476 Columbus Avenue

Manhattan, NY

BBL 1-01213-0035BIN 1032074Plain-text version

Concern level4 of 4

Severe

0122 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 29 apartments
0210 of those issued in the last 3 years
032 open rent-impairing violation(s)
041 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

Likely rent-stabilized

The owner registered 17 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 29 apartments.

2018 — 8 units registered2023 — 17

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

This building and the landlord's others

This building46 others linked to the same owner

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

277

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 C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2026-06-262 violations

§ 27-2005, 27-2007, 27-2041.1 HMC, §238, § 309; § 107 (2) ( C) MDL AND 28 RCNY §25-171: REPLACE OR REPAIR THE SELF-CLOSING DOORS THAT IS MISSING OR DEFECTIVE LATCH SET AT BULKHEAD DOOR AT NORTH, ROOF · Landlord hasn't certified a fix
§ 27-2005, 2044 HMC:PROVIDE APPROVED ONE-HOUR FIRE RESISTANCE RATED SELF-CLOSING DOOR AT ALL OPENINGS TO PUBLIC HALL, OTHER THAN APARTMENT MAIN ENTRANCE DOOR FROM NORTH TO SOUTH AT PUBLIC HALL, 2nd STORY · Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 2BIssued 2026-05-286 violations

§ 27-2056.6 ADM CODE - CORRECT THE LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD - PAINT THAT TESTED POSITIVE FOR LEAD CONTENT AND THAT IS PEELING OR ON A DETERIORATED SUBSURFACE - USING WORK PRACTICES SET FORTH IN 28 RCNY §11-06(B)(2) 1st DOOR FRAME FROM SOUTH AT WEST WALL, 1st WINDOW FRAME FROM WEST AT NORTH WALL IN THE 2nd ROOM FROM EAST LOCATED AT APT 2B, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH
§ 27-2056.6 ADM CODE - CORRECT THE LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD - PAINT THAT TESTED POSITIVE FOR LEAD CONTENT AND THAT IS PEELING OR ON A DETERIORATED SUBSURFACE - USING WORK PRACTICES SET FORTH IN 28 RCNY §11-06(B)(2) 1st CLOSET FROM SOUTH AT WEST WALL DOOR FRAME, 1st WINDOW FRAME FROM WEST AT NORTH WALL, 1st WINDOW FRAME FROM NORTH AT EAST WALL, 2nd WINDOW FRAME FROM NORTH AT EAST WALL IN THE 1st ROOM FROM EAST LOCATED AT APT 2B, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

4 more from the same inspection

§ 27-2056.6 ADM CODE - CORRECT THE LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD - PAINT THAT TESTED POSITIVE FOR LEAD CONTENT AND THAT IS PEELING OR ON A DETERIORATED SUBSURFACE - USING WORK PRACTICES SET FORTH IN 28 RCNY §11-06(B)(2) 1st DOOR FRAME FROM SOUTH AT WEST WALL, 1st WINDOW FRAME FROM WEST AT NORTH WALL IN THE 2nd ROOM FROM EAST LOCATED AT APT 2B, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH
§ 27-2056.6 ADM CODE - CORRECT THE LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD - PAINT THAT TESTED POSITIVE FOR LEAD CONTENT AND THAT IS PEELING OR ON A DETERIORATED SUBSURFACE - USING WORK PRACTICES SET FORTH IN 28 RCNY §11-06(B)(2) 1st CLOSET FROM SOUTH AT WEST WALL DOOR FRAME, 1st WINDOW FRAME FROM WEST AT NORTH WALL, 1st WINDOW FRAME FROM NORTH AT EAST WALL, 2nd WINDOW FRAME FROM NORTH AT EAST WALL IN THE 1st ROOM FROM EAST LOCATED AT APT 2B, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH
§ 27-2056.6 ADM CODE - CORRECT THE LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD - PAINT THAT TESTED POSITIVE FOR LEAD CONTENT AND THAT IS PEELING OR ON A DETERIORATED SUBSURFACE - USING WORK PRACTICES SET FORTH IN 28 RCNY §11-06(B)(2) 1st DOOR FRAME FROM SOUTH AT WEST WALL, 1st WINDOW FRAME FROM WEST AT NORTH WALL IN THE 3rd ROOM FROM EAST LOCATED AT APT 2B, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH
§ 27-2056.6 ADM CODE - CORRECT THE LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD - PAINT THAT TESTED POSITIVE FOR LEAD CONTENT AND THAT IS PEELING OR ON A DETERIORATED SUBSURFACE - USING WORK PRACTICES SET FORTH IN 28 RCNY §11-06(B)(2) 1st DOOR FRAME FROM SOUTH AT WEST WALL, 1st WINDOW FRAME FROM WEST AT NORTH WALL IN THE 3rd ROOM FROM EAST LOCATED AT APT 2B, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

Status: Certification Postponment Denied

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 1FIssued 2024-09-092 violations

HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF MICE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 1F, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH
HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF ROACHES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 1F, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

Status: Certification rejected by HPD

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 1FIssued 2022-08-292 violations

HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF ROACHES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 1F, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH
HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF MICE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 1F, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Plumbing10

Heat/Hot Water9

Door/Window8

Unsanitary Condition4

Safety2

General1

Flooring/Stairs1

Electric1

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

807

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential267

Commercial193

Unspecified157

Street/Sidewalk117

Vehicle58

Helicopter14

House of Worship1

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

394

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony113

Misdemeanor178

Violation103

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

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.

