223 West 20 Street

Manhattan, NY

BBL 1-00770-0027BIN 1014028Plain-text version

Concern level3 of 4

High

012 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 5 apartments
022 of those issued in the last 3 years
031 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 7 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 10 apartments.

2018 — 5 units registered2023 — 7

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

1901

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building4 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.

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 4BIssued 2024-09-092 violationsRENT-IMPAIRING

§ 27-2005, 27-2007, 27-2041.1 HMC, §238, § 309; § 107 (2) ( C) MDL AND 28 RCNY §25-171: REPLACE OR REPAIR THE SELF-CLOSING DOORS THAT IS MISSING OR DEFECTIVE HINGE IN THE ENTRANCE LOCATED AT APT 4B, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH
§ 27-2070 ADM CODE PROVIDE AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF GAS TO THE FIXTURES AT RANGE IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 4B, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 4BIssued 2024-09-093 violations

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

1 more from the same inspection

§ 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE HINGE AT DOOR IN THE ENTRANCE LOCATED AT APT 4B, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS A · NON-HAZARDOUSIssued 2024-09-09

§ 27-2014 ADM CODE AND DEPT. RULES AND REGULATIONS. SCRAPE AND REMOVE RUST SCALES AND PAINT WITH 2 COATS OF PAINT ALL STORIES, BALCONIES, STEPS, LADDERS, AND RAILS, AT NORTH BUILDING REAR AT FIRE ESCAPE

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Appliance1

General1

Heat/Hot Water1

Paint/Plaster1

Unsanitary Condition1

Heat/Hot WaterEntire Building2026-01-30 · closed

GeneralCooking Gas2024-09-01 · closed

ApplianceElectric/Gas Range2024-08-27 · 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

Much higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

1035

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential517

Unspecified176

Commercial166

Street/Sidewalk129

Vehicle25

Helicopter19

House of Worship2

Park1

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

403

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony137

Misdemeanor216

Violation50

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 7 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

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.

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

223 WEST 20 MB LLC

Head officer

MICHAEL BESEN

Managing agent

NYC MGMT LLC

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

118 ST MARKS PLACEMANHATTAN 2181 3 AVENUEMANHATTAN 344 WEST 47 STREETMANHATTAN 374 7 STREETBROOKLYN

Landlord and related buildings

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2021-06-10 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2014-02-24 · $1,200,000

Sale2021-06-10no recorded price

223 WEST 20 LLC → 223 WEST 20 MB LLC, 223 WEST 20 MB INVESTOR LLC

Mortgage2014-02-24$1,200,000

borrower 223 WEST 20 LLC · lender ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION

Mortgage2004-06-14$400,663.14

borrower 223 WEST 20 LLC · lender INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK

Mortgage1999-08-13$250,000

borrower 223 WEST 20 LLC · lender DIME SAVINGS BANK OFWILLIAMSBURGH

Sale1996-04-11no recorded price

NEW YORK PROPERTY HOLDING CORPORATION → 223 WEST 20 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