221 East 26 Street

Manhattan, NY

BBL 1-00907-0014BIN 1019851

Concern level3 of 4

High

012 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 6 apartments

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 5 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 11 apartments.

2018 — 5 units registered2023 — 5

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 building7 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 C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 4AIssued 2006-04-055+ YRS OLD

Status: Defect letter issued

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 4AIssued 2006-04-055+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2056.6 ADM CODE - CORRECT THE LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD - PAINT THAT TESTED POSITIVE FOR LEAD CONTENT AND THAT IS PEELING OR ON A DETERIORATED SUBSURFACE - USING WORK PRACTICES SET FORTH IN 28 RCNY §11-06(B)(2) BASEBOARD AT NORTH WALL, BASEBOARD AT SOUTH WALL, BASEBOARD AT EAST WALL, BASEBOARD AT WEST WALL, 1st DOOR FRAME FROM WEST AT NORTH WALL, 2nd DOOR FRAME FROM WEST AT NORTH WALL, NORTH WALL, SOUTH WALL, EAST WALL, WEST WALL, 1st WINDOW FRAME FROM WEST AT NORTH WALL, 1st WINDOW FRAME FROM EAST AT SOUTH WALL, 2nd WINDOW FRAME FROM EAST AT SOUTH WALL, 1st WINDOW SASH FROM EAST AT SOUTH WALL, 2nd WINDOW SASH FROM EAST AT SOUTH WALL IN THE 3rd ROOM FROM NORTH AT WEST LOCATED AT APT 4A, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH

Status: Defect letter issued

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSIssued 2008-07-295+ YRS OLD

SECTION 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE ARRANGE AND MAKE SELF-CLOSING THE DOORS AT BULKHEAD TO ROOF

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSIssued 2008-07-025+ YRS OLD

D26-10.01 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE CEILING CENTER EAST CELLAR.

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water3

Unsanitary Condition2

Heat/Hot WaterApartment Only2025-12-08 · closed

Heat/Hot WaterApartment Only2025-01-21 · closed

Heat/Hot WaterApartment Only2024-12-06 · 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

Much higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

4942

Noise reports · last 12 mo

412

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential2876

Helicopter1376

Unspecified251

Street/Sidewalk195

Commercial158

Vehicle66

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.

Neighborhood noise

Neighborhood crime

Much higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

596

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony168

Misdemeanor357

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.

Neighborhood crime

Bedbug history

No bedbugs reported

The owner filed 6 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

No active DOB violations.

DOB building violations

Evictions

No executed evictions on record for this building.

Evictions

Housing court

Cases on record

Open now

Tenant-brought

Harassment found

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 2005-11-14

Tenant action

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

EMGE INC

Head officer

Baldev VADEHRA

Managing agent

EMGE INC

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

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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.

ConstructionClass 22017-01-04$500 penalty

Unpaid city fines

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale1996-09-13 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2006-07-10 · $717,364.1

Mortgage2006-07-10$717,364.1

borrower EMGE, INC. · lender NORTH FORK BANK

Mortgage1996-10-08$155,840.93

borrower EMGE, INC. · lender NORTH SIDE SAVINGS BANK

Sale1996-09-13no recorded price

ZXQ REALTY CORP. → EMGE, INC.

Mortgage1988-06-06$100,000

borrower SHELTER BAY RTY ETCNOM · lender CORBO, PASCAL A.

Mortgage1988-06-06$80,330

borrower ZXQ REALTY CORP NOM/, SHELTER BAY RTY ETCNOM · lender CORBO, PASCAL A.

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