521 West Street

Manhattan, NY

BBL 1-00643-0001BIN 1012154Plain-text version

Concern level2 of 4

Moderate

011 active DOB violation(s)
022 evictions executed 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 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 5 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 318 apartments.

2018 — 6 units registered2023 — 5

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

1930

Built

Floors

318

Residential units

Elevator apartments

Type

Energy-efficiency grade

Grade C — below average

ENERGY STAR score 60 of 100

Posted at the entrance of buildings over 25,000 sq ft (Local Law 33). It rates energy efficiency — a proxy for comfort and utility cost — not the landlord's upkeep.

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building12 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. This tax lot has 2 buildings; these counts are for this building only.

No open HPD violations.

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Unsanitary Condition2

Heat/Hot Water1

Unsanitary ConditionMold2026-09-11 · closed

Heat/Hot WaterEntire Building2026-03-28 · closed

Unsanitary ConditionPests2024-10-07 · closed

Complaints record what a tenant reported, not a finding by the city. "Closed" often means the inspector could not gain access.

Neighborhood noise

Lower than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

156

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Unspecified52

Residential45

Commercial28

Street/Sidewalk28

Vehicle3

311 noise complaints within about 1,000 ft (a few blocks) in the last year. Most reports here are about outdoor noise (mostly unspecified) — 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

173

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony83

Misdemeanor70

Violation20

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

2024–20251 infested · 1 eradicated

2023–20240 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.

ACTIVE · LL1081-LOCAL LAW 10/81 - ELEVATOR ELEVATOROPTIONAL1997-01-13

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

2025-08-04Apt 505residential

2024-05-06Apt 009Gresidential

2019-11-07Apt 534residential

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

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

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.

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

95-97 HORATIO LLC

Head officer

KAMRAN ELGHANAYAN

Managing agent

TF CORNERSTONE INC

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

201 EAST 69 STREETMANHATTAN 201 PEARL STREETMANHATTAN 203 EAST 69 STREETMANHATTAN 220 WEST 26 STREETMANHATTAN 276 7 AVENUEMANHATTAN

Landlord and related buildings

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2005-04-14 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2024-12-02 · $65,100,000

Mortgage2024-12-02$65,100,000

borrower 95-97 HORATIO L.L.C. · lender WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

Mortgage2014-11-07$80,000,000

borrower 95-97 HORATIO L.L.C. · lender CAPITAL ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

Sale2005-04-14no recorded price

95 HORATIO L.L.C. → 95-97 HORATIO L.L.C.

Mortgage2005-04-14$50,906,012.04

borrower 95-97 HORATIO L.L.C. · lender MORGAN STANLEY MORTGAGE CAPITAL INC.

Mortgage1997-10-07$16,000,000

borrower 97 HORATIO L.L.C., 95 HORATIO L.L.C. · lender PRUDENTIAL INSURANCECOMPANY OF AMERICA

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.