523 Hudson Street

Manhattan, NY

BBL 1-00631-0046BIN 1078243Plain-text version

Concern level3 of 4

High

017 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 13 apartments
023 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 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 28 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 90 apartments.

2018 — 33 units registered2023 — 28

J-51 tax benefit

Rent stabilization here may be tied to a tax benefit and can end when the benefit expires.

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.

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Rent regulation

The building

1889

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building5 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. HPD writes a separate violation for each room or spot, so one inspection can produce several near-identical entries; those are grouped below by apartment and date. This tax lot has 4 buildings; these counts are for this building only.

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 4FSIssued 2017-12-204 violations5+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2045 ADM CODE REPAIR OR REPLACE THE SMOKE DETECTOR MISSING. LOCATED AT APT 4FS, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH
§ 27-2046.1 HMC: REPAIR OR REPLACE THE CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTING DEVICE(S). MISSING. LOCATED AT APT 4FS, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH

2 more from the same inspection

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR AT CEILING. IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 4FS, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH
§ 27-2026, 2027 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE EVIDENCE OF A WATER LEAK AT CEILING. IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 4FS, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH

Status: HPD couldn't get in to re-inspect

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 4FSIssued 2017-08-075 violations5+ YRS OLDRENT-IMPAIRING

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE WOOD CABINET IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 4FS, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST
§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR THE WALLS AND CEILING IN THE 1st ROOM FROM EAST LOCATED AT APT 4FS, 4th STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST

3 more from the same inspection

§ 27-2026 ADM CODE REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE SINK IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 4FS, 4th STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST
§ 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE SINK CABINET IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 4FS, 4th STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST
§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPLACE WITH NEW THE MISSING WASH BASIN IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 4FS, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST

Status: HPD couldn't get in to re-inspect

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 4FSIssued 2013-10-154 violations5+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE LOCK AT DOOR IN THE ENTRANCE LOCATED AT APT 4FS, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH
§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR SOUTH WALL IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 4FS, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH

2 more from the same inspection

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR NORTH AND WEST WALL IN THE 1st ROOM FROM EAST LOCATED AT APT 4FS, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH
§ 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE WOOD FLOOR IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 4FS, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH

Status: HPD couldn't get in to re-inspect

CLASS A · NON-HAZARDOUSIssued 2018-08-075+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2014 ADM CODE AND DEPT. RULES AND REGULATIONS. SCRAPE AND REMOVE RUST SCALES AND PAINT WITH 2 COATS OF PAINT ALL STORIES AND BALCONYS AT BUILDING FRONT FIRE ESCAPE.

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Unsanitary Condition12

Flooring/Stairs5

General5

Appliance2

Heat/Hot Water2

Plumbing2

Safety1

Paint/Plaster1

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

1177

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential366

Unspecified295

Commercial228

Street/Sidewalk181

Vehicle88

Park11

Helicopter8

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

Higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

369

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony145

Misdemeanor191

Violation33

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

Infested, latest filing

Annual filings

2024–20250 infested · 0 eradicated

Self-reported by the owner for the year ending each filing. Counts are building-wide and do not say which apartment was affected.

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

2017-02-03Apt GROUND FLcommercial

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 2021-06-07

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2013-09-20

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2012-10-03

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2007-04-19

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

HUDSON STREET EQUITIES GROUP LP

Head officer

FRANCIS GREENBURGER

Managing agent

TIME EQUITIES INC

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

230 THOMPSON STREETMANHATTAN 2552 BROADWAYMANHATTAN 41 JOHN STREETMANHATTAN 494 AMSTERDAM AVENUEMANHATTAN 9 DUTCH STREETMANHATTAN

Landlord and related buildings

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2017-02-17 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2017-02-17 · $12,200,000

Sale2017-02-17no recorded price

HUDSON STREET OWNER EQUITIES LLC → HUDSON STREET EQUITIES GROUP, LP

Mortgage2017-02-17$12,200,000

borrower HUDSON STREET EQUITIES GROUP L.P. · lender SIGNATURE BANK

Sale2007-07-25no recorded price

HUDSON STREET EQUITIES GROUP L.P. → HUDSON STREET OWNER EQUITIES LLC

Mortgage2007-07-25$10,826,721.96

borrower HUDSON STREET OWNER EQUITIES LLC · lender UBS REAL ESTATE SECURITIES INC.

Mortgage2002-07-24$2,000,000

borrower HUDSON STREET EQUITIES GROUP, HUDSON STREET EQUITIES GROUP, L.P. · lender MANUFACTURERS AND TRADERS TRUST CO

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