240 East 21 Street

Manhattan, NY

BBL 1-00901-0038BIN 1019623Plain-text version

Concern level1 of 4

Low

014 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 3 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 24 apartments.

2018 — 1 units registered2023 — 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

1920

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building34 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 · HAZARDOUSApt 1FEIssued 2026-09-032 violations

§ 27-2045(B)(1)(B) HMC, § 12-06, § 12-07, § 12-09 RCNY REPAIR, REPLACE OR PROVIDE AN APPROVED AND OPERATIONAL CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTING DEVICE, INSTALLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE LAW AND RULES MISSING IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 1FE, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST
§ 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE WOOD FLOOR PANELS IN THE 1st ROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT APT 1FE LOWER LEVEL, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST

Status: Certification rejected by HPD

CLASS A · NON-HAZARDOUSIssued 2026-09-08

§27-2104(B) HMC POST A PROPER NOTICE REGARDING RENT STABILIZATION LAW, IN A FORM APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER, IN A CONSPICUOUS LOCATION WITHIN THE COMMON AREA AT THE BUILDINGS ENTRANCE. FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT SIGNAGE REQUIREMENTS, PLEASE VISIT: HTTPS://WWW.NYC.GOV/SITE/HPD/SERVICES-AND-INFORMATION/REQUIRED-SIGNAGE.PAGE

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS A · NON-HAZARDOUSIssued 2026-09-03

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Unsanitary Condition3

Heat/Hot Water2

Flooring/Stairs1

Water Leak1

Unsanitary ConditionMold2026-08-29 · closed

Flooring/StairsFloor2026-08-26 · closed

Unsanitary ConditionGarbage/Recycling Storage2024-04-28 · 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

804

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Unspecified355

Residential267

Commercial90

Street/Sidewalk66

Vehicle21

Park3

House of Worship1

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

Higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

379

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony124

Misdemeanor212

Violation43

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

Balance due (active)

Active violations

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.

OATH/ECB violations and fines

Evictions

Executed, all time

Last 3 years

2019-05-16Apt 6RWresidential

Executed by a city marshal. An eviction can be lawful; a high or rising count is a displacement signal, not proof of wrongdoing.

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

GRAMERCY REALTY COMPANY NO.2, L.P.

Head officer

OREN GOLDSTEIN

Managing agent

Eberhart Brothers, LLC

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

1566 2 AVENUEMANHATTAN 1590 2 AVENUEMANHATTAN 1705 1 AVENUEMANHATTAN 171 EAST 92 STREETMANHATTAN 1812 2 AVENUEMANHATTAN

Landlord and related buildings

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale1996-12-30 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2019-06-12 · $30,123.42

Mortgage2019-06-12$30,123.42

borrower GRAMERCY REALTY COMPANY NO. 2, L.P. · lender THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON

Mortgage2005-04-13$835,740

borrower GRAMERCY REALTY COMPANY NO. 2, L.P. · lender THE BANK OF NEW YORK

Sale1996-12-30no recorded price

GRAMERCY REALTY COMPANY → GRAMERCY REALTY COMPANY NO. 2, L.P.

Mortgage1989-10-13$610,000

borrower GRAMERCY RLTY COMPANY · lender WDF ASSOCIATES

Mortgage1986-12-08$45,495.89

borrower GRAMERCY REALTY COMPANY · lender WDF ASSOCIATES

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