296 West 4 Street

Manhattan, NY

BBL 1-00623-0038BIN 1011352

Concern level3 of 4

High

019 open rent-impairing violation(s)
026 active DOB violation(s)
0358 open HPD 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.

Rent regulation

Likely rent-stabilized

The owner registered 6 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 10 apartments.

2018 — 6 units registered2023 — 6

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1903

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up 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.

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSIssued 2008-05-275+ YRS OLD

D26-11.01, 11.03, 11.05 ADM CODE REMOVE THE ACCUMULATION OF REFUSE AND/OR RUBBISH AND MAINTAIN IN A CLEAN CONDITION THE CELLAR THROUGHOUT.

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSIssued 2008-05-275+ YRS OLD

D26-11.01, 11.03, 11.05 ADM CODE REMOVE THE ACCUMULATION OF REFUSE AND/OR RUBBISH AND MAINTAIN IN A CLEAN CONDITION THE CELLAR THROUGHOUT.

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSIssued 2008-05-275+ YRS OLD

D26-10.01 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE CEILING PUBLIC HALL BULKHEAD.

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSIssued 2008-05-275+ YRS OLD

D26-10.01 ADM CODE ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF DISUSED PIGEON COOP ROOF AT REAR.

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Flooring/Stairs5

Paint/Plaster2

Plumbing1

Safety1

Water Leak1

311 complaints from tenants

Neighborhood noise

Much higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

1250

Noise reports · last 12 mo

104

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential429

Commercial308

Unspecified194

Street/Sidewalk146

Park139

Vehicle33

Helicopter1

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 noise

Neighborhood crime

About averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

267

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony119

Misdemeanor120

Violation28

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 3 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

ACTIVE · LBLVIO-LOW PRESSURE BOILER BOILER REQUIRED2023-04-25

VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2022 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION

ACTIVE · LANDMK-LANDMARK NONE2023-02-02

ACTIVE · LBLVIO-LOW PRESSURE BOILER BOILER REQUIRED2014-05-15

VIOLATION ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO FILE ANNUAL BOILER 2012 INSPECTION REPORT

DOB building violations

Evictions

No executed evictions on record for this building.

Evictions

Housing court

No HPD housing-court cases on record for this building.

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

298 W 4 STREET CORP

Head officer

DANIEL LAZAR

Managing agent

N/A

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

Landlord and related buildings

Unpaid city fines

No DOB/ECB violations on record for this building.

Unpaid city fines

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale1979-04-20 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2020-05-06 · $855,876.5

Mortgage2020-05-06$855,876.5

borrower 298 W. 4 STREET CORP. · lender DIME COMMUNITY BANK, THE DIME SAVINGS BANK OF WILLIAMSBURGH

Mortgage2016-10-28$2,129,285.21

borrower 298 W. 4 STREET CORP. · lender DIME COMMUNITY BANK

Mortgage2014-10-08$697,525.71

borrower 298 W. 4 STREET CORP. · lender THE DIME SAVINGS BANK OF WILLIAMSBURGH

Mortgage2012-05-17$268,652.5

borrower 298 W. 4 STREET CORP · lender THE DIME SAVINGS BANK

Mortgage2009-12-30$141,262.05

borrower 298 W. 4 STREET CORP. · lender THE DIME SAVINGS BANK OF WILLIAMSBURGH

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