251 West 15 Street

Manhattan, NY

BBL 1-00765-0010BIN 1013760Plain-text version

Concern level2 of 4

Moderate

012 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 15 apartments
022 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 10 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 29 apartments.

2018 — 10 units registered2023 — 10

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1928

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

138

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 C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 16Issued 2013-05-095+ YRS OLDRENT-IMPAIRING

§ 27-2070 ADM CODE PROVIDE AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF GAS TO THE FIXTURES RANGE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 16, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 24Issued 2013-04-245+ YRS OLDRENT-IMPAIRING

§ 27-2070 ADM CODE PROVIDE AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF GAS TO THE FIXTURES AT GAS RANGE IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 24, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 11Issued 2007-08-075+ YRS OLD

§ 300, 301, 302, M/D LAW FILE PLANS AND OBTAIN A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY TO LEGALIZE THE FOLLOWING ALTERATION OR RESTORE PREMISES TO PRIOR LEGAL CONDITION BATHROOM CREATED WITH WASHBASIN , WATER CLOSET AND TUB. IN THE ROOM LOCATED AT B-ROOM 11, 1st STORY, B-ROOM AT WEST

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

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water19

Unsanitary Condition5

Water Leak1

Water LeakSlow Leak2026-08-07 · closed

Unsanitary ConditionPests2026-08-07 · closed

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

763

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential210

Commercial190

Unspecified155

Street/Sidewalk143

Vehicle37

Park25

Helicopter3

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

Much higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

632

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony197

Misdemeanor372

Violation63

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 8 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.

HPDNon-Hazardous2001-12-04$400 penalty

HPDNon-Hazardous2001-11-21$800 penalty

ConstructionNon-Hazardous2001-03-03$130 penalty

OATH/ECB violations and fines

Evictions

Executed, all time

Last 3 years

2023-01-26Apt 10residential

2022-07-06Apt 9residential

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 2014-03-11

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2013-07-08

Heat / hot water

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

CHELSEA 251 LLC

Head officer

NATHANIEL RAHAV

Managing agent

CHELSMORE UNIVERSAL INC

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

Landlord and related buildings

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2000-05-17 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2022-06-06 · $6,395,324.26

Mortgage2022-06-06$6,395,324.26

borrower PR30, LLC, PR29 LLC, CHELSEA 251 LLC, CHELSEA 140 LLC, PR 15 LLC, CHELSEA 139, LLC, 78 WASHINGTON PLACE LLC · lender SIGNAUTRE BANK

Mortgage2013-05-23$13,063,224.44

borrower PR30, LLC, CHELSEA 140, LLC, PR 15 LLC, PR 29 LLC, 78 WASHINGTON PLACE LLC, CHELSEA 251, LLC, CHELSEA 139, LLC · lender ARCHETYPE MORTGAGE CAPITAL LLC

Mortgage2004-09-23$1,293,000

borrower CHELSEA 251 LLC · lender CITIBANK, N.A.

Sale2000-05-17no recorded price

SOLTAR REAL ESTATE LLC → CHELSEA 251 LLC

Sale1987-10-15no recorded price

TARLOW, SOLOMON → SOLTAR REAL ESTATE INC.

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