1144 2 Avenue

Manhattan, NY

BBL 1-01435-0102BIN 1044222

Concern level2 of 4

Moderate

012 active DOB violation(s)
021 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.

Rent regulation

Likely rent-stabilized

The owner registered 2 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 6 apartments.

2018 — 2 units registered2023 — 2

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1910

Built

Floors

Residential units

Mixed residential / commercial

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building7 others linked to the same owner

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.

CLASS A · NON-HAZARDOUSIssued 2014-04-095+ YRS OLD

D26-10.01 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE BRICKWORK OF EXTERIOR PARAPET WALL AT FRONT AND OVER STORE FRONT.

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

No 311 housing complaints on record for this building.

311 complaints from tenants

Neighborhood noise

Higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

782

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential270

Unspecified229

Vehicle144

Street/Sidewalk72

Commercial63

House of Worship3

Helicopter1

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

305

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony124

Misdemeanor124

Violation57

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 8 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

ACTIVE · C-CONSTRUCTION OTHER OPTIONAL2025-09-10

FAILURE TO MAINTAIN BUILDING IN CODE COMPLIANT MANNER.AS NOTED AT THE TIME OF INSPECTION,I OBSERVED ON EXP1 WEST ELEV,DISLODGE BRICK,DAMAGED CRACKED,LEANING BRICK AT PARAPET WALL,DAMAGED MORTAR JOINTS AT OTHER L OCATIONS ON SEVERAL FLOORS.EXP3 EAST ELEV,ERODED BRICKS AND MORTAR ON BRICK WORK.REMEDY:REPAIR AND/OR REPLACE DAMAGED BRICK WORK ON EXP1&3

ACTIVE · C-CONSTRUCTION OTHER OPTIONAL2025-09-10

EMERGENCY WORK ORDER DUE TO IMMINENT HAZARDOUS CONDITION OBSERVED ON E XP1 WEST ELEV AT THE SOUTHWEST END OF PARAPET WALL.AS NOTED ON EXP1 WE ST ELEV,I OBSERVED DISLODGE LOOSE BRICK AT THE SOUTHWEST END OF PARAPE T WALL.ALSO VERTICAL CRACK IN BRICK WORK AT LEANING PARAPET ON THE NW END OF PARAPET WALL.REMEDY:PROVIDE SAFETY MEASURES TO PROTECT PUBLIC

DOB building violations

Evictions

No executed evictions on record for this building.

Evictions

Housing court

No HPD housing-court cases on record for this building.

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

1144 SECOND AVENUE LLC

Head officer

SEAN LAVIN

Managing agent

TOWNHOUSE PROPERTY GROUP LLC

7 other buildings share this owner's registration contacts. Shared contacts suggest common control, but they are not proof of ownership.

1140 2 AVENUEMANHATTAN 1146 2 AVENUEMANHATTAN 231 EAST 60 STREETMANHATTAN 316 EAST 77 STREETMANHATTAN 318 EAST 77 STREETMANHATTAN

Landlord and related buildings

Unpaid city fines

Balance due (active)

Active violations

Lost by default

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.

Unpaid city fines

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2011-08-17 · $2,000,000

Most recent mortgage2025-10-20 · $4,708,787.96

Mortgage2025-10-20$4,708,787.96

borrower 1156 MANHATTAN LLC, 301 EAST 60TH STREET LLC, 1146-48 SECOND AVENUE, LLC, 1150 SECOND AVENUE, LLC, 1154 MANHATTAN LLC, 1152 MANHATTAN LLC, 1144 SECOND AVENUE, LLC · lender MAXIM CREDIT GROUP, LLC

Mortgage2025-03-21$1,100,000

borrower 301 EAST 60TH STREET LLC, 1150 SECOND AVENUE, LLC, 1146-48 SECOND AVENUE, LLC, 1144 SECOND AVENUE, LLC · lender MAXIM CREDIT GROUP, LLC

Mortgage2024-12-31$2,100,000

borrower 1150 SECOND AVENUE, LLC, 1144 SECOND AVENUE, LLC, 1146-48 SECOND AVENUE, LLC, 301 EAST 60TH STREET LLC · lender MAXIM CREDIT GROUP, LLC

Mortgage2023-12-14$790,823.02

borrower 1144 SECOND AVENUE, LLC, 1146-48 SECOND AVENUE, LLC, 1150 SECOND AVENUE, LLC, 301 EAST 60TH STREET LLC · lender MAXIM CREDIT GROUP, LLC

Mortgage2017-08-09$2,183,457.21

borrower 1144 SECOND AVENUE LLC, 1150 SECOND AVENUE LLC, 1146 - 1148 SECOND AVENUE LLC · lender SIGNATURE 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.

City debt & tax-lien sale