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.
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.
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.
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.
HPD housing-maintenance violations
8
Open now
50
On record
0
Open Class C
4
Open Class B
4
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 B · HAZARDOUSIssued 2008-05-295+ YRS OLD
§ 300, 301, 302, M/D LAW FILE PLANS AND OBTAIN A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY TO LEGALIZE THE FOLLOWING ALTERATION OR RESTORE PREMISES TO PRIOR LEGAL CONDITION 2ND STORY FRONT B ROOM & REAR B ROOM ALTERED INTO 1 CLASS A APT.
Status: Notice issued, not yet certified
CLASS B · HAZARDOUSIssued 2008-05-295+ YRS OLD
§ 300, 301, 302, M/D LAW FILE PLANS AND OBTAIN A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY TO LEGALIZE THE FOLLOWING ALTERATION OR RESTORE PREMISES TO PRIOR LEGAL CONDITION BASEMENT REAR EAST ROOM & 2ND ROOM FROM REAR AT EAST ATTIRED INTO AN APT.
Status: Notice issued, not yet certified
CLASS B · HAZARDOUSIssued 2008-05-295+ YRS OLD
§ 300, 301, 302, M/D LAW FILE PLANS AND OBTAIN A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY TO LEGALIZE THE FOLLOWING ALTERATION OR RESTORE PREMISES TO PRIOR LEGAL CONDITION DOORS ON 4TH STY PUBLIC HALL SCEALED SHUT & COVER & WITH PLYWOOD CREATING ONE APTS.
Status: Notice issued, not yet certified
CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 6Issued 2002-07-125+ YRS OLD
§ 300, 301, 302, M/D LAW FILE PLANS AND OBTAIN A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY TO LEGALIZE THE FOLLOWING ALTERATION OR RESTORE PREMISES TO PRIOR LEGAL CONDITION BOTH APTS CONVERTED INTO ONE CLASS '' A '' APT. IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 6, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST
Status: Notice issued, not yet certified
Evictions
No executed evictions on record for this building.
Neighborhood crime
Much higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks
546
NYPD reports · last 12 mo
46
≈ per month
Felony134
Misdemeanor283
Violation129
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.
Housing court
2
Cases on record
0
Open now
0
Tenant-brought
0
Harassment found
0
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 2024-01-23
CONH
CLOSEDOpened 2019-10-16
CONH
Concern level2 of 4
Moderate
011 active DOB violation(s)
028 open HPD 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 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.
DOB building violations
1
Active
9
On record
0
Active, last 3 yrs
ACTIVE · LBLVIO-LOW PRESSURE BOILER BOILER REQUIRED2023-04-25
VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2022 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION
Bedbug history
No bedbugs reported
The owner filed 6 annual bedbug reports and reported no infested units. Filing with zero infestations is the compliant, reassuring case.
311 complaints from tenants
No 311 housing complaints on record for this building.
Ownership & money
9
Recorded sales
4
Mortgages / refinances
Last recorded sale2022-09-13 · $4,350,000
Most recent mortgage1989-11-14 · $50,000
Sale2022-09-13$4,350,000
KATZ, LAWRENCE F → 167 W85TH DEVELOPMENT LLC
Mortgage1989-11-14$50,000
borrower KATZ, LAWRENCE F. · lender RANKIN, PATRICIA F.
Mortgage1989-07-10$100,000
borrower KATZ, LAWRENCE F. · lender KATZ, ARTHUR L.
Sale1986-09-17no recorded price
KATZ, JOANNE, KATZ, LAWRENCE F → KATZ, LAWRENCE
Sale1984-05-17no recorded price
WONG, HOPE F/K/A, CORMAN, HOPE → WONG, PAK-CHEUNG
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.
Landlord and related buildings
Registered owner
167 W 85 DEVELOPMENT LLC
Head officer
RONEN BENJOSEF
Managing agent
RONEN BENJOSEF
21 other buildings share this owner's registration contacts. Shared contacts suggest common control, but they are not proof of ownership.
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.