151 East 38 Street

Manhattan, NY

BBL 1-00894-0038BIN 1019143Plain-text version

Concern level1 of 4

Low

013 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 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 1 stabilized unit with New York State for 2019 — of about 11 apartments.

2018 — 3 units registered2019 — 1

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1920

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building25 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. 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 · HAZARDOUSIssued 2007-09-122 violations5+ YRS OLD

SECTION 27-2050 ADM CODE PROVIDE 3 EXTRA SPRINKLER HEADS AND SUITABLE WRENCH FOR EMERGENCY PURPOSES AT O.S.Y. VALVE OF SPRINKLER IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THIS DEPARTMENT AT CELLAR.
SECTION 27-2040 ADM CODE PROVIDE ADEQUATE LIGHTING AT OR NEAR THE OUTSIDE OF THE FRONT ENTRANCEWAY OF THE BUILDING AND KEEP SAME BURNING FROM SUNSET EVERY DAY TO SUNRISE ON THE DAY FOLLOWING 100 WATTS MINIMUM

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS A · NON-HAZARDOUSIssued 2007-09-125+ YRS OLD

SECTION 27-2050 ADM CODE MAINTAIN ON THE PREMISES A COPY OF THE SPRINKLER TEST FOR THE CURRENT YEAR.

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water1

Heat/Hot WaterApartment Only2022-03-01 · 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

672

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Unspecified194

Residential192

Vehicle129

Commercial86

Street/Sidewalk70

Helicopter1

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

About averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

261

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony97

Misdemeanor120

Violation44

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 7 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

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

No OATH/ECB violations on record for this building.

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.

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

PR 151 EAST 38 LLC

Head officer

NATHANIEL RAHAV

Managing agent

CHELSMORE UNIVERSAL INC

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

137 WEST 15 STREETMANHATTAN 139 WEST 14 STREETMANHATTAN 139 WEST 15 STREETMANHATTAN 140 WEST 15 STREETMANHATTAN 141 WEST 15 STREETMANHATTAN

Landlord and related buildings

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2016-12-05 · $6,052,000

Most recent mortgage2016-12-05 · $2,900,000

Sale2016-12-05$6,052,000

151 EAST 38 STREET, LLC → PR 151 EAST 38 LLC

Mortgage2016-12-05$2,900,000

borrower PR 151 EAST 38 LLC · lender SIGNATURE BANK

Sale1999-09-17no recorded price

MCCONVILLE, DOROTHYH. U/A, CHASE MANHATTAN BANKAS TRUSTEE, PRANZO, GENE M. AS TRUSTEE, TALFORD, DORIS K. F/B/O → 151 EAST 38 STREET LLC

Mortgage1982-11-04$234,938.22

borrower MCCONVILLE, DOROTHYH. · lender MAZZELLA, ANNE J.

Sale1982-11-01no recorded price

MAZZELLA, ANNE J. → MC CONVILLE, DOROTHYH.

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