456 9 Avenue

Manhattan, NY

BBL 1-00759-0001BIN 1082251Plain-text version

Concern level3 of 4

High

016 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 11 apartments
022 of those issued 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 25 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 67 apartments.

2018 — 26 units registered2023 — 25

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1910

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building31 others linked to the same owner

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

120

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 8 buildings; these counts are for this building only.

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 9Issued 2021-01-252 violations5+ YRS OLD

HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF ROACHES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 9, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH
HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF MICE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 9, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

149

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water55

Unsanitary Condition32

Plumbing19

Door/Window13

Flooring/Stairs9

Paint/Plaster8

Water Leak7

General2

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

Higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

916

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Unspecified394

Residential190

Street/Sidewalk159

Commercial140

Vehicle31

Park1

Helicopter1

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

Much higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

1198

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

100

≈ per month

Felony427

Misdemeanor684

Violation87

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 50 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

No marshal-executed evictions on record for this building. Eviction cases filed in court but not carried out aren't included.

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 2014-03-27

Heat / hot water

CLOSEDOpened 2013-07-09

Access Warrant - Non-Lead

CLOSEDOpened 2007-11-26

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

WESTFRONT ASSOCIATES LLC

Head officer

SCOTT BERMAN

Managing agent

WESTFRONT ASSOCIATES LLC

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

1430 3 AVENUEMANHATTAN 1697 AMSTERDAM AVENUEMANHATTAN 1709 AMSTERDAM AVENUEMANHATTAN 2018 5 AVENUEMANHATTAN 2090 AMSTERDAM AVENUEMANHATTAN

Landlord and related buildings

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2004-12-07 · $22,000,000

Most recent mortgage2018-09-17 · $2,682,459.08

Mortgage2018-09-17$2,682,459.08

borrower WESTFRONT ASSOCIATES LLC · lender NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK

Mortgage2015-08-05$4,908,390

borrower WESTFRONT ASSOCIATES LLC · lender NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK

Mortgage2013-03-21$5,290,179.82

borrower WESTFRONT ASSOCIATES LLC · lender NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK

Mortgage2008-07-21$4,000,000.66

borrower WESTFRONT ASSOCIATES LLC · lender THE DIME SAVINGS BANK OF WILLIALMSBURGH

Sale2004-12-07$22,000,000

450 NINTH AVENUE, LLC → WESTFRONT ASSOCIATES LLC

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