439 Rear West 50 Street

Manhattan, NY

BBL 1-01060-0013BIN 1082407Plain-text version

Concern level4 of 4

Severe

0115 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 12 apartments
0212 of those issued in the last 3 years
0314 open rent-impairing 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 2 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 12 apartments.

2018 — 2 units registered2023 — 2

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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The building

1901

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

Type

This building and the landlord's others

This building100 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. 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. This tax lot has 2 buildings; these counts are for this building only.

CLASS A · NON-HAZARDOUSIssued 2023-01-042 violations

§ 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 WOOD FENCING 6 FEET HIGH ENCLOSED EAST SCETION CENTER COURT BETWEEN FRONT & REAR BLDG.
§ 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 WOOD FENCING 6 FEET HIGH ENCLOSED WEST SCETION CENTER COURT BETWEEN FRONT & REAR BLDG.

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

127

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water54

Unsanitary Condition24

General16

Water Leak8

Plumbing7

Flooring/Stairs5

Appliance3

Door/Window3

Outside BuildingRoofing2026-07-18 · closed

Water LeakSlow Leak2026-07-18 · closed

Heat/Hot WaterEntire Building2026-05-08 · 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

1357

Noise reports · last 12 mo

113

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential434

Street/Sidewalk381

Commercial230

Unspecified179

Vehicle119

Helicopter10

Park4

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

619

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony157

Misdemeanor366

Violation96

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

Infested, latest filing

Annual filings

2024–20250 infested · 0 eradicated

Self-reported by the owner for the year ending each filing. Counts are building-wide and do not say which apartment was affected.

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.

No active DOB violations.

DOB building violations

OATH/ECB violations and fines

No OATH/ECB violations on record for this building.

Evictions

No marshal-executed evictions on record for this building. Eviction cases filed in court but not carried out aren't included.

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 2026-03-04

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2025-01-17

Heat / hot water

CLOSEDOpened 2011-07-26

Lead False Certification

CLOSEDOpened 2004-01-26

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

439 WEST 50 LLC

Head officer

STEVEN CROMAN

Managing agent

CENTENNIAL PROPERTIES NY

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

102 EAST 7 STREETMANHATTAN 11 AVENUE BMANHATTAN 111 EAST 119 STREETMANHATTAN 113 EAST 119 STREETMANHATTAN 115 MULBERRY STREETMANHATTAN

Landlord and related buildings

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2008-03-14 · $2,900,000

Most recent mortgage2013-09-19 · $1,771,864.49

Mortgage2013-09-19$1,771,864.49

borrower 439 W 50 LLC · lender CAPITAL ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

Mortgage2011-07-22$398,061.71

borrower 439 W 50 LLC · lender CAPITAL ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

Sale2008-03-14$2,900,000

439 W 50 ESTATES LTD. → 439 W 50 LLC

Mortgage2008-03-14$2,249,627.04

borrower 439 W 50 LLC · lender CAPITAL ONE N.A.

Mortgage2003-03-25$331,970.62

borrower 439 W 50 ESTATES LTD · lender THE DIME SAVING OF WILLIAMBURGH

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.