No HPD housing-court cases on record for this building.
Evictions
No executed evictions on record for this building.
Unpaid city fines
No DOB/ECB violations on record for this building.
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.
Concern level3 of 4
High
014 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 4 apartments
023 of those issued in the last 3 years
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.
The building
1873
Built
5
Floors
16
Residential units
Walk-up apartments
Type
Rent regulation
Likely rent-stabilized
The owner registered 2 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 16 apartments.
19
20
21
22
23
2019 — 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.
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 C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 3Issued 2026-07-06
§ 27-2044, 2041.1 HMC: §238 MDL and 28 RCNY §25-171: REPLACE OR REPAIR THE SELF-CLOSING THE DOORS THAT IS MISSING OR DEFECTIVE HINGE IN THE ENTRANCE LOCATED AT APT 3, 2nd STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH
Status: Notice issued, not yet certified
CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt UNIT1Issued 2025-09-02
HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF ROACHES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT UNIT1, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST
Status: Notice issued, not yet certified
CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt UNIT1Issued 2025-09-02
HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF MICE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT UNIT1, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST
Status: Notice issued, not yet certified
CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2023-02-01
§ 27-2033 ADM CODE POST NOTICE, IN FORM APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT, STATING THE NAME AND LOCATION OF THE PERSON DESIGNATED BY THE OWNER TO HAVE KEY TO BUILDINGS HEATING SYSTEM SIGN MISSING AT PUBLIC HALL, 1st STORY
Status: Notice issued, not yet certified
Neighborhood noise
Much higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks
1377
Noise reports · last 12 mo
115
≈ per month
23
% from neighbors
Commercial478
Residential311
Street/Sidewalk297
Unspecified204
Vehicle84
Helicopter2
Park1
311 noise complaints within about 1,000 ft (a few blocks) in the last year. Most reports here are about outdoor noise (mostly commercial) — 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.
311 complaints from tenants
17
All time
6
Last 12 months
Unsanitary Condition8
Door/Window3
General2
Plumbing2
Electric1
Heat/Hot Water1
Door/WindowDoor2026-10-04 · closed
GeneralBell/Buzzer/Intercom2026-10-04 · closed
Door/WindowDoor2026-07-01 · 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.
Bedbug history
No bedbugs reported
The owner filed 7 annual bedbug reports and reported no infested units. Filing with zero infestations is the compliant, reassuring case.
Neighborhood crime
Much higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks
718
NYPD reports · last 12 mo
60
≈ per month
Felony261
Misdemeanor419
Violation38
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.
Ownership & money
Speculation watch
·Changed hands in 2026 — new owners sometimes move to raise rents or deregulate units
A pattern, not a prediction — many transfers are ordinary or between related companies.
4
Recorded sales
4
Mortgages / refinances
Last recorded sale2026-01-13 · $18,000,000
Most recent mortgage2026-01-13 · $1,500,000
Sale2026-01-13$18,000,000
159-161 PRINCE OWNERS LLC → MEO 159-161 PRINCE ST LLC
Mortgage2026-01-13$1,500,000
borrower MEO 159-61 PRINCE ST LLC · lender DCC REMMCF ORIGINATOR, LLC
Mortgage2026-01-13$300,000
borrower MEO 159-61 PRINCE ST LLC · lender DCC REMMCF ORIGINATOR, LLC
Sale2014-07-31$14,100,000
159 PRINCE STREET ASSOCIATES, LLC → 159-161 PRINCE OWNERS LLC
Mortgage2014-07-31$19,592,000.87
borrower 159-161 PRINCE OWNERS LLC · lender BANQUE J. SAFRA SARASIN (LUXEMBOURG) SA
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.
Landlord and related buildings
Registered owner
MEO 159-161 Prince
Head officer
Nurul Ahia
Managing agent
Tristar Management Associates LLC
71 other buildings share this owner's registration contacts. Shared contacts suggest common control, but they are not proof of ownership.