44 West 17 Street

Manhattan, NY

BBL 1-00818-0075BIN 1015404

Concern level2 of 4

Moderate

011 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

Not on the rent-stabilized list

Not found in the DOF tax-bill records nor the 2024 DHCR registered building list. Absence isn't proof a unit is unregulated — buildings can be missing or newly deregulated.

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1861

Built

Floors

Residential units

Mixed residential / commercial

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.

No open HPD violations.

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Unsanitary Condition1

Unsanitary ConditionPests2022-08-25 · 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

Higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

595

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Unspecified170

Commercial145

Street/Sidewalk134

Residential91

Vehicle55

311 noise complaints within about 1,000 ft (a few blocks) in the last year. Most reports here are about outdoor noise (mostly unspecified) — 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

1011

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony312

Misdemeanor661

Violation38

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 9 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

ACTIVE · C-CONSTRUCTION OTHER OPTIONAL2026-03-09

STRUCTURE RENDERED NON COMPLIANT OBSERVED RESTAURANT DOOR DAMAGED, FEN CE AT REAR OF BUILDING DAMAGED DUE TO FIRE AT 28 WEST 17TH STREET STRUCTURE MUST BE AMINTAIN IN CODE COMPLIANT MANNER

DOB building violations

Evictions

No executed evictions on record for this building.

Evictions

Housing court

No HPD housing-court cases on record for this building.

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

44 W 17 LLC

Head officer

JUDITH KINGMAN

Managing agent

KINGMAN MANAGMENT LLC

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

23 KING STREETMANHATTAN 313 WEST 17 STREETMANHATTAN 75 BARROW STREETMANHATTAN 81 PERRY STREETMANHATTAN

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 sale2003-12-17 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage1999-09-28 · $45,237.67

Sale2003-12-17no recorded price

KINGMAN, RICHARD → 44 W 17 LLC

Mortgage1999-09-28$45,237.67

borrower KINGMAN, RICHARD · lender QUEENS REALTY TRUST,INC.

Mortgage1995-10-25$480,000

borrower KINGMAN, RICHARD · lender STAMFORD FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK

Sale1986-12-24no recorded price

BIPPY-HIPPY, INC. → KINGMAN, RICHARD

Sale1971-03-12no recorded price

FLANDERS LAND CORP → BIPPY-HIPPY INC

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