219 West 20 Street

Manhattan, NY

BBL 1-00770-0029BIN 1014030

Concern level3 of 4

High

015 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 4 apartments
023 active DOB 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 DOB 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 3 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 20 apartments.

2018 — 3 units registered2023 — 3

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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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 building

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.

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 3ERIssued 1993-01-265+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2013 ADM CODE REMOVE OR COVER IN A MANNER APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT THE PEELING LEAD PAINT HEAT RISER IN BATHROOM 3 STY REAR EAST APT 3ER CONT 0083-116 ER1. , SECTION '' ''

Status: Defect letter issued

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 3ERIssued 1993-01-265+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2013 ADM CODE REMOVE OR COVER IN A MANNER APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT THE PEELING LEAD PAINT 2 ROOM FROM REAR NORTH WALL 3 STY REAR EAST APT 3ER MS LEEMETS 463-7333 CONT 0083-116 ER1 , SECTION '' ''

Status: Defect letter issued

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 3ERIssued 1993-01-265+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2013 ADM CODE REMOVE OR COVER IN A MANNER APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT THE PEELING LEAD PAINT 2 ROOM FROM REAR WEST WALL 3 STY REAR EAST APT 3ER CONT 0083-116 ER1. , SECTION '' ''

Status: Defect letter issued

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 3ERIssued 1993-01-265+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2013 ADM CODE REMOVE OR COVER IN A MANNER APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT THE PEELING LEAD PAINT KITCHEN SOUTH WALL NEAR SINK 3 STY REAR EAST APT 3ER CONT 0083-116 ER1. , SECTION '' ''

Status: Defect letter issued

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

No 311 housing complaints on record for this building.

311 complaints from tenants

Neighborhood noise

Much higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

986

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential480

Unspecified175

Commercial169

Street/Sidewalk118

Vehicle24

Helicopter17

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

418

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony144

Misdemeanor225

Violation49

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

2023–20240 infested · 0 eradicated

2022–20230 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

ACTIVE · C-CONSTRUCTION OTHER OPTIONAL2013-05-24

BORO-COMM HAS ISSUED AN IMMEDIATE STOP WORK ORDER FOR ALL WORK UNDER APPLICATION 110188038 DUE TO WITHDRAWAL OF PERMIT HOLDER. UNABLE TO DETERMINE % OF WORK COMPLETED REMEDY: STOP ALL WORK IMMEDIATELY & MAKE SITE SAFE. PROVIDE ALL RE- QUIRED INFORMATION TO BORO-COMM OFFICE FORTHWITH

ACTIVE · C-CONSTRUCTION OTHER OPTIONAL2010-01-18

ACTIVE · C-CONSTRUCTION OTHER OPTIONAL1994-07-07

DOB building violations

Evictions

No executed evictions on record for this building.

Evictions

Housing court

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 2010-09-16

Tenant action

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

219 WEST 20TH STREET CORPORATION

Head officer

JOESPH LENTINI

Managing agent

KINSEY EQUITIES LLC

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

Landlord and related buildings

Unpaid city fines

Balance due (active)

Active violations

Lost by default

DOB violations adjudicated by OATH carry money penalties. "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.

Unpaid city fines

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale1983-11-23 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2012-04-01 · $300,000

Mortgage2012-04-01$300,000

borrower 219 WEST 20TH STREET CORP. · lender LENTINI, WILLIAM V

Mortgage1983-12-07$88,824

borrower 219 W 20 STREET CORP. · lender FOUR H. REALTY CORP.

Sale1983-11-23no recorded price

FOUR H. REALTY CORP → 219 W 20 STREET CORP.

Mortgage1983-06-22$19,000

borrower FOUR H. REALTY CORP. · lender GORDON, GEORGE

Mortgage1982-10-01$110,000

borrower FOUR H. REALTY CORP. · lender CLINTON CAPITAL CORP.

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