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.
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The owner registered 3 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 120 apartments.
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2018 — 3 units registered2023 — 3
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.
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.
This building and the landlord's others
This building7 others linked to the same owner
HPD housing-maintenance violations
311 complaints from tenants
Neighborhood noise
Neighborhood crime
Bedbug history
No bedbugs reported
The owner filed 10 annual bedbug reports and reported no infested units. Filing with zero infestations is the compliant, reassuring case.
DOB building violations
Evictions
Housing court
Landlord and related buildings
Unpaid city fines
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.
HPD housing-maintenance violations
1
Open now
20
On record
0
Open Class C
0
Open Class B
1
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 2016-05-265+ YRS OLD
§ 26-1103 ADMIN. CODE: POST AND MAINTAIN A PROPER NOTICE ON WALL OF THE ENTRANCE STORY IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH ON THE AVAILABILITY OF THE AGENCYS HOUSING INFORMATION GUIDE. A SAMPLE NOTICE CAN BE FOUND AT WWW.NYC.GOV/HPD. AT PUBLIC HALL, 1st STORY
Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix
311 complaints from tenants
1
All time
0
Last 12 months
Heat/Hot Water1
Heat/Hot WaterApartment Only2022-01-13 · closed
Complaints record what a tenant reported, not a finding by the city. "Closed" often means the inspector could not gain access.
Neighborhood noise
Higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks
418
Noise reports · last 12 mo
35
≈ per month
23
% from neighbors
Street/Sidewalk114
Unspecified111
Residential97
Vehicle61
Commercial30
Park2
Helicopter2
House of Worship1
311 noise complaints within about 1,000 ft (a few blocks) in the last year. Most reports here are about outdoor noise (mostly street/sidewalk) — 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 crime
About averagevs. NYC apartment blocks
212
NYPD reports · last 12 mo
18
≈ per month
Felony75
Misdemeanor97
Violation40
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.
DOB building violations
1
Active
43
On record
0
Active, last 3 yrs
ACTIVE · FISPHAZ-HAZARDOUS CONDITION (FACADE) FACADE REQUIRED2023-02-17
CYCLE 9B UNSAFE REPORT FILED
Evictions
1
Executed, all time
0
Last 3 years
2019-11-27Apt PARKING SPACE NO. 7commercial
Executed by a city marshal. An eviction can be lawful; a high or rising count is a displacement signal, not proof of wrongdoing.
Housing court
4
Cases on record
0
Open now
4
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 2017-03-20
Tenant action
CLOSEDOpened 2016-07-22
Tenant action
CLOSEDOpened 2016-06-07
Tenant action
CLOSEDOpened 2016-05-13
Tenant action
Landlord and related buildings
Registered owner
435 EAST 65TH CORP
Head officer
EVAN CALERO
Managing agent
AKAM ASSOCIATES, INC.
7 other buildings share this owner's registration contacts. Shared contacts suggest common control, but they are not proof of ownership.
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.
PlumbingNon-Hazardous2003-04-14$400 penalty
Ownership & money
2
Recorded sales
6
Mortgages / refinances
Last recorded sale1985-01-03 · no recorded price
Most recent mortgage2020-04-30 · $1,000,100
Mortgage2020-04-30$1,000,100
borrower 435 EAST 65TH CORPORATION · lender VALLEY NATIONAL BANK
Mortgage2016-03-31$1,000,000
borrower 435 EAST 65TH CORPORATION · lender NATIONAL CONSUMER COOPERATIVE BANK
Mortgage1993-07-21$252,750.41
borrower 435 EAST 65TH CORP · lender MORGAN GUARANTY TRSTETC
Mortgage1986-06-05$50,000
borrower ROMERO, NAOMI Y, ROMERO, PHILLIP · lender CITIBANK N A
Sale1985-01-03no recorded price
435 EAST ASSOCIATES → 435 E 65TH CORPORATION
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.