1543 2 Avenue

Manhattan, NY

BBL 1-01526-0021BIN 1048532

Concern level2 of 4

Moderate

014 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 28 apartments
024 of those issued in the last 3 years
032 open rent-impairing 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 33 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 110 apartments.

2018 — 34 units registered2023 — 33

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1959

Built

Floors

110

Residential units

Elevator apartments

Type

Energy-efficiency grade

Grade B — above average

ENERGY STAR score 71 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 building97 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. 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 12AIssued 2026-10-13RENT-IMPAIRING

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE ROOF SO THAT IT WILL NOT LEAK ABOVE CEILING IN THE PRIVATE HALLWAY LOCATED AT APT 12A, 12th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 9FIssued 2026-09-11

§ 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... EVIDENCE OF MOLD, MILDEW AND MOISTURES OBSERVED GREATER THAN 20 SQUARE FEET AT CEILING AND ALL WALLS IN THE 2nd BATHROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT APT 9F, 9th STORY, 3rd APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST ORIGINAL VIOLATION 19072405 ISSUED 08-JUL-26 HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO CLASS C PER ADMINISTRATIVE CODE 27-2017.3a(5)(a) or (b).

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 9FIssued 2026-07-31

§ 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... GREATER THAN 3O SQUARE FEET OBSERVED IN THE 2nd BATHROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT APT 9F, 9th STORY, 3rd APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 9FIssued 2026-06-12

§ 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... GREATER THAN 10 SQFT AT CEILING AND ALL WALLS IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 9F, 9th STORY, 3rd APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST ORIGINAL VIOLATION 18613698 ISSUED 02-FEB-26 HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO CLASS C PER ADMINISTRATIVE CODE 27-2017.3a(5)(a) or (b).

Status: Awaiting HPD re-inspection

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

101

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water66

Unsanitary Condition17

Plumbing9

Water Leak5

Paint/Plaster2

Door/Window1

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

713

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Unspecified280

Residential277

Commercial68

Street/Sidewalk64

Vehicle20

Helicopter3

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 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

331

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony95

Misdemeanor190

Violation46

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.

No active DOB violations.

DOB building violations

OATH/ECB violations and fines

$2,500

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.

ConstructionClass 12024-10-01$2,500 due

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 2026-01-15

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

245 EAST 80TH STREET, LLC

Head officer

MARGARET BRUNN

Managing agent

BRIAN GARLAND

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

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Landlord and related buildings

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2013-09-30 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2017-05-03 · $43,713,841.11

Mortgage2017-05-03$43,713,841.11

borrower 245 EAST 80TH STREET, LLC · lender PARLEX 7 FINCO, LLC

Mortgage2017-05-03$28,921,381.89

borrower 245 EAST 80TH STREET, LLC · lender MESA WEST CORE LENDING FUND, LLC

Mortgage2017-05-03$3,558,011

borrower 245 EAST 80TH STREET, LLC · lender MESA WEST CORE LENDING FUND, LLC

Mortgage2015-05-04$2,381,500

borrower 1100 WARBURTON AVENUE, LLC, 185 EAST 162ND STREET, LLC, 99-12 65TH ROAD, LLC, 65-09 99TH STREET, LLC, QUEENS BOULEVARD APARTMENTS, LLC, 245 EAST 80TH STREET, LLC, 910 SHERIDAN AVENUE, LLC, 909 SHERIDAN AVENUE, LLC · lender PARLEX 7 FINCO, LLC

Sale2013-09-30no recorded price

LENHILL REALTY CORP. → 245 EAST 80TH STREET, LLC

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