535 East 87 Street

Manhattan, NY

BBL 1-01584-0018BIN 1051325

Concern level4 of 4

Severe

0116 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 15 apartments
0214 of those issued in the last 3 years
033 open rent-impairing 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 1 stabilized unit with New York State for 2023 — of about 15 apartments.

2022 — 1 units registered2023 — 1

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 building7 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 housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

254

All time

125

Last 12 months

Unsanitary Condition75

Heat/Hot Water70

Door/Window23

Flooring/Stairs18

Safety14

General14

Appliance11

Paint/Plaster9

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

About averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

309

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential142

Unspecified69

Street/Sidewalk51

Vehicle17

Park15

Commercial10

Helicopter5

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.

Neighborhood noise

Neighborhood crime

About averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

189

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony47

Misdemeanor123

Violation19

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 8 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

No active DOB violations.

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 2015-09-23

Tenant action

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

WAKEFIELD TOWERS INC

Head officer

JOHN VERNI

Managing agent

VERCO PROPERTIES LLC

7 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

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

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2010-06-09 · $2,750,000

Sale2010-06-09$2,750,000

THE ESTATE OF EILEEN P. CARLSON → WAKEFIELD TOWERS, INC.

Sale2000-08-03no recorded price

CARLSON, EILEEN P. AS EXECUTRIX, MCNAMARA, WINIFRED L/W/T → CARLSON, EILEEN P.

Sale1994-07-26no recorded price

SHAPIRO, MARJORIE K., SHAPIRO, JEROME G. → KELSON, CHRISTOPHER, VON ETZDORF, KAREN

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