501 1/2 West 43 Street

Manhattan, NY

BBL 1-01072-0029BIN 1079232Plain-text version

Concern level2 of 4

Moderate

012 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 33 apartments
022 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.

Rent regulation

Likely rent-stabilized

The owner registered 7 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 66 apartments.

2018 — 9 units registered2023 — 7

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1900

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building31 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 5 buildings; these counts are for this building only.

No open HPD violations.

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

106

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water61

Unsanitary Condition13

Plumbing10

Water Leak7

Door/Window4

Safety2

Electric2

Paint/Plaster2

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

1084

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential382

Commercial211

Unspecified205

Street/Sidewalk145

Vehicle135

Park3

Helicopter3

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

Higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

457

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony133

Misdemeanor247

Violation77

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 32 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.

No active DOB violations.

DOB building violations

OATH/ECB violations and fines

No OATH/ECB violations on record for this building.

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.

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 2020-01-10

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2018-12-07

Heat / hot water

CLOSEDOpened 2018-11-15

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.

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

593 TENTH OWNER LLC

Head officer

SCOTT BERMAN

Managing agent

593 TENTH OWNER LLC

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

1430 3 AVENUEMANHATTAN 1697 AMSTERDAM AVENUEMANHATTAN 1709 AMSTERDAM AVENUEMANHATTAN 2018 5 AVENUEMANHATTAN 2090 AMSTERDAM AVENUEMANHATTAN

Landlord and related buildings

Ownership & money

Speculation watch

·Changed hands in 2025 — new owners sometimes move to raise rents or deregulate units

A pattern, not a prediction — many transfers are ordinary or between related companies.

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2025-08-07 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2024-07-02 · $3,632,350

Sale2025-08-07no recorded price

TEN STAR CORP., FORTY-THREE STAR CORP. → 593 TENTH OWNER LLC

Mortgage2024-07-02$3,632,350

borrower TEN STAR CORP., FORTY-THREE STAR CORP., 1043 STAR TENANT LLC · lender BROADVIEW CAPITAL LLC

Mortgage2024-07-02$12,390,000

borrower 1043 STAR TENANT LLC, TEN STAR CORP., FORTY-THREE STAR CORP. · lender BROADVIEW CAPITAL LLC

Mortgage2018-12-21$1,966,597.76

borrower FORTY-THREE STAR CORP., TEN STAR CORP., 1043 STAR TENANT LLC · lender WEBSTER BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

Mortgage2015-05-29$5,954,736.28

borrower TEN STAR CORP., 1043 STAR TENANT LLC, FORTY-THREE STAR CORP. · lender WEBSTER BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

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