120 East 37 Street

Manhattan, NY

BBL 1-00892-0073BIN 1018985

Concern level2 of 4

Moderate

011 open rent-impairing violation(s)
021 active DOB violation(s)
034 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 3 stabilized units with New York State for 2019.

2018 — 3 units registered2019 — 3

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

This building and the landlord's others

This building61 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.

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 4RIssued 2008-04-255+ YRS OLD

SECTION 27-2046.1, 2046.2 HMC: PROVIDE AN APPROVED AND OPERATIONAL CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTING DEVICE, INSTALLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE LAW AND RULES. IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 4R, 5th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 4RIssued 2008-02-015+ YRS OLD

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 4RIssued 2008-02-015+ YRS OLD

SECTION 27-2045 ADM CODE REPAIR OR REPLACE THE SMOKE DETECTOR MISSING IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 4R, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSIssued 2000-10-045+ YRS OLDRENT-IMPAIRING

SECTION 27-2050 ADM CODE SEAL IN OPEN POSITION THE O.S.Y. VALVE OF THE SPRINKLER SYSTEM IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THIS DEPARTMENT , AT CELLAR

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

No 311 housing complaints on record for this building.

311 complaints from tenants

Neighborhood crime

Bedbug history

No bedbugs reported

The owner filed 3 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 OPTIONAL1993-02-26

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

120 37th Owner LLC

Head officer

Alex Kaskel

Managing agent

Apex Management Group

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

101 GREENPOINT AVENUEBROOKLYN 111 HURON STREETBROOKLYN 131 GREENPOINT AVENUEBROOKLYN 149 AINSLIE STREETBROOKLYN 154 ATLANTIC AVENUEBROOKLYN

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

Speculation watch

·Changed hands in 2024 — 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 sale2024-03-15 · $4,250,000

Most recent mortgage2024-03-15 · $3,000,000

Sale2024-03-15$4,250,000

DJF MANAGEMENT, LLC → 120 37TH OWNER LLC

Mortgage2024-03-15$3,000,000

borrower 120 37TH OWNER LLC · lender DJF MANAGEMENT, LLC

Sale2009-10-09no recorded price

FLEISHAKER, DONALD J → DJF MANAGEMENT LLC

Mortgage2000-12-21$350,000

borrower FLEISHAKER, DONALD J. · lender INTERBANK OF NEW YROK

Mortgage1982-05-14$176,680.7

borrower FLEISHAKER, DONALD J. · lender URBANO, GEORGIA M., URBANO, NATALIE M., URBANO, PAULA J., URBANO, ARMAND P., DWYER, GLORIA

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