415 West 44 Street

Manhattan, NY

BBL 1-01054-0023BIN 1026411

Concern level4 of 4

Severe

016 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 3 apartments
025 of those issued in the last 3 years
032 open rent-impairing violation(s)
041 eviction executed in the last 3 years

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 8 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 20 apartments.

2018 — 8 units registered2023 — 8

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1890

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building22 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.

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2025-06-02

§ 27-2033 ADM CODE POST NOTICE, IN FORM APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT, STATING THE NAME AND LOCATION OF THE PERSON DESIGNATED BY THE OWNER TO HAVE KEY TO BUILDINGS HEATING SYSTEM MISSING AT PUBLIC HALL

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 19Issued 2025-06-02

§ 27-2056.6 ADM CODE - CORRECT THE LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD - PAINT THAT TESTED POSITIVE FOR LEAD CONTENT AND THAT IS PEELING OR ON A DETERIORATED SUBSURFACE - USING WORK PRACTICES SET FORTH IN 28 RCNY §11-06(B)(2) SOUTH WALL IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 19, 5th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST

Status: Defect letter issued

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 19Issued 2025-06-02

§ 27-2056.6 ADM CODE - CORRECT THE LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD - PAINT THAT TESTED POSITIVE FOR LEAD CONTENT AND THAT IS PEELING OR ON A DETERIORATED SUBSURFACE - USING WORK PRACTICES SET FORTH IN 28 RCNY §11-06(B)(2) NORTH WALL, EAST WALL IN THE 3rd ROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT APT 19, 5th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST

Status: Defect letter issued

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2024-09-26

§ 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE DOOR LOCK SET AT THE BUILDING ENTRANCE

Status: Certification rejected by HPD

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Door/Window11

Appliance6

Flooring/Stairs5

Paint/Plaster5

Plumbing3

Unsanitary Condition3

General2

Water Leak1

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

933

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential313

Street/Sidewalk205

Unspecified171

Commercial129

Vehicle99

Helicopter10

Park6

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

717

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony220

Misdemeanor384

Violation113

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 9 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

No active DOB violations.

DOB building violations

Evictions

Executed, all time

Last 3 years

2025-09-19Apt 15residential

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

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 2016-07-05

Heat / hot water

CLOSEDOpened 2016-04-19

Heat / hot water

CLOSEDOpened 2008-08-07

Tenant action

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

415 WEST 44 STREET LLC

Head officer

NIKITAS DRAKOTOS

Managing agent

415 WEST 44 STREET LLC

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

112 SHERMAN AVENUEMANHATTAN 116 SHERMAN AVENUEMANHATTAN 119 VERMILYEA AVENUEMANHATTAN 151-02 84 DRIVEQUEENS 168 SHERMAN AVENUEMANHATTAN

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.

UnknownClass 22016-03-31$4,000 penalty

ConstructionClass 22009-10-05$800 penalty

Unpaid city fines

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2014-01-23 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2018-06-18 · $216,369.97

Mortgage2018-06-18$216,369.97

borrower 415 WEST 44TH STREET LLC · lender FLUSHING BANK

Sale2014-01-23no recorded price

415 WEST 44TH STREET → 415 WEST 44TH STREET LLC

Mortgage2014-01-23$1,850,000

borrower 415 WEST 44TH STREET LLC · lender THE DIME SAVINGS BANK OF WILLIAMSBURGH

Sale2009-03-16$10

DRAKOTOS, MARIKA, DRAKOTOS, NIKITAS → 415 WEST 44TH STREET LLC

Sale1977-11-09no recorded price

355 WEST 47TH STREETINC → DRAKOTOS, NIKITAS, DRAKOTOS, MARIKA

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