20 Cornelia Street

Manhattan, NY

BBL 1-00589-0017BIN 1077818Plain-text version

Concern level1 of 4

Low

01No open hazardous violations found

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 3 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 16 apartments.

2018 — 4 units registered2023 — 3

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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The building

1871

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

Type

This building and the landlord's others

This building8 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.

No open HPD violations.

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water5

General1

GeneralBell/Buzzer/Intercom2026-02-12 · closed

Heat/Hot WaterEntire Building2022-12-24 · closed

Heat/Hot WaterEntire Building2022-03-10 · closed

311 complaints from tenants

Neighborhood noise

Much higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

1727

Noise reports · last 12 mo

144

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Street/Sidewalk641

Residential393

Commercial350

Unspecified193

Vehicle129

Park20

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

965

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony280

Misdemeanor628

Violation57

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 16 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

Executed, all time

Last 3 years

2022-06-10Apt 5residential

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 2006-02-03

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

20 PIERRE ASSOCIATES, LLC

Head officer

RICHARD MASON

Managing agent

URBAN ASSOCIATES LLC

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

14 7 AVENUE SOUTHMANHATTAN 140 WAVERLY PLACEMANHATTAN 19 WEST 69 STREETMANHATTAN 2054 BROADWAYMANHATTAN 208 WEST 23 STREETMANHATTAN

Landlord and related buildings

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2004-10-01 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2018-02-27 · $1,200,000

Mortgage2018-02-27$1,200,000

borrower 20 PIERRE ASSOCIATES, LLC · lender MANUFACTURERS AND TRADERS TRUST COMPANY

Sale2004-10-01no recorded price

SCHAPIRO, JOEL, JAKOBSON, PETER, JAKOBSON, JOHN, BRODSKY, NATHAN, TRUST U/W/O MILTON SCHAPIRO, TWENTY PIERRE ASSOCIATES → 20 PIERRE ASSOCIATES, LLC

Sale1979-02-27no recorded price

KELSON HOLDING CORP → TWENTY PIERRE ASSOCIATES

Sale1979-02-27no recorded price

TWENTY PIERRE ASSOCIATES → KELSON HOLDING CORP

Sale1975-01-27no recorded price

KELSON HOLDING CORP → TWENTY PIERRE ASSOCIATES

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