239 Rear Mulberry Street

Manhattan, NY

BBL 1-00495-0031BIN 1077760Plain-text version

Concern level3 of 4

High

013 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 5 apartments
022 open rent-impairing 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 5 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 16 apartments.

2018 — 11 units registered2023 — 5

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1910

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building51 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. This tax lot has 2 buildings; these counts are for this building only.

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2022-01-20

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE & 309 M/D LAW ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF WOOD PANEL AT SOUTH WALL AT PUBLIC HALL, 1st STORY

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Paint/Plaster8

Unsanitary Condition7

Water Leak5

Heat/Hot Water4

Appliance1

Electric1

Door/Window1

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

1266

Noise reports · last 12 mo

106

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Street/Sidewalk379

Commercial338

Residential297

Unspecified158

Vehicle93

Park1

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

Much higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

1133

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony341

Misdemeanor687

Violation105

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 17 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

No OATH/ECB violations on record for this building.

OATH/ECB violations and fines

Evictions

Executed, all time

Last 3 years

2017-03-21Apt 9residential

Executed by a city marshal. An eviction can be lawful; a high or rising count is a displacement signal, not proof of wrongdoing.

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 2015-08-03

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

OR 239 MULBERRY LLC

Head officer

MARLA SIEGEL

Managing agent

JAIR GUTIERREZ

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

1 PATCHIN PLACEMANHATTAN 10 PATCHIN PLACEMANHATTAN 107 EAST 2 STREETMANHATTAN 109 EAST 2 STREETMANHATTAN 113 WEST 10 STREETMANHATTAN

Landlord and related buildings

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2022-04-07 · $9,613,000

Most recent mortgage2018-09-20 · $346,348.86

Sale2022-04-07$9,613,000

239 MULBERRY LLC → OR 239 MULBERRY, LLC

Mortgage2018-09-20$346,348.86

borrower 239 MULBERRY LLC · lender NEW YORK COMMERCIAL BANK

Mortgage2015-09-29$4,137,499.83

borrower 239 MULBERRY LLC · lender SIGNATURE BANK

Mortgage2012-09-14$2,200,000

borrower 239 MULBERRY LLC · lender PEOPLE'S UNITED BANK

Sale2012-09-12$4,600,000

Y.F. FAMILY VENTURES, LLC → 239 MULBERRY 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