# 216 7 Avenue, Manhattan, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/1007720045/216-7-avenue-manhattan).
BBL 1007720045 · BIN 1078606 · Generated 2026-10-31

## Concern level: high

- 8 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 5 apartments
- 8 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 6 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 4 active DOB violation(s)
- 1 eviction executed in the last 3 years

Scale: low, moderate, high, severe. Set from open hazardous violations relative to building size, raised by distress signals (HPD's Alternative Enforcement Program, court harassment findings, evictions, unpaid OATH/ECB fines, open housing-court cases, a sold tax lien). It describes the public record, not any one apartment.

## Rent stabilization

Likely rent-stabilized. The owner registered 40 stabilized units for 2018, of about 40 apartments.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1890, 6 floors, 40 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

20 open (class C immediately hazardous: 8, class B hazardous: 10, class A non-hazardous: 2); 69 on record.
8 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
6 open violations are rent-impairing.
This tax lot has 2 buildings; these counts are for this building only.

## DOB building violations

4 active (0 issued in the last 3 years); 15 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

1 active of 12 on record; 0 decided by default; $1,250 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

15 in the last 12 months; 103 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (60), GENERAL (22), UNSANITARY CONDITION (13), ELECTRIC (2), SAFETY (1).

## Bedbugs

11 annual bedbug filings by the owner; latest reports 0 infested units.

## Evictions

1 executed in the last 3 years; 1 on record.

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

1 cases on record, 0 open, 1 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: 216 REALTY ASSOCIATES LLC
- Agent: LEONARD SCHWARTZ
- HeadOfficer: LEONARD SCHWARTZ
- Shareholder: LEONARD SCHWARTZ

The same owner is linked to 8 other buildings (LEONARD SCHWARTZ at 5312 NEW UTRECHT AVENUE).

## Sources and limits

NYC Open Data (HPD, DOB, OATH/ECB, 311, DOF, PLUTO) and NYS DHCR building lists. This is a screening signal from public records, not legal advice; records lag and contain errors. Full interactive report with violation details and maps: https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/1007720045/216-7-avenue-manhattan