No HPD housing-court cases on record for this building.
Unpaid city fines
$0
Balance due (active)
0
Active violations
0
Lost by default
DOB violations adjudicated by OATH carry money penalties. "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.
Rent regulation
Likely rent-stabilized
The owner registered 12 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 16 apartments.
18
19
20
21
22
23
2018 — 14 units registered2023 — 12
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.
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.
The building
1875
Built
5
Floors
16
Residential units
Walk-up apartments
Type
Bedbug history
No bedbugs reported
The owner filed 9 annual bedbug reports and reported no infested units. Filing with zero infestations is the compliant, reassuring case.
Ownership & money
10
Recorded sales
6
Mortgages / refinances
Last recorded sale2021-04-23 · $8,159,083
Most recent mortgage2016-06-24 · $1,100,000
Sale2021-04-23$8,159,083
223 EAST 5TH STREET LLC → EVP 223 EAST 5TH ST LLC
Mortgage2016-06-24$1,100,000
borrower 233 EAST 5TH STREET LLC, 327 EAST 12TH STREET LLC, 27 ST MARKS PLACE LLC, 231 EAST 5TH STREET LLC, 228 EAST 6TH STREET LLC, 329 EAST 12TH STREET LLC, 510 EAST 12TH STREET LLC, 514 EAST 12TH STREET LLC, 235 EAST 5TH STREET LLC, 253 EAST 10TH STREET LLC, 223 EAST 5TH STREET LLC, 325 EAST 12TH STREET LLC, 66 EAST 7TH STREET LLC, 334 EAST 9TH STREET LLC, 229 EAST 5TH STREET LLC · lender EVP 1 LLC
Mortgage2015-09-10$89,667,660
borrower 228 EAST 6TH STREET LLC, 233 EAST 5TH STREET LLC, 229 EAST 5TH STREET LLC, 27 ST MARKS PLACE LLC, 325 EAST 12TH STREET LLC, 510 EAST 12TH STREET LLC, 253 EAST 10TH STREET LLC, 334 EAST 9TH STREET LLC, 223 EAST 5TH STREET LLC, 327 EAST 12TH STREET LLC, 329 EAST 12TH STREET LLC, 66 EAST 7TH STREET LLC, 231 EAST 5TH STREET LLC, 235 EAST 5TH STREET LLC, 514 EAST 12TH STREET LLC · lender EVP 1 LLC
Mortgage2015-09-10$20,000,000
borrower 66 EAST 7TH STREET LLC, 514 EAST 12TH STREET LLC, 329 EAST 12TH STREET LLC, 223 EAST 5TH STREET LLC, 231 EAST 5TH STREET LLC, 229 EAST 5TH STREET LLC, 27 ST MARKS PLACE LLC, 334 EAST 9TH STREET LLC, 233 EAST 5TH STREET LLC, 325 EAST 12TH STREET LLC, 253 EAST 10TH STREET LLC, 327 EAST 12TH STREET LLC, 235 EAST 5TH STREET LLC, 228 EAST 6TH STREET LLC, 510 EAST 12TH STREET LLC · lender EVP 1 LLC
Mortgage2015-09-10$4,249,340
borrower 334 EAST 9TH STREET LLC, 327 EAST 12TH STREET LLC, 233 EAST 5TH STREET LLC, 66 EAST 7TH STREET LLC, 231 EAST 5TH STREET LLC, 27 ST MARKS PLACE LLC, 228 EAST 6TH STREET LLC, 514 EAST 12TH STREET LLC, 235 EAST 5TH STREET LLC, 229 EAST 5TH STREET LLC, 253 EAST 10TH STREET LLC, 325 EAST 12TH STREET LLC, 510 EAST 12TH STREET LLC, 329 EAST 12TH STREET LLC, 223 EAST 5TH STREET LLC · lender EVP 1 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
6
All time
2
Last 12 months
Heat/Hot Water4
Unsanitary Condition2
Heat/Hot WaterEntire Building2026-02-11 · closed
Heat/Hot WaterEntire Building2026-02-08 · closed
Unsanitary ConditionPests2025-07-26 · closed
Complaints record what a tenant reported, not a finding by the city. "Closed" often means the inspector could not gain access.
DOB building violations
0
Active
5
On record
0
Active, last 3 yrs
No active DOB violations.
Landlord and related buildings
Registered owner
EVP 223 EAST 5TH ST LLC
Head officer
Zachary Kadden
Managing agent
BRONSTEIN PROPERTIES LLC
16 other buildings share this owner's registration contacts. Shared contacts suggest common control, but they are not proof of ownership.
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 2021-12-065+ YRS OLDRENT-IMPAIRING
§ 53,187,231 M/D LAW & DEPT RULES & REG. PROVIDE MEANS OF EGRESS FROM YARD TO STREET BY FIREPROOF PASSAGEWAY FOR WHICH APPLICATION MUST BE FILED FOR APPROVAL,OR BY UNLOCKED DOOR OR GATE IN FENCE TO ADJOINING PREMISES WITH CONSENT OF ADJACENT OWNER.
Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix
Evictions
1
Executed, all time
0
Last 3 years
2023-09-26Apt GROUND FL/BASEMENTcommercial
Executed by a city marshal. An eviction can be lawful; a high or rising count is a displacement signal, not proof of wrongdoing.
Concern level1 of 4
Low
011 open rent-impairing violation(s)
021 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.
Neighborhood crime
Much higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks
487
NYPD reports · last 12 mo
41
≈ per month
Felony144
Misdemeanor293
Violation50
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 noise
Much higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks
1733
Noise reports · last 12 mo
144
≈ per month
38
% from neighbors
Residential662
Commercial552
Street/Sidewalk331
Unspecified153
Vehicle34
Helicopter1
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.