216 East 29 Street

Manhattan, NY

BBL 1-00909-0046BIN 1019906Plain-text version

Concern level3 of 4

High

012 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 27 apartments
024 open rent-impairing violation(s)
0335 active DOB violation(s)
04$18,750 in unpaid OATH/ECB fines

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 54 apartments.

2018 — 4 units registered2023 — 3

J-51 tax benefit

Rent stabilization here may be tied to a tax benefit and can end when the benefit expires.

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

1960

Built

Floors

Residential units

Elevator apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building

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 C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 1992-02-045+ YRS OLDRENT-IMPAIRING

SECTION 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE REMOVE THE ILLEGAL FASTENING DOUBLE CYLINDER KEY OPERATED LOCK INSTALLED STREET ENTRANCE DOOR TO 1 STY VESTIBULE.

Status: Certified late

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 1991-02-115+ YRS OLDRENT-IMPAIRING

SECTION 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE REMOVE THE ILLEGAL FASTENING DOUBLE CYLINDER KEY OPERATED LOCK INSTALLED STREET DOOR TO 1 STY PUBLIC HALL VESTIBULE.

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSIssued 2016-06-155+ YRS OLD

SECTION 27-2018 ADMIN. CODE: ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF ROACHES AT PUBLIC HALL, 1st STORY

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 3DIssued 2016-02-055 violations5+ YRS OLD

SECTION 27-2046.1 HMC: REPAIR OR REPLACE THE CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTING DEVICE(S). - MISSING IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 3D, 3rd STORY, 4th APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH
SECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE CAULKING AROUND BATHTUB IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 3D, 3rd STORY, 4th APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

3 more from the same inspection

SECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR AT WEST WALL IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 3D, 3rd STORY, 4th APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH
SECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE COUNTER BALANCES AT LOWER SASH AT FIRST WINDOW FROM WEST AT NORTH WALL IN THE 1st ROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT APT 3D, 3rd STORY, 4th APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH
SECTION 27-2045 ADM CODE REPAIR OR REPLACE THE SMOKE DETECTOR MISSING IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 3D, 3rd STORY, 4th APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water3

Electric2

General1

GeneralBell/Buzzer/Intercom2026-06-07 · closed

ElectricWiring2026-06-07 · closed

ElectricLighting2026-06-07 · 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

5154

Noise reports · last 12 mo

430

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential3011

Helicopter1416

Unspecified240

Street/Sidewalk218

Commercial143

Vehicle106

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

552

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony159

Misdemeanor322

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 8 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.

ACTIVE · C-CONSTRUCTION OTHER OPTIONAL2026-08-13

FAILURE TO MAINTAIN BLDG WALL & APPURTANCES. SPALLED/CRACKED MASONRY BRICKS MULTI LOCS OF PARAPET LVL,OPEN/REMOVED LINTEL BRICKS WITH WOOD BRACING INSTALL IN PLACE @ EXP1N & EXP2E. REMEDY: OWNER TO REPAIR/ REPLACE AND MAINTAIN EXTERIOR WALLS AS PER CODE REQUIRED

ACTIVE · C-CONSTRUCTION OTHER OPTIONAL2026-02-26

FAILURE TO MAINTAIN BLDG IN A CODE COMPLIANT MANNER. OBSERVED CRACKING /SPALLING PORCELAIN BRICK VENEER, MULTI LOCATIONS OF PARAPET LEVEL AT EXPOSURE 1 NORTH ELEVATION.OBSERVED CRACKING/SPALLING PORCELAIN BRICK VENEER, MULTI LOCATIONS AT EXPOSURE 2 EAST ELEVATION. REMEDY: OWNER TO REPAIR AND/OR REPLACE DAMAGED EXTERIOR BUILDING WALLS

ACTIVE · IMEGNCY-IMMEDIATE EMERGENCY ANYTHINGOPTIONAL2025-09-04

PROVIDE EXTENTION APPX 15" LINEAR FEET OF SIDEWALK SHED @ EXPO#2 NORTH EASTERN CORNER ELEVATION

DOB building violations

OATH/ECB violations and fines

$18,750

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.

Local LawClass 22026-04-20$1,250 due

ConstructionClass 12024-02-12$2,500 due

Local LawClass 22022-12-09$6,250 due

Local LawClass 22021-10-08$1,250 due

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

216 EAST 29 STREET TRUST

Head officer

SHANA SAKOW

Managing agent

SHANA SAKOW

No other buildings found sharing this building's registered contact.

Landlord and related buildings

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2014-09-11 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2014-09-29 · $1,127,414.08

Mortgage2014-09-29$1,127,414.08

borrower SAKOW, TRUSTEE, MARCUS, THE 216 EAST 29TH STREET TRUST · lender FLUSHING BANK

Sale2014-09-11no recorded price

216 EAST 29 CORP. → SCHAINBERG, MARION

Sale2014-09-11no recorded price

SCHAINBERG, MARION → SAKOW, TRUSTEE, MARCUS, 216 EAST 29TH STREET, TRUST

Sale2013-04-15no recorded price

SCHAINBERG, MARION → 216 EAST 29 CORP

Mortgage1994-08-24$703,172

borrower SCHAINBERG, MARION · lender QUEENS COUNTY SAVINGS 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.

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