531 East 81 Street

Manhattan, NY

BBL 1-01578-0017BIN 1078721Plain-text version

Concern level1 of 4

Low

011 open HPD violation(s)
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 88 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 100 apartments.

2018 — 35 units registered2023 — 88

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1900

Built

Floors

100

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building31 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. This tax lot has 5 buildings; these counts are for this building only.

No open HPD violations.

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

General37

Appliance12

Unsanitary Condition8

Heat/Hot Water5

Paint/Plaster5

Door/Window4

Flooring/Stairs4

Water Leak2

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

431

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential230

Unspecified116

Street/Sidewalk38

Vehicle29

Helicopter9

Park5

Commercial4

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

Lower than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

145

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony62

Misdemeanor53

Violation30

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

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

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

No OATH/ECB violations on record for this building.

OATH/ECB violations and fines

Evictions

Executed, all time

Last 3 years

2024-09-24Apt 4Cresidential

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 2023-11-29

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2023-10-04

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2020-02-06

Access Warrant - Non-Lead

CLOSEDOpened 2018-04-06

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

5 ON 81 OWNER LLC

Head officer

SCOTT BERMAN

Managing agent

5 ON 81 OWNER LLC

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

1430 3 AVENUEMANHATTAN 1697 AMSTERDAM AVENUEMANHATTAN 1709 AMSTERDAM AVENUEMANHATTAN 2018 5 AVENUEMANHATTAN 2090 AMSTERDAM AVENUEMANHATTAN

Landlord and related buildings

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2020-02-13 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2020-02-13 · $36,078,403.54

Mortgage2020-02-13$36,078,403.54

borrower 470 WEST 23 OWNER LLC, WEST 109 REALTY OWNER LLC, 92 EQUITIES OWNER LLC, NEXT TO 92 EQUITIES OWNER LLC, 440 AUDUBON OWNER LLC, 245 FLATBUSH OWNER LLC, 132 SHERMAN OWNER LLC, FIVE ON 81 OWNER LLC, 125 REALTY PROPERTY OWNER LLC, 125 REALTY TENANT OWNER LLC, 470 WEST 23 TENANT OWNER LLC, 61 WEST 106 LLC, 132 WEST 109 PROPERTY LLC, W 111TH PORTFOLIO OWNER LLC, W 111TH PORTFOLIO II OWNER LLC, 237 FIRST LLC, 240 EAST 85 OWNER LLC, CLINTON 43 HOLDINGS OWNER LLC, EAST 88TH STREET OWNER LLC, 480 HUMBOLDT OWNER LLC, 587 RIVERSIDE OWNER LLC, 730 RIVERSIDE DRIVE PROPERTY OWNER LLC, 780 RIVERSIDE LLC, 884 WESTEND OWNER LLC, 1741 FIRST OWNER LLC, EAST RIVER 95 OWNER LLC, 2090 AMSTERDAM OWNER LLC, 2330 SEVENTH OWNER LLC, 3489 BROADWAY LLC · lender CANTOR COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE LENDING, L.P., KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

Sale2020-02-13no recorded price

FIVE ON 81 LLC → FIVE ON 81 OWNER LLC

Mortgage2016-07-19$4,139,317.57

borrower FIVE ON 81 LLC · lender SIGNATURE BANK

Mortgage2014-02-26$1,650,000

borrower FIVE ON 81 LLC · lender BANKUNITED, N.A.

Sale2011-09-20$16,900,000

EAST END ASSOCIATES, INC. → FIVE ON 81 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