318 West 51 Street

Manhattan, NY

BBL 1-01041-0044BIN 1025180Plain-text version

Concern level2 of 4

Moderate

011 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 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 194 stabilized units with New York State for 2023.

2018 — 197 units registered2023 — 194

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

1940

Built

Floors

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building33 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. This tax lot has 2 buildings; these counts are for this building only.

No open HPD violations.

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water11

Safety2

Plumbing1

Unsanitary Condition1

Heat/Hot WaterApartment Only2026-05-06 · closed

PlumbingWater Supply2026-05-06 · closed

Heat/Hot WaterApartment Only2026-03-24 · 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

1585

Noise reports · last 12 mo

132

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential560

Street/Sidewalk462

Unspecified268

Commercial205

Vehicle89

Park1

311 noise complaints within about 1,000 ft (a few blocks) in the last year. Most reports here are about outdoor noise (mostly residential) — 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

Much higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

949

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony254

Misdemeanor554

Violation141

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 12 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 OPTIONAL1994-07-28

DOB building violations

OATH/ECB violations and fines

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.

OATH/ECB violations and fines

Evictions

Executed, all time

Last 3 years

2017-07-25—residential

Executed by a city marshal. An eviction can be lawful; a high or rising count is a displacement signal, not proof of wrongdoing.

Evictions

Housing court: repair & harassment cases

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 2025-08-04

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2024-09-25

Heat / hot water

CLOSEDOpened 2016-02-23

CONH

CLOSEDOpened 2011-11-18

CONH

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

Washington Jefferson Hotel LLC

Head officer

Shimmie Horn

Managing agent

Washington Jefferson Hotel

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

12 EAST 31 STREETMANHATTAN 1387 EASTERN PARKWAYBROOKLYN 1424 HERKIMER STREETBROOKLYN 160 BENNETT AVENUEMANHATTAN 250 WEST 77 STREETMANHATTAN

Landlord and related buildings

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.

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2015-10-29 · $12,300,000

Most recent mortgage2024-10-01 · $1,249,566.58

Mortgage2024-10-01$1,249,566.58

borrower WASHINGTON JEFFERSON HOTEL, L.L.C., WASHINGTON JEFFERSON HOLDINGS LLC · lender POPULAR BANK

Mortgage2016-09-07$3,000,000

borrower WASHINGTON JEFFERSON HOLDINGS LLC · lender INVESTORS BANK

Sale2015-10-29$12,300,000

PISCOPO WASHINGTON JEFFERSON LLC → WASHINGTON JEFFERSON HOLDINGS LLC

Sale2014-09-15$11,437,750

WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON HOTEL OWNERS, LLC, → WASHINGTON JEFFERSON HOLDINGS LLC

Mortgage2014-09-15$17,000,000

borrower PISCOPO WASHINGTON JEFFERSON LLC, WASHINGTON JEFFERSON HOLDINGS LLC · lender INVESTORS 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