181 East 78 Street

Manhattan, NY

BBL 1-01413-0033BIN 1085165Plain-text version

Concern level3 of 4

High

013 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 4 apartments
022 of those issued in the last 3 years
031 eviction 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 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 4 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 12 apartments.

2018 — 4 units registered2023 — 4

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1920

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

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. 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 C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 2WIssued 2025-09-022 violations

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

Status: Certification rejected by HPD

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 2WIssued 2023-05-30

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

Status: HPD couldn't get in to re-inspect

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 2WIssued 2025-09-02

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR AT EAST WALL IN THE FOYER LOCATED AT APT 2W, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST

Status: Certification rejected by HPD

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Unsanitary Condition7

Heat/Hot Water6

Appliance5

Electric2

General1

Heat/Hot WaterEntire Building2025-12-13 · closed

Heat/Hot WaterApartment Only2025-12-12 · closed

Heat/Hot WaterApartment Only2025-10-31 · 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

Commercial217

Unspecified186

Residential105

Street/Sidewalk76

Vehicle45

Helicopter3

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

About averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

231

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony94

Misdemeanor93

Violation44

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 16 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.

No active DOB violations.

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

Executed, all time

Last 3 years

2026-01-07Apt 3-Wresidential

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: 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 2019-06-24

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

KMK NY Inc

Head officer

Shigeki Tsuchiya

Managing agent

Libret Management

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

Landlord and related buildings

Ownership & money

Speculation watch

·Changed hands in 2025 — 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 sale2025-06-16 · $8,770,650

Most recent mortgage2018-01-26 · $216,822.57

Sale2025-06-16$8,770,650

1374 THIRD AVENUE INC. → KMK NY INC.

Mortgage2018-01-26$216,822.57

borrower 1374 THIRD AVENUE INC., 930 THIRD AVENUE CORP. · lender DIME COMMUNITY BANK

Mortgage2012-09-19$1,194,477.89

borrower 930 THIRD AVENUE CORP., 1374 THIRD AVENUE INC., · lender THE DIME SAVINGS BANK OF WILLIAMSBURGH

Mortgage2011-06-07$550,000

borrower 930 THIRD AVENUE CORP., 1374 THIRD AVENUE, INC., 407 EAST 77TH STREET CORP., 1330 3RD AVE.CORP. · lender IRR ASSETS 3, LLC

Mortgage2009-12-02$1,350,000

borrower 1374 THIRD AVENUE INC., 930 THIRD AVENUE CORP. · lender THE DIME SAVINGS BANK OF WILLIAMSBURGH

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