No HPD housing-court cases on record for this building.
Evictions
No executed evictions on record for this building.
Unpaid city fines
$0
Balance due (active)
0
Active violations
0
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.
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.
Concern level2 of 4
Moderate
016 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 3 stabilized units with New York State for 2021 — of about 6 apartments.
18
20
21
2018 — 3 units registered2021 — 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.
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 B · HAZARDOUSIssued 2008-08-185+ YRS OLD
D26-19.07 ADM CODE PROVIDE ADEQUATE LIGHTING AT OR NEAR THE OUTSIDE OF THE FRONT ENTRANCEWAY OF THE BUILDING AND KEEP SAME BURNING FROM SUNSET EVERY DAY TO SUNRISE ON THE DAY FOLLOWING NIGHT INSPECTION LIGHT NOT ON.
Status: Notice issued, not yet certified
CLASS A · NON-HAZARDOUSIssued 2026-04-29
(A) § HMC:FILE ANNUAL BEDBUG REPORT IN ACCORDANCE WITH HPD RULE AS DESCRIBED ON THE BACK OF THIS NOTICE OF VIOLATION OR AS DESCRIBED ON HPDS WEBSITE, WWW.NYC.GOV\HPD, SEARCH BED BUGS.
Status: Notice issued, not yet certified
CLASS A · NON-HAZARDOUSIssued 2025-06-04
(A) § HMC:FILE ANNUAL BEDBUG REPORT IN ACCORDANCE WITH HPD RULE AS DESCRIBED ON THE BACK OF THIS NOTICE OF VIOLATION OR AS DESCRIBED ON HPDS WEBSITE, WWW.NYC.GOV\HPD, SEARCH BED BUGS.
Status: Notice issued, not yet certified
CLASS A · NON-HAZARDOUSIssued 2024-04-01
(A) § HMC:FILE ANNUAL BEDBUG REPORT IN ACCORDANCE WITH HPD RULE AS DESCRIBED ON THE BACK OF THIS NOTICE OF VIOLATION OR AS DESCRIBED ON HPDS WEBSITE, WWW.NYC.GOV\HPD, SEARCH BED BUGS.
Status: Notice issued, not yet certified
311 complaints from tenants
2
All time
0
Last 12 months
Electric1
Water Leak1
ElectricPower Outage2023-10-30 · closed
Water LeakSlow Leak2022-02-19 · 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
830
Noise reports · last 12 mo
69
≈ per month
38
% from neighbors
Residential319
Unspecified294
Commercial100
Street/Sidewalk89
Vehicle22
Helicopter5
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 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.
Bedbug history
No bedbugs reported
The owner filed 1 annual bedbug report and reported no infested units. Filing with zero infestations is the compliant, reassuring case.
DOB building violations
0
Active
0
On record
0
Active, last 3 yrs
No active DOB violations.
Neighborhood crime
Higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks
334
NYPD reports · last 12 mo
28
≈ per month
Felony95
Misdemeanor192
Violation47
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.
Landlord and related buildings
Registered owner
240 EAST 81ST STREET CORP
Head officer
NATHANIEL MENDELSOHN
Managing agent
DAVID EISENSTEIN REAL ESTATE
No other buildings found sharing this building's registered contact.
This building and the landlord's others
This building
Ownership & money
9
Recorded sales
6
Mortgages / refinances
Last recorded sale1998-09-24 · no recorded price
Most recent mortgage1986-02-21 · $4,065.86
Sale1998-09-24no recorded price
MENDELSOHN, FREDERICK S., MENDELSOHN, MARTHA → 240 EAST 81ST STREETCORPORATION
Mortgage1986-02-21$4,065.86
borrower MENDELSOHN, MARTHA, MENDELSOHN, FREDERICK S · lender DIME SVGS BK WLLMSBG
Mortgage1981-12-22no recorded price
borrower MENDELSOHN, MARTHA, MENDELSOHN, FREDERICK S · lender SILVERSTEIN, LAWRENCE, LARLE CO DBA, MANDEL, LEON
Sale1981-12-22no recorded price
SILVERSTEIN, LAWRENCE, LARLE CO DBA, MANDEL, LEON → MENDELSOHN, MARTHA, MENDELSOHN, FREDERICK S
Sale1980-03-21no recorded price
BLEECKER, BACHE → SILVERSTEIN, LAWRENCE, MANDEL, LEON
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.