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.
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The owner registered 5 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 20 apartments.
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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.
The owner filed 9 annual bedbug reports and reported no infested units. Filing with zero infestations is the compliant, reassuring case.
DOB building violations
OATH/ECB violations and fines
Evictions
No marshal-executed evictions on record for this building. Eviction cases filed in court but not carried out aren't included.
Housing court
Landlord and related buildings
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.
HPD housing-maintenance violations
3
Open now
19
On record
0
Open Class C
2
Open Class B
1
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.
CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 2 EIssued 2000-01-212 violations5+ YRS OLD
SECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE REPLACE WITH NEW THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE FAUCET ASSEMBLY AT SINK IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 2 E, 2nd STORY, APARTMENT AT SOUTHEAST
SECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE CENTER WINDOW LOWER SASH IN THE 1st ROOM FROM SOUTH LOCATED AT APT 2 E, 2nd STORY, APARTMENT AT SOUTHEAST
Status: Notice issued, not yet certified
CLASS A · NON-HAZARDOUSApt 2 EIssued 2000-01-215+ YRS OLD
SECTION 27-2013 ADM CODE PAINT WITH LIGHT COLORED PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT DOOR FRAME IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 2 E, 2nd STORY, APARTMENT AT SOUTHEAST
Complaints record what a tenant reported, not a finding by the city. "Closed" often means the inspector could not gain access.
Neighborhood noise
Higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks
829
Noise reports · last 12 mo
69
≈ per month
19
% from neighbors
Commercial212
Unspecified196
Street/Sidewalk167
Residential160
Vehicle41
Park35
Helicopter18
311 noise complaints within about 1,000 ft (a few blocks) in the last year. Most reports here are about outdoor noise (mostly commercial) — 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 crime
Much higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks
1034
NYPD reports · last 12 mo
86
≈ per month
Felony230
Misdemeanor769
Violation35
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.
DOB building violations
3
Active
20
On record
0
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 · LANDMK-LANDMARK NONE1997-07-21
ACTIVE · E-ELEVATOR ELEVATORREQUIRED1993-06-16
ACTIVE · E-ELEVATOR ELEVATORREQUIRED1992-09-16
OATH/ECB violations and fines
$0
Balance due (active)
0
Active violations
0
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.
Housing court: repair & harassment cases
2
Cases on record
0
Open now
2
Tenant-brought
0
Harassment found
0
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 2015-12-29
Heat / hot water
CLOSEDOpened 2008-05-07
Tenant action
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.
Landlord and related buildings
Registered owner
TRES TWO LLC
Head officer
JONATHAN WERTENTEIL
Managing agent
MATEL REALTY LLC
26 other buildings share this owner's registration contacts. Shared contacts suggest common control, but they are not proof of ownership.
Most recent mortgage1978-11-06 · no recorded price
Sale1996-01-01no recorded price
WERTENTEIL, ESTHER, WERTEINTEIL, JACK, BLAUSTEIN, HARRY, RUBIN, SARA → TRES TWO LLC
Sale1978-11-06no recorded price
ONE FIFTY FOUR REALTY → 22 EAST 13TH ST REALTY
Mortgage1978-11-06no recorded price
borrower 22 EAST 13TH ST REALTY · lender ONE FIFTY FOUR REALTY
Sale1978-11-06no recorded price
22 EAST 13TH ST REALTY → WERTENEIL, ESTHER, WERLENEIL, JACK, BLAUSTEIN, HARRY, RUBIN, SARA
Sale1974-05-31no recorded price
213 MADISON JEFFERSON → ONE FIFTY FOUR REALTY
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.