01On HPD's Alternative Enforcement Program — the city's most-distressed-buildings list
0235 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 9 apartments
0316 of those issued in the last 3 years
043 open rent-impairing violation(s)
0527 active DOB violation(s)
061 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.
HPD enforcement
On the Alternative Enforcement Program
HPD placed this building in its Alternative Enforcement Program (AEP Round 18), active since 2025-01-31. AEP is the city's response to its most distressed buildings — it had 902 open B/C violations at selection.
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The owner registered 8 stabilized units with New York State for 2021 — of about 9 apartments.
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2018 — 6 units registered2021 — 8
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.
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The owner filed 4 annual bedbug reports and reported no infested units. Filing with zero infestations is the compliant, reassuring case.
DOB building violations
OATH/ECB violations and fines
Evictions
Housing court
Landlord and related buildings
Ownership & money
City debt & tax-lien sale
This building and the landlord's others
This building
HPD housing-maintenance violations
145
Open now
746
On record
35
Open Class C
93
Open Class B
16
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 writes a separate violation for each room or spot, so one inspection can produce several near-identical entries; those are grouped below by apartment and date.
CLASS I · NON-HAZARDOUS
§27-2153 ADM CODE THE PREMISES HAS BEEN SELECTED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ALTERNATIVE ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM WHICH MAY RESULT IN BUILDING-WIDE INSPECTIONS, FEES, AND EXTENSIVE REPAIR WORK TO CORRECT VIOLATIONS AND UNDERLYING CONDITIONS. CHARGES FOR REPAIR WORK DONE PURSUANT TO THIS ORDER, IF NOT PAID, WILL BECOME LIENS ON THE PROPERTY
Status: Notice issued, not yet certified
CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2026-08-252 violations
§ 27-2005 ADM CODE & 309 M/D LAW ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF PLEXI GLASS AT BUILDING ENTRANCE DOOR AT PUBLIC HALL, 1st STORY
§ 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE GLASS AT BUILDING ENTRANCE DOOR AT PUBLIC HALL, 1st STORY
Status: Notice issued, not yet certified
CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2025-12-03
§ 27-2005, 27-2007, 27-2041.1 HMC, §238, § 309; § 107 (2) ( C) MDL AND 28 RCNY §25-171: REPLACE OR REPAIR THE SELF-CLOSING DOORS THAT IS MISSING OR DEFECTIVE LATCHSET AT BUILDING ENTRANCE DOOR
Status: Notice issued, not yet certified
CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2025-06-277 violations
§ 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE CONCRETE COPING AT EAST AND WEST PARAPET WALL AT ROOF , 5th STORY
§ 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE BRICKS AND MORTAR AT EXTERIOR EAST PARAPET WALL , 5th STORY
5 more from the same inspection
§ 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE FLASHING AT EAST, WEST, NORTH AND SOUTH PARAPET WALLS AT ROOF , 5th STORY
§ 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE BRICKS AND MORTAR AT EXTERIOR WEST WALL FROM TOP TO BOTTOM , 1st STORY
§ 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE ROOF COVERING , 5th STORY
§ 27-2005 ADM CODE & 309 M/D LAW ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF PLEXI GLASS AT BUILDING ENTRANCE DOOR AT PUBLIC HALL, 1st STORY
§ 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE BRICKS AND MORTAR AT WEST CHIMNEY AT ROOF , 5th STORY
Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix
311 complaints from tenants
55
All time
9
Last 12 months
Heat/Hot Water27
Water Leak8
Door/Window7
Unsanitary Condition7
Appliance2
Plumbing1
Paint/Plaster1
General1
Water LeakSlow Leak2026-10-07 · open
Water LeakHeavy Flow2026-10-06 · open
Door/WindowDoor2026-06-30 · closed
Complaints record what a tenant reported, not a finding by the city. "Closed" often means the inspector could not gain access.
Neighborhood noise
Much higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks
1052
Noise reports · last 12 mo
88
≈ per month
42
% from neighbors
Residential439
Street/Sidewalk331
Commercial107
Vehicle90
Unspecified82
Park3
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 crime
Much higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks
572
NYPD reports · last 12 mo
48
≈ per month
Felony171
Misdemeanor282
Violation119
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.
DOB building violations
27
Active
27
On record
2
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.
ACTIVE · LBLVIO-LOW PRESSURE BOILER BOILER REQUIRED2025-11-14
VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2024 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION
ACTIVE · LBLVIO-LOW PRESSURE BOILER BOILER REQUIRED2024-09-23
VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2023 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION
ACTIVE · LBLVIO-LOW PRESSURE BOILER BOILER REQUIRED2023-06-30
VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2021 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION
OATH/ECB violations and fines
$-430
Balance due (active)
1
Active violations
0
Lost by default
These are separate from DOB violations. They are summonses written by DOB inspectors and decided at a hearing before OATH, the city's administrative court (formerly the Environmental Control Board), and they can carry a fine. "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.
BoilersClass 22014-04-30$530 penalty
Evictions
1
Executed, all time
1
Last 3 years
2024-12-12Apt 4-Eresidential
Executed by a city marshal. An eviction can be lawful; a high or rising count is a displacement signal, not proof of wrongdoing.
Housing court: repair & harassment cases
13
Cases on record
0
Open now
7
Tenant-brought
0
Harassment found
0
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 2023-07-11
Tenant action
CLOSEDOpened 2023-04-05
Comprehensive
CLOSEDOpened 2020-02-10
Heat / hot water
CLOSEDOpened 2019-04-01
Comp Supplemental Cases
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.
Landlord and related buildings
Registered owner
JENNIFER AQEL
Managing agent
JENNIFER AQEL
No other buildings found sharing this building's registered contact.
Ownership & money
Speculation watch
·Changed hands in 2025 — new owners sometimes move to raise rents or deregulate units
A pattern, not a prediction — many transfers are ordinary or between related companies.
6
Recorded sales
1
Mortgages / refinances
Last recorded sale2025-12-29 · no recorded price
Most recent mortgage1998-11-17 · $50,000
Sale2025-12-29no recorded price
406 B LLC → HEIDI BROOKS FAMILY TRUST, SARAH MCGOVERN FAMILY TRUST, SOPHIA MARINO FAMILY TRUST, BROOKS, TRUSTEE, HEIDI, AQEL, TRUSTEE, ALEXANDER, DALY, TRUSTEE, JACQUELINE, ALEXANDER AQEL FAMILY TRUST, JACQUELINE DALY FAMILY TRUST, ISABELLA DENYSSENKO FAMILY TRUST
Sale2024-12-12no recorded price
119 EAST STREET REALTY HOLDINGS, LLC → 406 B LLC
Sale2010-03-05no recorded price
AQEL, JENNIFER, AQEL, SAID → EAST 119TH STREET REALTY HOLDINGS, LLC
LIONEL & LESLIE REALTY CORP. → AQEL, JENNIFER, AQEL, SAID
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.
City debt & tax-lien sale
Flagged for the 2025 tax-lien sale
The owner owes enough in property taxes (and possibly water charges) to be listed for the city's tax-lien sale (most recently a 60-day notice). A listing can still be cured by paying or entering a payment plan.
1
Years listed
2025
Most recent
60-day noticeincl. property tax2025-03-01
90-day noticeincl. property tax2025-02-01
From DOF lien-sale lists (2019–2025). Financial distress is not proof of neglect, but owners behind on what they owe the city more often let repairs slide. Debt may since have been paid.