ACTIVE · LANDMK-LANDMARK NONE2023-09-20

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.

BoilersHazardous2000-12-06$400 penalty

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: 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 2022-02-08

Access Warrant - Non-Lead

CLOSEDOpened 2019-08-15

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2010-09-01

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

Checo 476 Columbus LLC

Head officer

Joseph Aizer

Managing agent

Strivers Management Group Corp.

46 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

Speculation watch

·Changed hands in 2024 — 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 sale2024-05-20 · $14,500,000

Most recent mortgage2024-05-20 · $9,425,000

Mortgage2024-05-20$9,425,000

borrower CHECO 476 COLUMBUS LLC · lender JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.

Sale2024-05-20$14,500,000

472-476 COLUMBUS AVE., LLC → CHECO 476 COLUMBUS LLC

Mortgage2007-01-30$17,941.56

borrower 472-476 COLUMBUS AVE., LLC · lender WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK

Sale1998-01-09no recorded price

HALEY, BRUCE, ESTATE OF CAROL HALEY → 472-476 COLUMBLS AVENUE LLC.

Mortgage1987-01-16$1,161,316.86

borrower HALEY, CAROL, HALEY, BRUCE · lender LINCOLN SAVINGS 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.

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.

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 2BIssued 2026-05-286 violations

§ 27-2056.6 ADM CODE - CORRECT THE LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD - PAINT THAT TESTED POSITIVE FOR LEAD CONTENT AND THAT IS PEELING OR ON A DETERIORATED SUBSURFACE - USING WORK PRACTICES SET FORTH IN 28 RCNY §11-06(B)(2) 1st DOOR FRAME FROM SOUTH AT WEST WALL, 1st WINDOW FRAME FROM WEST AT NORTH WALL IN THE 2nd ROOM FROM EAST LOCATED AT APT 2B, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH
§ 27-2056.6 ADM CODE - CORRECT THE LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD - PAINT THAT TESTED POSITIVE FOR LEAD CONTENT AND THAT IS PEELING OR ON A DETERIORATED SUBSURFACE - USING WORK PRACTICES SET FORTH IN 28 RCNY §11-06(B)(2) 1st CLOSET FROM SOUTH AT WEST WALL DOOR FRAME, 1st WINDOW FRAME FROM WEST AT NORTH WALL, 1st WINDOW FRAME FROM NORTH AT EAST WALL, 2nd WINDOW FRAME FROM NORTH AT EAST WALL IN THE 1st ROOM FROM EAST LOCATED AT APT 2B, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

4 more from the same inspection

§ 27-2056.6 ADM CODE - CORRECT THE LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD - PAINT THAT TESTED POSITIVE FOR LEAD CONTENT AND THAT IS PEELING OR ON A DETERIORATED SUBSURFACE - USING WORK PRACTICES SET FORTH IN 28 RCNY §11-06(B)(2) 1st DOOR FRAME FROM SOUTH AT WEST WALL, 1st WINDOW FRAME FROM WEST AT NORTH WALL IN THE 2nd ROOM FROM EAST LOCATED AT APT 2B, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH
§ 27-2056.6 ADM CODE - CORRECT THE LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD - PAINT THAT TESTED POSITIVE FOR LEAD CONTENT AND THAT IS PEELING OR ON A DETERIORATED SUBSURFACE - USING WORK PRACTICES SET FORTH IN 28 RCNY §11-06(B)(2) 1st CLOSET FROM SOUTH AT WEST WALL DOOR FRAME, 1st WINDOW FRAME FROM WEST AT NORTH WALL, 1st WINDOW FRAME FROM NORTH AT EAST WALL, 2nd WINDOW FRAME FROM NORTH AT EAST WALL IN THE 1st ROOM FROM EAST LOCATED AT APT 2B, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH
§ 27-2056.6 ADM CODE - CORRECT THE LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD - PAINT THAT TESTED POSITIVE FOR LEAD CONTENT AND THAT IS PEELING OR ON A DETERIORATED SUBSURFACE - USING WORK PRACTICES SET FORTH IN 28 RCNY §11-06(B)(2) 1st DOOR FRAME FROM SOUTH AT WEST WALL, 1st WINDOW FRAME FROM WEST AT NORTH WALL IN THE 3rd ROOM FROM EAST LOCATED AT APT 2B, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH
§ 27-2056.6 ADM CODE - CORRECT THE LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD - PAINT THAT TESTED POSITIVE FOR LEAD CONTENT AND THAT IS PEELING OR ON A DETERIORATED SUBSURFACE - USING WORK PRACTICES SET FORTH IN 28 RCNY §11-06(B)(2) 1st DOOR FRAME FROM SOUTH AT WEST WALL, 1st WINDOW FRAME FROM WEST AT NORTH WALL IN THE 3rd ROOM FROM EAST LOCATED AT APT 2B, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

Status: Certification Postponment Denied