1571 York Avenue

Manhattan, NY

BBL 1-01563-0025BIN 1087330Plain-text version

Concern level3 of 4

High

011 open class-C HPD violation (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 8 apartments
021 eviction executed in the last 3 years

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 2 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 8 apartments.

2018 — 2 units registered2023 — 2

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1880

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building

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 3SIssued 2023-07-19

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR AT CEILING IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 3S, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH

Status: Certification rejected by HPD

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 3NIssued 2023-09-11

§ 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE BELL BUZZER INTERCOM SYSTEM FROM THE BUILDING ENTRANCE TO THE APARTMENT WALL PANEL IN THE ENTRANCE LOCATED AT APT 3N, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

Status: Certification rejected by HPD

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSIssued 2023-04-20

§ 27-2040 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 ONE OR MORE LIGHT WITH AND AGREGATE OF NOT LESS THAN A 100 WATTS IN CANDESCENT OR EQUVELENT.

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSIssued 2023-01-312 violations

§ 27-2040 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 ...2 BROKEN ELECTRICAL LIGHT FIXTURE AT BUILDING ENTRANCE , 1st STORY
§ 27-2005 ADM CODE & 309 M/D LAW ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF ...LOCKED BUILDING ENTRANCE DOOR PREVENTING ACCESS TO BELL BUZZER INTERCOM SYSTEM IN THE VESTIBULE , 1st STORY

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

General28

Door/Window16

Heat/Hot Water14

Unsanitary Condition5

Water Leak5

Paint/Plaster4

Safety2

Electric1

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

570

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Unspecified236

Residential230

Street/Sidewalk43

Vehicle34

Commercial13

Helicopter9

Park5

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

319

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony59

Misdemeanor224

Violation36

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 5 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

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.

OATH/ECB violations and fines

Evictions

Executed, all time

Last 3 years

2024-05-09Apt 4Nresidential

Executed by a city marshal. An eviction can be lawful; a high or rising count is a displacement signal, not proof of wrongdoing.

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 2023-03-15

Heat / hot water

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

TRFG DRG LLC

Head officer

JORDAN RUBIN

Managing agent

MIGDAL MANAGEMENT 2010 LLC

No other buildings found sharing this building's registered contact.

Landlord and related buildings

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2017-10-31 · $8,300,000

Most recent mortgage2017-10-31 · $9,765,108.05

Sale2017-10-31$8,300,000

JGD PAPOUTSIS LLC → TRFG DRG LLC

Mortgage2017-10-31$9,765,108.05

borrower 1567 YORK LLC, TRFG DRG LLC · lender 1567 YORK FUNDING L.P.

Sale2001-01-08no recorded price

PAPOUTSIS, GEORGE, PAPOUTSIS, JAMES → JGD PAPOUTSIS LLC

Sale1972-07-17no recorded price

ROTH,IGNATZ DECD EX, MARMORSTEIN, THEODORE → PAPOUTSIS, JAMES, PAPOUTSIS, GEORGE

Mortgage1972-07-17no recorded price

borrower PAPOUTSIS, GEORGE, PAPOUTSIS, JAMES · lender ROTH, IGNATZ DECD EX, MARMORSTEIN, THEODORE

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