216 7 Avenue

Manhattan, NY

BBL 1-00772-0045BIN 1078606Plain-text version

Concern level3 of 4

High

018 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 5 apartments
028 of those issued in the last 3 years
036 open rent-impairing violation(s)
044 active DOB violation(s)
051 eviction 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 40 stabilized units with New York State for 2018 — essentially all of the building's 40 apartments.

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

1890

Built

Floors

Residential units

Elevator apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building8 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. This tax lot has 2 buildings; these counts are for this building only.

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 3AIssued 2024-11-27

§ 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE RADIATOR IN THE 1st ROOM FROM EAST LOCATED AT APT 3A, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 3AIssued 2024-11-142 violations

§ 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE REMOVE DEVICE PREVENTING DOOR FROM BEING SELF-CLOSING DOOR SWEEP AT DOOR IN THE ENTRANCE LOCATED AT APT 3A, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST
§ 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 HINGES IN THE ENTRANCE LOCATED AT APT 3A, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 3AIssued 2024-11-072 violationsRENT-IMPAIRING

§ 27-2031 ADM CODE PROVIDE HOT WATER AT ALL HOT WATER FIXTURES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 3A, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST
§ 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 HINGES IN THE ENTRANCE LOCATED AT APT 3A, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 3HIssued 2024-10-30RENT-IMPAIRING

§ 27-2031 ADM CODE PROVIDE HOT WATER AT ALL HOT WATER FIXTURES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 3H, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST

Status: Certification rejected by HPD

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

101

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water60

General22

Unsanitary Condition11

Electric2

Safety1

Appliance1

Water Leak1

Door/Window1

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

1068

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential531

Unspecified219

Street/Sidewalk157

Commercial110

Vehicle28

Helicopter18

Park3

House of Worship2

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

617

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony195

Misdemeanor346

Violation76

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 11 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.

ACTIVE · ACC1-(OTHER BLDGS TYPES) - ELEVATOR AFFIRMATION OF CORRECTION ELEVATORREQUIRED2017-01-03

VIO ISSUED TO ELEVATOR - FAIL TO CORRECT DEFECTS ON 2015 CAT 1 INSP/TST

ACTIVE · B-BOILER BOILER OPTIONAL1998-04-22

ACTIVE · E-ELEVATOR ELEVATORREQUIRED1997-01-13

DOB building violations

OATH/ECB violations and fines

$1,250

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.

ConstructionClass 22026-10-09$1,250 due

OATH/ECB violations and fines

Evictions

Executed, all time

Last 3 years

2025-05-13Apt 2Hresidential

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 2024-10-28

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

216 REALTY ASSOCIATES LLC

Head officer

LEONARD SCHWARTZ

Managing agent

LEONARD SCHWARTZ

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

2013 52 STREETBROOKLYN 2151 OCEAN AVENUEBROOKLYN 2155 OCEAN AVENUEBROOKLYN 229 WEST 26 STREETMANHATTAN 2626 KINGS HIGHWAYBROOKLYN

Landlord and related buildings

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2000-06-29 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2026-06-15 · $85,000

Mortgage2026-06-15$85,000

borrower 216 REALTY ASSOCIATES LLC · lender JPMORGAN CHASE BANK

Mortgage2016-12-06$491,069.41

borrower 216 REALTY ASSOCIATES LLC · lender JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.

Mortgage2012-11-27$278,442.84

borrower 216 REALTY ASSOCIATES LLC · lender JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.

Mortgage2010-08-30$1,374,565.53

borrower 216 REALTY ASSOCIATES LLC · lender JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.

Mortgage2010-08-30$4,275,000

borrower 216 REALTY ASSOCIATES LLC · lender JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.

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