343 East 85 Street

Manhattan, NY

BBL 1-01548-0019BIN 1078630Plain-text version

Concern level2 of 4

Moderate

012 active DOB violation(s)
025 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 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 3 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 55 apartments.

2018 — 5 units registered2023 — 3

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1910

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building34 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. This tax lot has 3 buildings; these counts are for this building only.

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSIssued 2017-06-193 violations5+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE AND DEPT. RULES AND REGULATIONS. REMOVE THE ENCUMBRANCE OBSTRUCTING EGRESS FROM FIRE ESCAPES CONSISITING OF FLOWER POTS, BUILDING FRONT , 2nd STORY
§ 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE AND DEPT. RULES AND REGULATIONS. REMOVE THE ENCUMBRANCE OBSTRUCTING EGRESS FROM FIRE ESCAPES CONSISTING OF AIR CONDITIONERS AT EAST AND WEST WINDOWS, BUILDING FRONT , 3rd STORY

1 more from the same inspection

§ 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE AND DEPT. RULES AND REGULATIONS. REMOVE THE ENCUMBRANCE OBSTRUCTING EGRESS FROM FIRE ESCAPES CONSISTING OF AIR CONDITIONER AT WEST WINDOW, BUILDING FRONT , 4th STORY

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS A · NON-HAZARDOUSIssued 2017-06-192 violations5+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2005 HMC: POST, IN A FORM APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER, AND MAINTAIN A NOTICE IN A COMMON AREA OF THE BUILDING REGARDING THE PROCEDURES THAT SHOULD BE FOLLOWED WHEN A GAS LEAK IS SUSPECTED AT PUBLIC HALL, 1st STORY
§ 27-2053 ADM CODE POST SIGN ON WALL OF ENTRANCE STORY BEARING NAME, ADDRESS INCLUDING APARTMENT NUMBER IF ANY, AND TELEPHONE NUMBER OF SUPERINTENDENT, JANITOR OR HOUSEKEEPER. AT PUBLIC HALL, 1st STORY

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

General6

Plumbing4

Heat/Hot Water3

Water Leak1

Water LeakDamp Spot2023-01-04 · closed

Heat/Hot WaterApartment Only2022-01-26 · closed

PlumbingWater Supply2021-10-28 · 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

Much higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

952

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Unspecified302

Residential286

Commercial175

Street/Sidewalk132

Vehicle53

Helicopter4

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

339

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony102

Misdemeanor196

Violation41

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 24 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.

ACTIVE · EVCAT5-NON-RESIDENTIAL ELEVATOR PERIODIC INSPECTION/TEST ELEVATORREQUIRED2019-05-20

FAILURE TO PERFORM CATEGORY 5 INSPECTION

ACTIVE · C-CONSTRUCTION OTHER OPTIONAL1988-12-22

DOB building violations

OATH/ECB violations and fines

$1,250

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 22026-10-06$1,250 due

BoilersNon-Hazardous2004-10-29$180 penalty

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 2015-02-24

Harassment case

CLOSEDOpened 2015-02-24

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2011-07-12

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

FRANK & WALTER EBERHART L.P. #1

Head officer

OREN GOLDSTEIN

Managing agent

Eberhart Brothers, LLC

34 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 sale1995-06-19 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2019-06-12 · $1,177,938.35

Mortgage2019-06-12$1,177,938.35

borrower FRANK & WALTER EBERHART L.P. NO. 1, FRANK & WALTER EBERHART L.P. NO. 2 · lender THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON

Mortgage2005-04-13$11,521,059

borrower FRANK & WALTER EBERHART L.P. NO.2, FRANK & WALTER EBERHART L.P. NO. 1 · lender THE BANK OF NEW YORK

Mortgage2005-04-13$2,990,000

borrower FRANK & WALTER EBERHART L.P. NO. 1, FRANK & WALTER EBERHART L.P. NO.2 · lender THE BANK OF NEW YORK

Mortgage2004-02-12$5,000,000

borrower EBERHART L.P. #1, FRANK AND WALTER EBERHART L.P. NO.2, EBERHART L.P. #.2, FRANK AND WALTER EBERHART L.P. NO.1 · lender THE BANK OF NEW YORK

Mortgage2003-05-22$3,000,000

borrower FRANK AND WALTER EBERHART L.P. NO. 1, FRANK AND WALTER EBERHART L.P. NO. 2 · lender THE BANK OF NEW YORK

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