01On HPD's Alternative Enforcement Program — the city's most-distressed-buildings list
021 open class-C HPD violation (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 30 apartments
031 of those issued 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 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.
HPD enforcement
On the Alternative Enforcement Program
HPD placed this building in its Alternative Enforcement Program (AEP Round 17), active since 2024-01-31. AEP is the city's response to its most distressed buildings — it had 240 open B/C violations at selection.
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The owner registered 12 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 30 apartments.
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2018 — 12 units registered2023 — 12
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 owner filed 5 annual bedbug reports and reported no infested units. Filing with zero infestations is the compliant, reassuring case.
DOB building violations
OATH/ECB violations and fines
Evictions
No marshal-executed evictions on record for this building. Eviction cases filed in court but not carried out aren't included.
Housing court
Landlord and related buildings
Ownership & money
City debt & tax-lien sale
HPD housing-maintenance violations
7
Open now
270
On record
1
Open Class C
3
Open Class B
2
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 I · NON-HAZARDOUS
§27-2153 ADM CODE THE PREMISES HAS BEEN SELECTED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ALTERNATIVE ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM WHICH MAY RESULT IN BUILDING-WIDE INSPECTIONS, FEES, AND EXTENSIVE REPAIR WORK TO CORRECT VIOLATIONS AND UNDERLYING CONDITIONS. CHARGES FOR REPAIR WORK DONE PURSUANT TO THIS ORDER, IF NOT PAID, WILL BECOME LIENS ON THE PROPERTY
Status: Notice issued, not yet certified
CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2025-12-01
§ 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE BRICKS AND MORTAR FROM 5TH FLOOR TO PARAPET WALL AT SOUTH YARD YARD, 5th STORY
Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix
CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 2RIssued 2004-02-103 violations5+ YRS OLD
§ 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE windows IN THE 1st ROOM FROM EAST AT SOUTH LOCATED AT APT 2R, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH
§ 27-2026 ADM CODE REPAIR THE LEAKY AND/OR DEFECTIVE FAUCETS washbasin IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 2R, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH
1 more from the same inspection
§ 27-2045 ADM CODE REPAIR OR REPLACE THE SMOKE DETECTOR missing IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 2R, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH
Status: HPD couldn't get in to re-inspect
CLASS A · NON-HAZARDOUSApt 3WIssued 2008-06-245+ YRS OLD
§ 300 M/D LAW FILE PLANS AND APPLICATION AND LEGALIZE THE FOLLOWING ALTERATION OR RESTORE TO THE LEGAL CONDITION EXISTING PRIOR TO THE MAKING OF SAID ALTERATION DOORS AT FRONT EAST ROOM & 2 ROOM FROM FRONT AT EAST SEALED UP 3 STY FROM WEST APT 3W. LOCATED AT APT 3W
Complaints record what a tenant reported, not a finding by the city. "Closed" often means the inspector could not gain access.
Neighborhood noise
Much higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks
986
Noise reports · last 12 mo
82
≈ per month
32
% from neighbors
Residential313
Street/Sidewalk201
Unspecified183
Commercial155
Vehicle116
Helicopter12
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 crime
Much higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks
544
NYPD reports · last 12 mo
45
≈ per month
Felony169
Misdemeanor296
Violation79
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.
DOB building violations
0
Active
3
On record
0
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.
No active DOB violations.
OATH/ECB violations and fines
$0
Balance due (active)
0
Active violations
0
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.
Housing court: repair & harassment cases
7
Cases on record
0
Open now
3
Tenant-brought
0
Harassment found
0
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.
CLOSED
Comp Supplemental Cases
CLOSEDOpened 2024-08-05
Comp Supplemental Cases
CLOSEDOpened 2022-12-02
Heat / hot water
CLOSEDOpened 2022-09-28
Tenant action
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.
Landlord and related buildings
Registered owner
Clinton Associates LLC
Head officer
MARVIN AZRAK
Managing agent
CLINTON ASSOCIATES LLC
14 other buildings share this owner's registration contacts. Shared contacts suggest common control, but they are not proof of ownership.
borrower CLINTON ASSOCIATES LLC · lender 438-440 WEST 45TH STREET 1 LLC
Mortgage2015-08-13$200,000
borrower CLINTON ASSOCIATES LLC · lender 438-440 WEST 45TH STREET 2 LLC
Mortgage2015-08-13$58,152.32
borrower CLINTON ASSOCIATES LLC · lender 438-440 WEST 45TH STREET 1 LLC
Mortgage2003-08-18$542,737.79
borrower CLINTON ASSOCIATES LLC · lender NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK
Mortgage2002-03-25$171,230.63
borrower R2R LLC, CHELSEA-CLINTON PROPERTIES LLC · lender NEW YORK COMMUNITY 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.
City debt & tax-lien sale
Flagged for the 2025 tax-lien sale
The owner owes enough in property taxes (and possibly water charges) to be listed for the city's tax-lien sale (most recently a 10-day notice). A listing can still be cured by paying or entering a payment plan.
1
Years listed
2025
Most recent
10-day noticeincl. property tax2025-05-01
30-day noticeincl. property tax2025-04-01
60-day noticeincl. property tax2025-03-01
90-day noticeincl. property tax2025-02-01
From DOF lien-sale lists (2019–2025). Financial distress is not proof of neglect, but owners behind on what they owe the city more often let repairs slide. Debt may since have been paid.