245 West 23 Street

Manhattan, NY

BBL 1-00773-0012BIN 1076138Plain-text version

Concern level2 of 4

Moderate

011 open class-C HPD violation (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 151 apartments

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 5 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 151 apartments.

2018 — 5 units registered2023 — 5

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

1940

Built

Floors

151

Residential units

Elevator apartments

Type

Energy-efficiency grade

Grade D — least efficient

ENERGY STAR score 42 of 100

Posted at the entrance of buildings over 25,000 sq ft (Local Law 33). It rates energy efficiency — a proxy for comfort and utility cost — not the landlord's upkeep.

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. 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 4 buildings; these counts are for this building only.

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSIssued 1991-01-082 violations5+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE AND DEPT. RULES AND REGULATIONS. REMOVE THE ENCUMBRANCE OBSTRUCTING EGRESS FROM FIRE ESCAPES AIR CONDITION 3 STY BALCONY SOUTHWEST FIRE ESCAPE AT REAR YARD.
§ 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE AND DEPT. RULES AND REGULATIONS. REMOVE THE ENCUMBRANCE OBSTRUCTING EGRESS FROM FIRE ESCAPES AIR CONDITION 2 AND 5 STY BALCONY AT EAST BLDG AT FRONT EAST FIRE ESCAPE.

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

CLASS A · NON-HAZARDOUSIssued 2026-05-07

(A) § HMC:FILE ANNUAL BEDBUG REPORT IN ACCORDANCE WITH HPD RULE AS DESCRIBED ON THE BACK OF THIS NOTICE OF VIOLATION OR AS DESCRIBED ON HPDS WEBSITE, WWW.NYC.GOV\HPD, SEARCH BED BUGS.

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

General2

Paint/Plaster2

Plumbing2

Flooring/Stairs2

Heat/Hot Water2

Electric1

Appliance1

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

970

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential424

Unspecified240

Street/Sidewalk158

Commercial90

Vehicle35

Helicopter21

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

Higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

457

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony158

Misdemeanor248

Violation51

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

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

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.

ConstructionNon-Hazardous1988-06-27$0 penalty

OATH/ECB violations and fines

Evictions

Executed, all time

Last 3 years

2018-07-11—residential

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

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

CHELSEA GARDENS OWNERS CORP

Head officer

JOHN RYAN

Managing agent

RUDD MANAGEMENT, LLC

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

Landlord and related buildings

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale1981-04-10 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2020-04-23 · $560,032.11

Mortgage2020-04-23$560,032.11

borrower CHELSEA GARDENS OWNERS CORP · lender VALLEY NATIONAL BANK

Mortgage2015-05-27$1,706,399.5

borrower CHELSEA GARDENS OWNERS CORP. · lender VALLEY NATIONAL BANK

Mortgage2015-05-27$2,000,000

borrower CHELSEA GARDENS OWNERS CORP. · lender VALLEY NATIONAL BANK

Mortgage2010-11-22$1,148,767.18

borrower CHELSEA GARDENS OWNERS CORP. · lender VALLEY NATIONAL BANK

Mortgage2009-01-27$2,500,000

borrower CHELSEA GARDENS OWNERS CORP. · lender NATIONAL CONSUMER COOPERATIVE BANK D/B/A NCB

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