233 East 12 Street

Manhattan, NY

BBL 1-00468-0045BIN 1006874Plain-text version

Concern level1 of 4

Low

013 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 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 2 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 22 apartments.

2018 — 2 units registered2023 — 2

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.

How to request your rent history →

Rent regulation

The building

1930

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building24 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. 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 B · HAZARDOUSApt 5AIssued 2011-12-122 violations5+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR AT CEILING IN THE 4th ROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT APT 5A, 6th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST
§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPLACE WITH NEW THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE WOOD PARTING STRIP / STOP BY SOUTH 2ND WINDOW HEAD JAMB IN THE 4th ROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT APT 5A, 6th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST

Status: HPD couldn't get in to re-inspect

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSIssued 2011-12-085+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE AND DEPT. RULES AND REGULATIONS. REMOVE THE ENCUMBRANCE OBSTRUCTING EGRESS FROM FIRE ESCAPES HOUSEHOLD ITEMS AT 2,3,4,5 & 6 BALCONY ,FRONT SOUTH FRIE ESCAPE.

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water4

Unsanitary Condition4

Door/Window2

Heat/Hot WaterApartment Only2026-01-11 · closed

Heat/Hot WaterApartment Only2026-01-10 · closed

Door/WindowWindow Frame2025-11-02 · 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

1082

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential460

Unspecified207

Commercial187

Street/Sidewalk181

Vehicle42

Park3

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.

Neighborhood noise

Neighborhood crime

Higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

376

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony163

Misdemeanor176

Violation37

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 9 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

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.

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 2006-04-10

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

UNITED SQUARE LLC

Head officer

MARK HAROUNIAN

Managing agent

UNITED SQUARE LLC

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

102 GREENWICH AVENUEMANHATTAN 12 5 AVENUEMANHATTAN 163 CHRYSTIE STREETMANHATTAN 172 MULBERRY STREETMANHATTAN 208 WEST 16 STREETMANHATTAN

Landlord and related buildings

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2013-01-01 · $2,796,140

Most recent mortgage2021-10-27 · $100,000

Mortgage2021-10-27$100,000

borrower UNITED SQUARE LLC · lender JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NA

Mortgage2018-09-06$50,000

borrower UNITED SQUARE LLC · lender JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.

Mortgage2014-01-31$1,164,787.11

borrower UNITED SQUARE LLC · lender JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.

Mortgage2014-01-31$3,900,000

borrower UNITED SQUARE LLC · lender JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.

Sale2013-01-01$2,796,140

JAM REALTY NYC LLC → UNITED SQUARE 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.

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