520 East 81 Street

Manhattan, NY

BBL 1-01577-7501BIN 1050880

Concern level2 of 4

Moderate

013 active DOB violation(s)
026 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 9 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 163 apartments.

2018 — 13 units registered2023 — 9

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1964

Built

Floors

163

Residential units

Condominium

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.

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 11BIssued 1998-09-225+ YRS OLD

SECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE & 309 M/D LAW ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF CONCEALED WATER LEAK CEILING FROM TERRACE ABOVE TO PRIVATE HALL 11 STY NORTHWEST APT 11B WEST SECTION. , SECTION '' ''

Status: Certified late

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 11BIssued 1998-09-225+ YRS OLD

SECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR CEILING PRIVATE HALL 11 STY NORTHWEST APT 11B. , SECTION '' ''

Status: Certified late

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 14FIssued 1991-06-185+ YRS OLD

SECTION 27-2045 ADM CODE REPAIR OR REPLACE THE SMOKE DETECTOR BROKEN 14 STY SOUTHEAST APT 14F BROUGHTON. , SECTION '' ''

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

CLASS A · NON-HAZARDOUSIssued 2022-10-05

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPLACE WITH NEW THE MISSING SAFETY CAPS OR PLUGS AT ELECTRICAL OUTLETS AT WEST WALL AT PUBLIC HALL, 1st STORY

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Unsanitary Condition5

Heat/Hot Water3

Flooring/Stairs1

Appliance1

Plumbing1

Electric1

Water Leak1

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

455

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential243

Unspecified117

Street/Sidewalk41

Vehicle31

Commercial9

Helicopter9

Park5

311 noise complaints within about 1,000 ft (a few blocks) in the last year. Most reports here are about noise from inside buildings — neighbors, not the street. 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

About averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

165

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony66

Misdemeanor65

Violation34

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

Infested, latest filing

Annual filings

2024–20250 infested · 0 eradicated

2023–20240 infested · 0 eradicated

2022–20230 infested · 0 eradicated

Self-reported by the owner for the year ending each filing. Counts are building-wide and do not say which apartment was affected.

Bedbug history

DOB building violations

Active

On record

Active, last 3 yrs

ACTIVE · ACC1-(OTHER BLDGS TYPES) - ELEVATOR AFFIRMATION OF CORRECTION ELEVATORREQUIRED2016-11-14

VIO ISSUED TO ELEVATOR - FAIL TO CORRECT DEFECTS ON 2014 CAT 1 INSP/TST

ACTIVE · ACC1-(OTHER BLDGS TYPES) - ELEVATOR AFFIRMATION OF CORRECTION ELEVATORREQUIRED2016-11-14

VIO ISSUED TO ELEVATOR - FAIL TO CORRECT DEFECTS ON 2014 CAT 1 INSP/TST

ACTIVE · E-ELEVATOR ELEVATORREQUIRED2010-09-29

DOB building violations

Evictions

No executed evictions on record for this building.

Evictions

Housing court

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 2024-08-20

Harassment case

CLOSEDOpened 2008-01-29

Tenant action

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

THE SALEM HOUSE CONDOMINUM

Head officer

MICHAEL WEHRMANN

Managing agent

JOHN B LOVETt

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

Landlord and related buildings

Unpaid city fines

Balance due (active)

Active violations

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.

Unpaid city fines

Ownership & money

No recorded sales or mortgages found in ACRIS for this lot.

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