525 West 52 Street

Manhattan, NY

BBL 1-01081-7501BIN 1090143

Concern level2 of 4

Moderate

011 open class-C HPD violation (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 392 apartments
021 of those issued in the last 3 years
031 active DOB violation(s)
043 evictions 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 392 stabilized units with New York State for 2020 — essentially all of the building's 392 apartments.

2018 — 392 units registered2020 — 392

421-a tax benefit

Rent stabilization here may be tied to a tax benefit and can end when the benefit expires.

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.

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Rent regulation

The building

2015

Built

Floors

392

Residential units

Condominium

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building

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 HAZARDOUSApt 7GNIssued 2026-08-21

§ 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... GREATER THAN 30 SQUARE FEET AT CEILING IN THE 1st ROOM FROM NORTH AT WEST LOCATED AT APT 7GN, 7th STORY, 5th APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH , SECTION ''NORTH''

Status: Civ14 Mailed

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Unsanitary Condition5

Elevator1

General1

Heat/Hot Water1

Plumbing1

Unsanitary ConditionMold2026-04-04 · closed

Unsanitary ConditionPests2026-04-04 · closed

Unsanitary ConditionGarbage/Recycling Storage2026-04-04 · 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

Higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

632

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential322

Street/Sidewalk171

Unspecified77

Vehicle29

Commercial26

Helicopter4

Park3

311 noise complaints within about 1,000 ft (a few blocks) in the last year. Most reports here are about noise from inside buildings — neighbors, not the street. 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

434

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony108

Misdemeanor250

Violation76

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

2023–20240 infested · 0 eradicated

2022–20230 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

ACTIVE · FISPNRF-NO REPORT AND / OR LATE FILING (FACADE) FACADE REQUIRED2019-04-30

FAILED TO FILE FISP CYCLE 8C TECHNICAL REPORT BY 02/21/2019

DOB building violations

Evictions

Executed, all time

Last 3 years

2026-02-02Apt 2G-Nresidential

2024-12-12Apt 525-10AN A/K/A 10A-Nresidential

2024-10-22Apt 5H-Nresidential

2023-01-12Apt 161-Nresidential

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

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

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

525 W 52 PROPERTY OWNER LLC

Head officer

ANDREW SCHWARTZ

Managing agent

TACONIC MANAGEMENT COMPANY

No other buildings found sharing this building's registered contact.

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.

Unpaid city fines

Ownership & money

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

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