The owner registered 20 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 22 apartments.
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19
20
21
22
23
2018 — 20 units registered2023 — 20
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.
Self-reported by the owner for the year ending each filing. Counts are building-wide and do not say which apartment was affected.
DOB building violations
OATH/ECB violations and fines
Evictions
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.
Landlord and related buildings
Registered owner
226-228 EAST 26TH STREET LLC
Head officer
MARK SCHARFMAN
Managing agent
226-228 EAST 26TH STREET LLC
113 other buildings share this owner's registration contacts. Shared contacts suggest common control, but they are not proof of ownership.
·Bought and resold within a few years — rapid turnover is a common speculation signal
A pattern, not a prediction — many transfers are ordinary or between related companies.
7
Recorded sales
8
Mortgages / refinances
Last recorded sale2007-09-06 · $11,665,221
Most recent mortgage2018-07-10 · $6,425,000
Mortgage2018-07-10$6,425,000
borrower 226-228 EAST 26TH STREET LLC · lender NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK
Sale2007-09-06$11,665,221
226 EAST 26TH LLC → 226-228 EAST 26TH STREET LLC
Mortgage2007-09-06$6,550,000
borrower 256 EAST 10TH STREET NY LLC, 226-228 EAST 26TH STREET LLC, 506 EAST 88TH STREET LLC, 447-449 EAST 78TH STREET LLC · lender NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK
Sale2005-08-11$7,327,344
ISRAELOFF, ROBERT, EAST 26TH STREET ASSOCIATES → 226 EAST 26TH LLC
Mortgage2005-08-11$15,597,683.05
borrower 447 EAST 78TH LLC, 256 EAST 10TH LLC, 226 EAST 26TH LLC, 506 EAST 88TH LLC · lender NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK
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.
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.
Neighborhood crime
Much higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks
574
NYPD reports · last 12 mo
48
≈ per month
Felony160
Misdemeanor343
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.
311 complaints from tenants
34
All time
9
Last 12 months
Unsanitary Condition10
Plumbing7
Flooring/Stairs3
General3
Water Leak3
Paint/Plaster2
Electric2
Safety2
Complaints record what a tenant reported, not a finding by the city. "Closed" often means the inspector could not gain access.
Unsanitary ConditionPests2026-07-16 · closed
Unsanitary ConditionPests2026-07-16 · closed
PlumbingBathtub/Shower2026-06-13 · open
DOB building violations
0
Active
11
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.
No active DOB violations.
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.
Evictions
No marshal-executed evictions on record for this building. Eviction cases filed in court but not carried out aren't included.
Concern level1 of 4
Low
012 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.
HPD housing-maintenance violations
2
Open now
60
On record
0
Open Class C
2
Open Class B
0
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 2BIssued 2026-06-122 violations
§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR ALL WALLS AND CEILING IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 2B, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST
§ 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE WOOD FLOOR IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 2B, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST
Status: Notice issued, not yet certified
Neighborhood noise
Much higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks
4563
Noise reports · last 12 mo
380
≈ per month
63
% from neighbors
Residential2857
Helicopter1089
Unspecified198
Street/Sidewalk187
Commercial152
Vehicle60
Park20
311 noise complaints within about 1,000 ft (a few blocks) in the last year. Most reports here are about noise from inside buildings — neighbors, not the street. 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.