220 East 57 Street

Manhattan, NY

BBL 1-01330-0038BIN 1038594Plain-text version

Concern level3 of 4

High

017 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 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 1 stabilized unit with New York State for 2023 — of about 161 apartments.

2018 — 1 units registered2023 — 1

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1970

Built

Floors

161

Residential units

Elevator apartments

Type

Energy-efficiency grade

Grade C — below average

ENERGY STAR score 56 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.

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. 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 B · HAZARDOUSApt 3HIssued 2026-08-242 violations

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE WOOD FLOOR IN THE 1st ROOM FROM NORTH AT EAST LOCATED AT APT 3H, 3rd STORY, 5th APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH
§ 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE MECHANICAL VENTILATION SYSTEM AT WEST WALL IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 3H, 3rd STORY, 5th APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH

Status: Civ14 Mailed

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 3HIssued 2026-06-08

§ 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE THE MECHANICAL VENTILATION SYSTEM AT WEST WALL IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 3H, 3rd STORY, 5th APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 18EIssued 2012-07-195+ YRS OLD

SECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE HEAT AND A/C CONVECTOR UNIT IN THE 1st ROOM FROM NORTH AT CENTER LOCATED AT APT 18E, 17th STORY, 3rd APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSIssued 1998-07-075+ YRS OLD

SECTION 67 M/D LAW POST A PRINTED SCALE FLOOR PLAN SHOWING MEANS OF EGRESS, AT MISSING 1 STY PUBLIC HALL

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water20

Unsanitary Condition6

Water Leak5

General4

Paint/Plaster3

Elevator2

Plumbing1

Flooring/Stairs1

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

598

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Unspecified229

Residential221

Street/Sidewalk73

Vehicle43

Commercial32

311 noise complaints within about 1,000 ft (a few blocks) in the last year. Most reports here are about outdoor noise (mostly unspecified) — 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

317

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony131

Misdemeanor144

Violation42

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.

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 · FISPNRF-NO REPORT AND / OR LATE FILING (FACADE) FACADE REQUIRED2023-02-22

FAILED TO FILE FISP CYCLE 9B TECHNICAL REPORT BY 2/21/2023

ACTIVE · C-CONSTRUCTION OTHER OPTIONAL2021-12-02

PREMISES RENDERED NON COMPLAINT SIDEWALK SHED , MOVING TWO I BEAMS UNDER DECKING , WITH TWO COLUMNS RAISED ABOVE SIDEWALK APPROXIMATELY 6 'X12"S

ACTIVE · C-CONSTRUCTION OTHER OPTIONAL2021-02-26

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.

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 2026-07-31

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2012-07-09

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2009-05-01

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

220 East 57 Street owners

Head officer

JOHN RELLA

Managing agent

MD Squared Property Group

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

Landlord and related buildings

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale1979-03-13 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2020-08-12 · $1,096,126.18

Mortgage2020-08-12$1,096,126.18

borrower 220 EAST 57TH STREET OWNERS, INC · lender VALLEY NATIONAL BANK

Mortgage2013-06-25$300,000

borrower 220 EAST 57TH STREET OWNERS, INC. · lender VALLEY NATIONAL BANK

Mortgage2002-10-18$1,000,000

borrower 220 EAST 57TH STREETOWNERS, INC. · lender JPMORGAN CHASE BANK

Mortgage1991-11-18$1,321,095.66

borrower 220 EAST 57 ST OWNRSINC · lender MORGAN GUARANTY TRTETC

Mortgage1987-11-12$499,990

borrower 220 E 57TH OWRS INC · lender BOWERY SVGS BK

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