 53-55 FIRST AVENUE REALTY LLC · lender SELF RELIANCE (N.Y) FEDERAL CREDIT UNION
Mortgage2011-11-30$700,000
borrower 53-55 FIRST AVENUE REALTY, LLC · lender SELF RELIANCE (N.Y.) FEDERAL CREDIT UNION
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.
Neighborhood noise
Much higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks
1728
Noise reports · last 12 mo
144
≈ per month
35
% from neighbors
Commercial622
Residential604
Street/Sidewalk234
Unspecified220
Vehicle44
Park3
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.
Evictions
No executed evictions on record for this building.
HPD housing-maintenance violations
1
Open now
8
On record
0
Open Class C
1
Open Class B
0
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 B · HAZARDOUSIssued 2017-07-195+ YRS OLD
§ 27-2040 ADM CODE PROVIDE ADEQUATE LIGHTING AT OR NEAR THE OUTSIDE OF THE FRONT ENTRANCEWAY OF THE BUILDING AND KEEP SAME BURNING FROM SUNSET EVERY DAY TO SUNRISE ON THE DAY FOLLOWING MINIMUM OF 100 WATTS AS REQUIRED(LIGHT FIXTURE(S) PRESENT). AT FRONT AREAWAY
Status: Certification rejected by HPD
Unpaid city fines
No DOB/ECB violations on record for this building.
Concern level1 of 4
Low
011 open HPD 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.
311 complaints from tenants
1
All time
0
Last 12 months
Safety1
SafetyFire Escape2021-03-27 · closed
Complaints record what a tenant reported, not a finding by the city. "Closed" often means the inspector could not gain access.