254 Elizabeth Street

Manhattan, NY

BBL 1-00507-0015BIN 1007856Plain-text version

Concern level2 of 4

Moderate

012 active DOB 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

Not on the rent-stabilized list

Not found in the DOF tax-bill records nor the 2024 DHCR registered building list. Absence isn't proof a unit is unregulated — buildings can be missing or newly deregulated.

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1900

Built

Floors

Residential units

Elevator apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building

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.

No open HPD violations.

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water3

Plumbing2

Unsanitary Condition1

Heat/Hot WaterApartment Only2026-05-15 · closed

PlumbingRadiator2023-01-23 · closed

Heat/Hot WaterEntire Building2023-01-23 · 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

1071

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Street/Sidewalk332

Residential286

Commercial277

Unspecified119

Vehicle54

Park2

Helicopter1

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

923

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony254

Misdemeanor555

Violation114

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.

ACTIVE · P-PLUMBING NONE2019-06-20

BOROUGH COMMISSIONER HAS ISSUED A NOTICE OF IMMEDIATE STOP WORK ORDER DUE TO THE APPLICANTS WITHDRAWAL ON APPLICATION # 140382057

ACTIVE · E-ELEVATOR ELEVATORREQUIRED1999-10-14

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

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.

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

KGS ELIZABETH LLC

Head officer

JACK STERNKLAR

Managing agent

BUCHBINDER & WARREN LLC

No other buildings found sharing this building's registered contact.

Landlord and related buildings

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2000-02-14 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2015-02-17 · $723,473.35

Mortgage2015-02-17$723,473.35

borrower KGS ELIZABETH LLC · lender JPMORGAN CHASE NA

Mortgage2011-01-27$56,825.45

borrower KGS ELIZABETH LLC · lender JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.

Mortgage2004-08-17$4,999,900

borrower KGS ELIZABETH ,LLC, · lender WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK,

Sale2000-02-14no recorded price

254 ELIZABETH CORP. → KGS ELIZABETH LLC

Mortgage1989-01-04$175,000

borrower 254 ELIZABETH ST CORP, 258 ELIZABETH ST CORP · lender CLINTON CAPITAL CORP

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