1727 Lexington Avenue

Manhattan, NY

BBL 1-01635-0151BIN 1052106

Concern level4 of 4

Severe

014 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 5 apartments
021 open rent-impairing violation(s)
033 active DOB 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

Not on the rent-stabilized list

Not found in the DOF tax-bill records nor the 2024 DHCR registered building list. Absence isn't proof a unit is unregulated — buildings can be missing or newly deregulated.

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 building2 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.

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2017-08-315+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE & 309 M/D LAW ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF FIRE ESCAPE STAIRS MORE THAN 60 DEGREE ANGLE AT ALL STORIES, EAST YARD

Status: HPD couldn't get in to re-inspect

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2017-08-315+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE & 309 M/D LAW ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF REQUIRED WIDTH FOR PASSAGEWAY LESS THAN 17 INCHES AT ALL BALCONIES AT FIRE ESCAPE AT EAST YARD AS PER NYC RULES AND REGULATION

Status: HPD couldn't get in to re-inspect

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 2N1Issued 2017-08-285+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE & 309 M/D LAW ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF PARTITIONS ERECTED FROM FLOOR TO CEILING WITH DOOR CREATING ADDITIONAL ROOMS OBSTRUCTING EGRESS IN THE 1st ROOM FROM EAST LOCATED AT APT 2N1, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

Status: HPD couldn't get in to re-inspect

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 2N1Issued 2017-08-285+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPLACE WITH NEW THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE MORTISE LOCK AT APT ENTRANCE IN THE FOYER LOCATED AT APT 2N1, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

Status: HPD couldn't get in to re-inspect

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water2

Heat/Hot WaterApartment Only2023-01-11 · closed

Heat/Hot WaterApartment Only2021-09-03 · 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

Higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

797

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential417

Street/Sidewalk212

Unspecified116

Commercial31

Vehicle18

Park2

House of Worship1

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

Much higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

612

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony194

Misdemeanor308

Violation110

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 3 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

ACTIVE · C-CONSTRUCTION OTHER OPTIONAL2005-04-22

ACTIVE · C-CONSTRUCTION OTHER OPTIONAL2004-11-10

ACTIVE · IMEGNCY-IMMEDIATE EMERGENCY ANYTHINGOPTIONAL1998-12-03

DOB building violations

Evictions

No executed evictions on record for this building.

Evictions

Housing court

No HPD housing-court cases on record for this building.

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

ING COMMUNICATIONS INC

Head officer

JAMES WANG

Managing agent

MATHEW MAURO

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

171 EAST 115 STREETMANHATTAN 1729 LEXINGTON AVENUEMANHATTAN

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.

ConstructionNon-Hazardous2005-04-15$800 penalty

ConstructionHazardous1998-09-21$2,000 penalty

ConstructionNon-Hazardous1998-04-10$350 penalty

Unpaid city fines

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale1999-08-18 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2009-12-17 · $496,059.91

Mortgage2009-12-17$496,059.91

borrower ING COMMUNICATIONS INC. · lender THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF LONG ISLAND

Mortgage2003-11-14$382,500

borrower ING COMMUNICATIONS INC. · lender ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION

Sale1999-08-18no recorded price

LOPEZ, WILFREDA, CHATEAU, HILDA, LOPEZ, CLARA HILDA TRUSTEE → LOPEZ, CLARA HILDA, CHATEAU, HILDA

Sale1993-03-17no recorded price

LOPEZ, WILFREDA → LOPEZ, WILFREDA TRTEE

Sale1992-08-19no recorded price

LOPEZ, AUGUSTIN DECD, LOPEZ, WILFREDA → LOPEZ, WILFREDA

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