# 353 East 52 Street, Manhattan, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/1013450023/353-east-52-street-manhattan).
BBL 1013450023 · BIN 1039796 · Generated 2026-10-23

## Concern level: high

- 2 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 4 apartments
- 1 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 1 open rent-impairing violation(s)

Scale: low, moderate, high, severe. Set from open hazardous violations relative to building size, raised by distress signals (HPD's Alternative Enforcement Program, court harassment findings, evictions, unpaid OATH/ECB fines, open housing-court cases, a sold tax lien). It describes the public record, not any one apartment.

## Rent stabilization

Not on the rent-stabilized lists (DOF tax-bill records, DHCR building list). Absence is not proof a unit is unregulated.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1910, 5 floors, 8 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

2 open (class C immediately hazardous: 2, class B hazardous: 0, class A non-hazardous: 0); 57 on record.
1 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
1 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

0 active (0 issued in the last 3 years); 8 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

2 active of 16 on record; 0 decided by default; $0 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

1 in the last 12 months; 2 on record.
Most common: PLUMBING (2).

## Bedbugs

10 annual bedbug filings by the owner; latest reports 0 infested units.

## Evictions

0 executed in the last 3 years; 0 on record.

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

0 cases on record, 0 open, 0 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## Landlord

- HeadOfficer: SABAH SHEMEL
- CorporateOwner: FIRST AVE 945 REALTY LLC
- SiteManager: ROBERT TORNELLO
- Agent: ROBERT TORNELLO

The same owner is linked to 3 other buildings (SABAH SHEMEL at 36 EAST 31 ST).

## Sources and limits

NYC Open Data (HPD, DOB, OATH/ECB, 311, DOF, PLUTO) and NYS DHCR building lists. This is a screening signal from public records, not legal advice; records lag and contain errors. Full interactive report with violation details and maps: https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/1013450023/353-east-52-street-manhattan