No HPD housing-court cases on record for this building.
The building
1910
Built
5
Floors
4
Residential units
Mixed residential / commercial
Type
HPD housing-maintenance violations
0
Open now
3
On record
0
Open Class C
0
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.
No open HPD violations.
Rent regulation
Not on the rent-stabilized list
Not found in the DOF tax-bill records nor the 2024 DHCR registered building list. Absence isn't proof a unit is unregulated — buildings can be missing or newly deregulated.
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.
THE BOROUGH CIMMISSIONER HAS ORDERED AN ADMINISTRATIVE STOP WORK ORDER FOR APPLICATION #122078839. APPROVALS AND PERMIT HAVE BEEN REVOKED. S TOP WORK AND MAKE SITE SAFE. PROVIDE ALL REQUIRED PERMIT FORTHWITH
ACTIVE · C-CONSTRUCTION OTHER OPTIONAL2017-05-13
THE BOROUGH COMMISSIONER HAS PLACED AN ADMINISTRATIVE STOP WORK ORDER FOR APPLICATION #122130265. APPROVALS AND PERMIT HAVE BEEN REVOKED. ST OP WORK AND MAKE SITE SAFE. PROVIDE ALL REQUIRED INFORMATION FORTHWITH
ACTIVE · LL1081-LOCAL LAW 10/81 - ELEVATOR ELEVATOROPTIONAL2003-03-21
Evictions
No executed evictions on record for this building.
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.
Unpaid city fines
$0
Balance due (active)
0
Active violations
0
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.
Concern level2 of 4
Moderate
013 active DOB 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 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.
Bedbug history
No bedbugs reported
The owner filed 5 annual bedbug reports and reported no infested units. Filing with zero infestations is the compliant, reassuring case.
311 complaints from tenants
1
All time
0
Last 12 months
Heat/Hot Water1
Heat/Hot WaterApartment Only2020-11-19 · closed
Complaints record what a tenant reported, not a finding by the city. "Closed" often means the inspector could not gain access.
Neighborhood crime
Higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks
292
NYPD reports · last 12 mo
24
≈ per month
Felony76
Misdemeanor172
Violation44
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.
Ownership & money
6
Recorded sales
5
Mortgages / refinances
Last recorded sale2014-05-30 · no recorded price
Most recent mortgage2024-07-03 · $48,326.13
Mortgage2024-07-03$48,326.13
borrower EAST 126 LLC, ABSEA REALTY CORP. · lender JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
Sale2014-05-30no recorded price
SASSOUNI, RAFAEL → EAST 126 LLC
Mortgage2014-05-30$3,085,999.06
borrower ABSEA REALTY CORP. (AS TO PARCEL 2), EAST 126 LLC (AS TO PARCEL 1) · lender CAPITAL ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Mortgage2002-05-15$3,400,000
borrower 108 E. 97 LLC, SASSOUNI, RAFAEL, ABSEA REALTY CORP. · lender NORTH FORK BANK
Sale2002-04-25no recorded price
365 ASSOCIATES, LLC → SASSOUNI, RAFAEL
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.
Landlord and related buildings
Registered owner
EAST 126 LLC
Head officer
RAFAEL SASSOUNI
Managing agent
RAFAEL SASSOUNI
34 other buildings share this owner's registration contacts. Shared contacts suggest common control, but they are not proof of ownership.
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.