The owner registered 1 stabilized unit with New York State for 2023 — of about 10 apartments.
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19
20
21
22
23
2018 — 2 units registered2023 — 1
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 3 annual bedbug reports and reported no infested units. Filing with zero infestations is the compliant, reassuring case.
DOB building violations
OATH/ECB violations and fines
Evictions
Housing court
Landlord and related buildings
Registered owner
218 EAST 5TH STREET ASSOCIATES LLC
Head officer
CHRISTOPHER LEAHY
Managing agent
218 EAST 5TH STREET ASSOCIATES LLC
No other buildings found sharing this building's registered contact.
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.
Ownership & money
3
Recorded sales
4
Mortgages / refinances
Last recorded sale2001-07-10 · no recorded price
Most recent mortgage2018-05-30 · $2,327,367.02
Mortgage2018-05-30$2,327,367.02
borrower 218 EAST 5TH STREET ASSOCIATES, LLC · lender NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK
Mortgage2011-09-13$453,940.34
borrower 218 EAST 5TH STREET ASSOCIATES, LLC · lender BEECH STREET CAPITAL, LLC
Mortgage2006-04-27$2,040,000
borrower 218 EAST 5TH STREET ASSOCIATES, LLC · lender WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK
Mortgage2005-12-15$250,000
borrower 218 EAST 5TH STREET ASSOCIATES, LLC · lender J & S REALTY CONSULTANTS CORP.
Sale2001-07-10no recorded price
LEAHY, CHRISTOPHER, TURSI, NOEL A. → 218 EAST 5TH STREETASSOCAITES, LLC
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.
311 complaints from tenants
No 311 housing complaints on record for this building.
Evictions
No marshal-executed evictions on record for this building. Eviction cases filed in court but not carried out aren't included.
DOB building violations
0
Active
3
On record
0
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.
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.
OATH/ECB violations and fines
$0
Balance due (active)
0
Active violations
0
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.
Neighborhood crime
Higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks
476
NYPD reports · last 12 mo
40
≈ per month
Felony150
Misdemeanor274
Violation52
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.
Concern level3 of 4
High
012 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 5 apartments
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.
HPD housing-maintenance violations
4
Open now
27
On record
2
Open Class C
0
Open Class B
2
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 HAZARDOUSIssued 2014-03-122 violations5+ YRS OLD
§ 27-2033 ADM CODE PROVIDE READY ACCESS TO BUILDINGS HEATING SYSTEM BOILER ROOM DOOR LOCKED AT CELLAR.
§ 27-2033 ADM CODE POST NOTICE, IN FORM APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT, STATING THE NAME AND LOCATION OF THE PERSON DESIGNATED BY THE OWNER TO HAVE KEY TO BUILDINGS HEATING SYSTEM ... AT PUBLIC HALL, 1st STORY
Status: Notice issued, not yet certified
CLASS A · NON-HAZARDOUSIssued 2014-03-122 violations5+ YRS OLD
§ 27-2053 ADM CODE POST SIGN ON WALL OF ENTRANCE STORY BEARING NAME, ADDRESS INCLUDING APARTMENT NUMBER IF ANY, AND TELEPHONE NUMBER OF SUPERINTENDENT, JANITOR OR HOUSEKEEPER. AT PUBLIC HALL, 1st STORY
§ 27-2045 ADM CODE POST A PROPER NOTICE OF SMOKE DETECTOR REQUIREMENTS, IN A FORM APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER, AT OR NEAR THE MAIL BOX ... AT PUBLIC HALL, 1st STORY
Status: Notice issued, not yet certified
Neighborhood noise
Much higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks
1410
Noise reports · last 12 mo
118
≈ per month
46
% from neighbors
Residential645
Street/Sidewalk308
Commercial273
Unspecified153
Vehicle29
Helicopter2
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.