39 West 27 Street

Manhattan, NY

BBL 1-00829-0014BIN 1015679

Concern level2 of 4

Moderate

013 active DOB violation(s)
021 open HPD 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 71 stabilized units with New York State for 2023.

2018 — 71 units registered2023 — 71

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1891

Built

Floors

Energy-efficiency grade

Grade C — below average

ENERGY STAR score 64 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.

CLASS A · NON-HAZARDOUSIssued 2026-04-29

(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

Unsanitary Condition2

Unsanitary ConditionPests2024-08-07 · closed

Unsanitary ConditionPests2020-06-30 · 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

597

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential174

Commercial138

Unspecified116

Street/Sidewalk111

Vehicle54

Helicopter4

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

659

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony239

Misdemeanor349

Violation71

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 4 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 OPTIONAL2023-02-26

FAILURE TO MAINTAIN BUILDING IN CODE COMPLIANT MANNER, 1ST FLOOR OF STORAGE ROOM HAS SAGGING FLOOR WITH CRACKED FLOOR JOISTS.

ACTIVE · C-CONSTRUCTION OTHER OPTIONAL1990-12-13

ACTIVE · LL16-LOCAL LAW 16/84 - ELEVATOR ELEVATOROPTIONAL1988-12-12

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

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

Landlord and related buildings

Unpaid city fines

$2,500

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.

ConstructionClass 12026-10-06$2,500 due

Unpaid city fines

Ownership & money

Speculation watch

·Changed hands in 2026 — new owners sometimes move to raise rents or deregulate units

A pattern, not a prediction — many transfers are ordinary or between related companies.

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2026-02-27 · $27,225,000

Most recent mortgage2026-02-27 · $17,000,000

Sale2026-02-27$27,225,000

SENTON HOTEL WEST CORP. → STAYWAY HOLDING GROUP LLC

Mortgage2026-02-27$17,000,000

borrower STAYWAY HOLDING GROUP LLC · lender AMERASIA BANK

Mortgage1984-02-10$540,000

borrower SENTON HOTEL WEST CORP. · lender TALLINN REALTY CO.,INC.

Sale1984-02-06no recorded price

TALLINN REALTY CO.,INC. → SENTON HOTEL WEST CORP.

Mortgage1966-03-30no recorded price

borrower TALLINN REALTY CO INC · lender CONTRACT EQUIPMENT 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