1996 3 Avenue

Manhattan, NY

BBL 1-01637-0137BIN 1052166

Concern level3 of 4

High

011 open class-C HPD violation (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 6 apartments
021 of those issued in the last 3 years
031 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

Likely rent-stabilized

The owner registered 6 stabilized units with New York State for 2022 — essentially all of the building's 6 apartments.

2018 — 6 units registered2022 — 6

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1938

Built

Floors

Residential units

Mixed residential / commercial

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 C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 3WIssued 2025-11-17

HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF ROACHES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 3W, 3rd STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 4EIssued 2020-07-275+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR At ceiling IN THE 1st ROOM FROM EAST LOCATED AT APT 4E, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSIssued 2008-08-065+ YRS OLD

D26-10.01 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE METAL CLG CELLAR THRU OUT.

Status: Certified late

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSIssued 2007-09-105+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE & 309 M/D LAW ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF EXPOSED ELECTRICAL WIRE CEILING LIGHT FIXTURES CELLAR.

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Paint/Plaster3

Water Leak3

Flooring/Stairs1

Heat/Hot Water1

Paint/PlasterWall2025-11-13 · closed

Flooring/StairsFloor2025-11-13 · closed

Paint/PlasterCeiling2025-11-13 · 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

Much higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

1159

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential439

Street/Sidewalk317

Unspecified240

Commercial129

Vehicle32

Park2

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

Much higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

565

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony176

Misdemeanor300

Violation89

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 6 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 · LBLVIO-LOW PRESSURE BOILER BOILER REQUIRED2023-06-30

VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2020 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION

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

1996 REALTY CORP

Head officer

HUICHEN WU

Managing agent

1996 REALTY CORP

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

Landlord and related buildings

Unpaid city fines

No DOB/ECB violations on record for this building.

Unpaid city fines

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2000-08-14 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2013-01-30 · $600,000

Mortgage2013-01-30$600,000

borrower 1996 REALTY CORP · lender ASIA BANK, N.A.

Sale2000-08-14no recorded price

ALI, MAHMOUD A. → 1996 REALTY CORP.

Mortgage2000-06-28$345,000

borrower 1996 THIRD AVENUE REALTY CORP. · lender ALI, MAHMOUD

Sale2000-06-16no recorded price

MAHMOUDA, ALI → 1996 THIRD AVENUE REALTY CORP.,

Mortgage1989-05-19$800,000

borrower ALI, MAHMOUD AKA, ALI, MAHMOUD A · lender CHEMICAL BANK

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