59 East 7 Street

Manhattan, NY

BBL 1-00449-0052BIN 1006354Plain-text version

Concern level4 of 4

Severe

0113 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 24 apartments
0212 of those issued in the last 3 years
039 open rent-impairing violation(s)
042 active DOB violation(s)
05$7,500 in unpaid OATH/ECB fines

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 13 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 24 apartments.

2018 — 19 units registered2023 — 13

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.

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Rent regulation

The building

1897

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building2 others linked to the same owner

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

123

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. HPD writes a separate violation for each room or spot, so one inspection can produce several near-identical entries; those are grouped below by apartment and date.

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 4Issued 2026-09-28RENT-IMPAIRING

§ 27-2070 ADM CODE PROVIDE AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF GAS TO THE FIXTURES AT GAS RANGE IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 4, 1st STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 3Issued 2026-09-082 violationsRENT-IMPAIRING

§ 27-2070 ADM CODE PROVIDE AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF GAS TO THE FIXTURES AT RANGE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 3, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST
§ 27-2005, 27-2007, 27-2041.1 HMC, §238, § 309; § 107 (2) ( C) MDL AND 28 RCNY §25-171: REPLACE OR REPAIR THE SELF-CLOSING DOORS THAT IS MISSING OR DEFECTIVE HINGES IN THE ENTRANCE LOCATED AT APT 3, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST

Status: Certification rejected by HPD

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2026-09-01RENT-IMPAIRING

567 (C) § 27-2017, 27-2017.1, 27-2017.4, 27-2017.5, 27-2017.8, 27-2019, 27-2021 HMC: ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF EVIDENCE OF RATS AND ALL UNDERLYING CAUSES CREATING THE PEST INFESTATIONS, BY USING INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT (IPM), ELIMINATE ALL BURROW ENTRY AND PASSAGEWAYS, PEST NESTS, HOLES, GAPS OR CRACKS IN WALLS, CEILINGS, FLOORS, FIXING LEAKS AND MANAGING GARBAGE IN PUBLIC AREAS. EVIDENCE FOUND AT LIVE RATS OBSERVED AT AIR SHAFT

Status: Certification rejected by HPD

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2026-07-20RENT-IMPAIRING

§ 27-2010, 2011, 2012 ADM CODE CLEANSE AND DISINFECT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT AFTER REMOVING THE RUBBISH AT PUBLIC HALL, 1st STORY

Status: Certified late

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Unsanitary Condition26

General15

Heat/Hot Water12

Water Leak4

Appliance2

Outside Building1

Flooring/Stairs1

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

2311

Noise reports · last 12 mo

193

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential969

Commercial601

Street/Sidewalk427

Unspecified258

Vehicle56

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

Higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

408

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony127

Misdemeanor243

Violation38

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

Infested, latest filing

Annual filings

2024–20251 infested · 1 eradicated

2023–20240 infested · 0 eradicated

2022–20230 infested · 0 eradicated

Self-reported by the owner for the year ending each filing. Counts are building-wide and do not say which apartment was affected.

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.

ACTIVE · C-CONSTRUCTION OTHER OPTIONAL2026-07-10

REQUESTING A STRUCTURAL STABILITY REPORT DUE TO DISPLACED BRICK MASONRY ASSEMBLY WITH HORIZONTAL CRACK AT EXPOSURE 1, 5TH STORY. ADDITIONALLY, A VERTICAL CRACK WAS OBSERVED AT EXPOSURE 2 SPANNING FROM THE 2ND STORY TO THE 5TH STORY.

ACTIVE · C-CONSTRUCTION OTHER OPTIONAL2025-10-01

ENGINEERS REPORT REQUESTED DUE TO SHORING FOUND TO BE DISLODGED AND SEVERELY UNSTABLE AT FRONT UNDER SIDE OF BUILDING STEPS, CREATING A HAZARDOUS CONDITION THAT COMPROMISES STRUCTURAL STABILITY AND POSES SAFETY RISK TO OCCUPANTS AND THE PUBLIC. FACADE DISREPAIR AT EXPOSURE 1,2,& 4 ALSO HAVE LOOSE STUCCO AND HOLES AT CORNICE.

DOB building violations

OATH/ECB violations and fines

$7,500

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 12026-07-10$2,500 penalty

ConstructionClass 12026-01-27$2,500 penalty

ConstructionClass 12025-10-01$2,500 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

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 2024-11-01

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

59 EAST SEVENTH REALTY LLC

Head officer

STEVEN GAUTIER

Managing agent

WILLOWICK PROPERTIES LLC

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

205 8 AVENUEMANHATTAN 630 HUDSON STREETMANHATTAN

Landlord and related buildings

Ownership & money

Speculation watch

·Changed hands in 2026 — new owners sometimes move to raise rents or deregulate units

A pattern, not a prediction — many transfers are ordinary or between related companies.

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2026-08-13 · $5,300,000

Most recent mortgage2022-01-24 · $12,619.46

Sale2026-08-13$5,300,000

59 EAST SEVENTH REALTY LLC → 59 E 7 STREET LLC

Mortgage2022-01-24$12,619.46

borrower 59 EAST SEVENTH REALTY LLC · lender SIGNATURE BANK

Mortgage2019-01-08$1,838,002.22

borrower 59 EAST SEVENTH REALTY LLC · lender SANTANDER BANK, N.A.

Sale2014-05-02$6,600,000

59 E. 7TH STREET LLC → 59 EAST SEVENTH REALTY LLC

Mortgage2014-05-02$2,540,150.76

borrower 59 EAST SEVENTH REALTY LLC · lender CUSTOMER'S BANK

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