696 2 Avenue

Manhattan, NY

BBL 1-00943-0061BIN 1021920

Concern level2 of 4

Moderate

011 open rent-impairing violation(s)
021 active DOB violation(s)
039 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 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 4 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 6 apartments.

2018 — 6 units registered2023 — 4

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1910

Built

Floors

Residential units

Mixed residential / commercial

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.

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSIssued 2008-06-185+ YRS OLDRENT-IMPAIRING

D26-10.01, 10.05 ADM CODE REMOVE ALL ENCUMBRANCES CONSISTING OF WOOD AND BARRELS ROOF AT NORTH.

Status: Certified late

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSIssued 2008-06-185+ YRS OLD

D26-10.01 ADM CODE PROPERLY SECURE THE LOOSE WOOD TREAD 2ND AND 3RD TREAD FROM TOP 3 TO 4 STY PUBLIC HALL STAIRS.

Status: Certified late

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSIssued 2008-06-185+ YRS OLD

D26-10.01 ADM CODE REPLACE WITH NEW THE MISSING EXTERIOR DOOR HANDLE BULKHEAD DOOR TO ROOF.

Status: Certified late

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 2AIssued 2008-06-185+ YRS OLD

D26-10.01, 10.05 ADM CODE ARRANGE AND MAKE SELF-CLOSING THE DOORS ENTRANCE TO 2ND STY FRONT WEST APT 2A. LOCATED AT APT 2A

Status: Certified late

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

No 311 housing complaints on record for this building.

311 complaints from tenants

Neighborhood noise

Higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

628

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Unspecified227

Vehicle175

Residential162

Street/Sidewalk46

Commercial17

Helicopter1

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.

Neighborhood noise

Neighborhood crime

About averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

230

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony82

Misdemeanor118

Violation30

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

ACTIVE · LBLVIO-LOW PRESSURE BOILER BOILER REQUIRED2019-11-08

VIOLATION ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO FILE ANNUAL BOILER 2017 INSPECTION REPORT

DOB building violations

Evictions

No executed evictions on record for this building.

Evictions

Housing court

No HPD housing-court cases on record for this building.

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

FOUR V & B BROTHERS,INC

Head officer

STEVE VOUVOUDAKIS

Managing agent

FOUR V & B BROTHERS INC

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

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.

Unpaid city fines

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale1987-11-12 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2007-07-16 · $600,000

Mortgage2007-07-16$600,000

borrower FOUR V. & B. BROTHER INC. · lender FLUSHING SAVINGS BANK, FSB

Mortgage1987-12-01$460,000

borrower FOUR V & B BROTHER · lender MASPETH FED S&L ASSN

Sale1987-11-12no recorded price

GOLDEN WALL RLTY INC → FOUR V & B BROTHER INC

Mortgage1986-07-15$106,628.49

borrower GOLDEN WALL RLTY INC. · lender STATE SAVINGS, F.A.

Sale1980-06-13no recorded price

MCDEVITT, WARREN E, TULE, GEORGE W → GOLDEN WALL REALTY INC

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