# 229 East 13 Street, Manhattan, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/1004690049/229-east-13-street-manhattan).
BBL 1004690049 · BIN 1088211 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: high

- 1 open class-C HPD violation (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 28 apartments
- 1 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 7 active DOB violation(s)
- 1 OATH/ECB fine lost by default (unpaid)

Scale: low, moderate, high, severe. Set from open hazardous violations relative to building size, raised by distress signals (HPD's Alternative Enforcement Program, court harassment findings, evictions, unpaid OATH/ECB fines, open housing-court cases, a sold tax lien). It describes the public record, not any one apartment.

## Rent stabilization

Not on the rent-stabilized lists (DOF tax-bill records, DHCR building list). Absence is not proof a unit is unregulated.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 2008, 8 floors, 28 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

15 open (class C immediately hazardous: 1, class B hazardous: 2, class A non-hazardous: 12); 25 on record.
1 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.

## DOB building violations

7 active (1 issued in the last 3 years); 18 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

1 active of 13 on record; 1 decided by default; $6,250 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

0 in the last 12 months; 12 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (8), UNSANITARY CONDITION (2), SAFETY (1), WATER LEAK (1).

## Bedbugs

6 annual bedbug filings by the owner; latest reports 0 infested units.

## Evictions

0 executed in the last 3 years; 0 on record.

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

0 cases on record, 0 open, 0 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: VRBNIK REALTY LLC
- Agent: BERNIC MANAGEMENT LLC
- HeadOfficer: SLAVKO BERNIC
- Officer: JOHN BERNIC
- Shareholder: SLAVKO BERNIC
- SiteManager: KRISTJAN VUGA

The same owner is linked to 4 other buildings (SLAVKO BERNIC at 121 EAST 12TH STREET).

## Sources and limits

NYC Open Data (HPD, DOB, OATH/ECB, 311, DOF, PLUTO) and NYS DHCR building lists. This is a screening signal from public records, not legal advice; records lag and contain errors. Full interactive report with violation details and maps: https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/1004690049/229-east-13-street-manhattan