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.
Evictions
No marshal-executed evictions on record for this building. Eviction cases filed in court but not carried out aren't included.
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.
HPD housing-maintenance violations
34
Open now
48
On record
0
Open Class C
16
Open Class B
18
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 18Issued 2022-10-20
§ 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... AT WEST WALL ( APPROX 15 SQFT ) AND AT SOUTH WALL ( APPROX 10 SQFT ) IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 18, 4th STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST
Status: HPD couldn't get in to re-inspect
CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 13Issued 1993-11-097 violations5+ YRS OLD
§ 27-2005 ADM CODE & 309 M/D LAW ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF DAMPNESS CENTER NORTH WEST ROOM 3 STY NORTHWEST APT 13. , SECTION '' ''
§ 27-2005, 27-2007, 27-2041.1 HMC: REPLACE OR REPAIR THE SELF-CLOSING DOORS THAT IS MISSING OR DEFECTIVE ENTRANCE 3 STY NORTHWEST APT 13. , SECTION '' ''
5 more from the same inspection
§ 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE FIRE EGRESS DEFECTIVE. REMOVE OBSTRUCTING BARS OR UNLAWFUL GATES FROM WINDOW TO FIRE ESCAPE OR PROVIDE APPROVED TYPE GATE 3 STY NORTHWEST APT 13. , SECTION '' ''
§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR CEILING & WALLS BATHROOM 3 STY NORTHWEST APT 13. , SECTION '' ''
§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR NORTH WALL KITCHEN BY BATHROOM 3 STY NORTHWEST APT 13. , SECTION '' ''
§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPLACE WITH NEW THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE WINDOW GLASS LOWER SASH WEST WINDOW 1 LITE NORTHWEST ROOM 3 STY NORTHWEST APT 13. , SECTION '' ''
Status: Certified late
CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 1Issued 1993-07-065+ YRS OLD
§ 27-2045 ADM CODE REPAIR OR REPLACE THE SMOKE DETECTOR MISSING 1 STY EAST APT 1 DIJULIO. , SECTION '' ''
Status: Certification Postponment Granted
CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 25Issued 1993-06-012 violations5+ YRS OLD
§ 27-2018 ADM CODE ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF VERMIN MICE AND ROACHES THRU OUT 6 STY SOUTH APT 25. , SECTION '' ''
§ 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE WOODEN FLOOR FOYER HALL AND KITCHEN 6 STY SOUTH APT 25. , SECTION '' ''
Status: Certification rejected by HPD
The building
1920
Built
6
Floors
28
Residential units
Walk-up apartments
Type
Rent regulation
Likely rent-stabilized
The owner registered 7 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 28 apartments.
18
19
20
21
22
23
2018 — 6 units registered2023 — 7
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.
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.
311 complaints from tenants
5
All time
0
Last 12 months
Heat/Hot Water5
Heat/Hot WaterEntire Building2024-01-22 · closed
Heat/Hot WaterApartment Only2022-11-09 · closed
Heat/Hot WaterEntire Building2022-10-18 · closed
Complaints record what a tenant reported, not a finding by the city. "Closed" often means the inspector could not gain access.
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.
Landlord and related buildings
Registered owner
209 EAST 29TH STREET LLC
Head officer
JP RUTIGLIANO
Managing agent
J & L HOLDING CORPORATION
12 other buildings share this owner's registration contacts. Shared contacts suggest common control, but they are not proof of ownership.
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.
This building and the landlord's others
This building12 others linked to the same owner
Ownership & money
Speculation watch
·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.
12
Recorded sales
1
Mortgages / refinances
Last recorded sale2015-01-01 · $730,500
Most recent mortgage1995-09-13 · $600,000
Sale2015-01-01$730,500
152 THOMPSON STREET LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY → 209 EAST 29TH STREET LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
Sale2015-01-01$550,000
531 WEST 45TH HOLDING LLC → 209 EAST 29TH STREET LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
Sale2014-12-24no recorded price
19 MILE HOLDING ENTERPRISES, LLC → 152 THOMPSON STREET LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
209 EAST 29TH STREET LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY → 19 MILE HOLDING ENTERPRISES, LLC
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.
Neighborhood noise
Much higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks
5054
Noise reports · last 12 mo
421
≈ per month
59
% from neighbors
Residential2978
Helicopter1404
Unspecified243
Street/Sidewalk203
Commercial124
Vehicle100
Park2
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.
OATH/ECB violations and fines
No OATH/ECB violations on record for this building.
Concern level2 of 4
Moderate
0134 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.