421 West 54 Street

Manhattan, NY

BBL 1-01064-7502BIN 1087506Plain-text version

Concern level3 of 4

High

013 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 9 apartments
021 open rent-impairing violation(s)
037 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

Not on the rent-stabilized list

Not found in the DOF tax-bill records nor the 2024 DHCR registered building list. Absence isn't proof a unit is unregulated — buildings can be missing or newly deregulated.

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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The building

1928

Built

Floors

Residential units

Condominium

Type

Energy-efficiency grade

Grade D — least efficient

ENERGY STAR score 35 of 100

Posted at the entrance of buildings over 25,000 sq ft (Local Law 33). It rates energy efficiency — a proxy for comfort and utility cost — not the landlord's upkeep.

This building and the landlord's others

This building3 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.

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 5GIssued 2023-03-01

HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF MICE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 5G, 5th STORY, 3rd APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 5GIssued 2023-02-23

§ 27-2005, 27-2007, 27-2041.1 HMC: REPLACE OR REPAIR THE SELF-CLOSING DOORS THAT IS MISSING OR DEFECTIVE IN THE ENTRANCE LOCATED AT APT 5G, 5th STORY, 3rd APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 5GIssued 2023-02-22

HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF MICE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 5G, 5th STORY, 3rd APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 5GIssued 2023-03-017 violationsRENT-IMPAIRING

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE DRAIN STOPPER AT BATHTUB IN THE 3rd BATHROOM FROM EAST LOCATED AT APT 5G, 5th STORY, 3rd APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST
§ 27-2045 ADM CODE REPAIR OR REPLACE THE SMOKE DETECTOR INOPERABLE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 5G, 5th STORY, 3rd APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST

5 more from the same inspection

§ 27-2046.1 HMC: REPAIR OR REPLACE THE CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTING DEVICE(S). INOPERABLE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 5G, 5th STORY, 3rd APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST
§ 27-2026 ADM CODE REMOVE ALL OBSTRUCTIONS AND REPAIR ALL DEFECTS IN AT SHOWER DRAIN AT SOUTH WALL IN THE 1st BATHROOM FROM EAST LOCATED AT APT 5G, 5th STORY, 3rd APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST
§ 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE WOOD FLOOR IN THE 2nd ROOM FROM EAST AT SOUTH LOCATED AT APT 5G, 5th STORY, 3rd APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST
§ 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE ELECTRICAL CEILING LIGHT IN THE 1st BATHROOM FROM EAST LOCATED AT APT 5G, 5th STORY, 3rd APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST
§ 27-2026 ADM CODE REPAIR THE LEAKY AND/OR DEFECTIVE FAUCETS SHOWER IN THE 1st BATHROOM FROM EAST LOCATED AT APT 5G, 5th STORY, 3rd APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Plumbing2

Unsanitary Condition2

Safety1

SafetyWindow Guard Broken/Missing2023-02-24 · closed

Unsanitary ConditionMold2023-02-16 · closed

PlumbingBathtub/Shower2023-02-16 · 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

997

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential455

Street/Sidewalk228

Unspecified184

Commercial83

Vehicle45

House of Worship1

Helicopter1

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

512

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony127

Misdemeanor301

Violation84

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.

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 · ACC1-(OTHER BLDGS TYPES) - ELEVATOR AFFIRMATION OF CORRECTION ELEVATORREQUIRED2019-09-06

VIO ISSUED TO ELEVATOR - FAIL TO CORRECT DEFECTS ON 2017 CAT 1 INSP/TST TST

ACTIVE · ACC1-(OTHER BLDGS TYPES) - ELEVATOR AFFIRMATION OF CORRECTION ELEVATORREQUIRED2019-09-06

VIO ISSUED TO ELEVATOR - FAIL TO CORRECT DEFECTS ON 2017 CAT 1 INSP/TST TST

ACTIVE · ACC1-(OTHER BLDGS TYPES) - ELEVATOR AFFIRMATION OF CORRECTION ELEVATORREQUIRED2019-09-06

VIO ISSUED TO ELEVATOR - FAIL TO CORRECT DEFECTS ON 2017 CAT 1 INSP/TST TST

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.

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

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

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

Hit Factory Condominium

Head officer

David Perez

Managing agent

AKAM ASSOCIATES, INC.

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

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Landlord and related buildings

Ownership & money

No recorded sales or mortgages found in ACRIS for this lot.

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.