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.
Landlord and related buildings
Registered owner
70 GROVE STREET LLC
Head officer
JONATHAN LIBOCK
Managing agent
Jonathan Libock
No other buildings found sharing this building's registered contact.
This building and the landlord's others
This building
Rent regulation
Likely rent-stabilized
The owner registered 2 stabilized units with New York State for 2020 — of about 7 apartments.
18
19
20
2018 — 2 units registered2020 — 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.
No 311 housing complaints on record for this building.
The building
1899
Built
5
Floors
7
Residential units
Walk-up apartments
Type
HPD housing-maintenance violations
4
Open now
63
On record
3
Open Class C
0
Open Class B
1
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.
CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2025-01-15
§ 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 AT OR NEAR MAILBOXES 1ST STORY PUBLIC HALL AND BOILER ROOM DOOR.
Status: Notice issued, not yet certified
CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 3FIssued 2025-01-15RENT-IMPAIRING
§ 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE REMOVE THE ILLEGAL FASTENING DOUBLE CYLINDER KEY OPERATED LOCK ENTRANCE DOOR TO 3 STY SOUTH APT 3F. , SECTION '' ''
Status: Notice issued, not yet certified
CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2025-01-15
D26-17.10 ADM CODE PROVIDE READY ACCESS TO BUILDING'S HEATING SYSTEM FRONT STREET TO CELLAR DOOR LOCKED.
Status: Notice issued, not yet certified
CLASS A · NON-HAZARDOUSIssued 2026-04-29
(A) § HMC:FILE ANNUAL BEDBUG REPORT IN ACCORDANCE WITH HPD RULE AS DESCRIBED ON THE BACK OF THIS NOTICE OF VIOLATION OR AS DESCRIBED ON HPDS WEBSITE, WWW.NYC.GOV\HPD, SEARCH BED BUGS.
Status: Notice issued, not yet certified
Bedbug history
No bedbugs reported
The owner filed 3 annual bedbug reports and reported no infested units. Filing with zero infestations is the compliant, reassuring case.
DOB building violations
0
Active
17
On record
0
Active, last 3 yrs
No active DOB violations.
Housing court
1
Cases on record
0
Open now
1
Tenant-brought
0
Harassment found
0
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 2006-07-24
Tenant action
Ownership & money
4
Recorded sales
2
Mortgages / refinances
Last recorded sale2004-07-13 · no recorded price
Most recent mortgage2006-11-13 · $200,000
Mortgage2006-11-13$200,000
borrower 70 GROVE STREET, LLC · lender WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Sale2004-07-13no recorded price
OLIVEIRA, ISABEL MARIA, OLIVEIRA, JOAO FERNANDO, LIBOCK, LINDA → 70 GROVE STREET LLC
Sale2002-10-01no recorded price
LINDA LIBOCK, AS EXECUTRIX OF THE ESTATE OF → LINDA LIBOCK, AS EXECUTRIX OF THE ESTATE OF
Sale2002-10-01no recorded price
LINDA LIBOCK, AS EXECUTRIX OF THE ESTATE OF → LIBOCK, LINDA, OLIVEIRA, JOAO FERNANDO, OLIVEIRA, ISABEL MARIA
Sale1978-06-09no recorded price
MORGENSTERN, JOSEPH → OLIVERIA, FERNANDO A
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.
Unpaid city fines
$0
Balance due (active)
0
Active violations
0
Lost by default
DOB violations adjudicated by OATH carry money penalties. "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.
Neighborhood noise
Much higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks
1418
Noise reports · last 12 mo
118
≈ per month
35
% from neighbors
Residential498
Street/Sidewalk299
Unspecified280
Commercial249
Vehicle72
Park20
311 noise complaints within about 1,000 ft (a few blocks) in the last year. Most reports here are about outdoor noise (mostly residential) — 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 crime
Much higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks
991
NYPD reports · last 12 mo
83
≈ per month
Felony303
Misdemeanor637
Violation51
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.
Evictions
No executed evictions on record for this building.
Concern level4 of 4
Severe
013 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 2 apartments
023 of those issued in the last 3 years
031 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 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.