2526 Frederick Douglass Boulevard

Manhattan, NY

BBL 1-01940-0061BIN 1084054Plain-text version

Concern level3 of 4

High

015 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 8 apartments
025 of those issued in the last 3 years
037 open rent-impairing violation(s)
041 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 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 20 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 38 apartments.

2018 — 20 units registered2023 — 20

J-51 tax benefit

Rent stabilization here may be tied to a tax benefit and can end when the benefit expires.

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

Registration counts apply to the building, not to unit numbers. To confirm your own apartment, request your rent history from New York State Homes and Community Renewal — it is free and takes a few weeks.

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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 building100 others linked to the same owner

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

121

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 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. This tax lot has 3 buildings; these counts are for this building only.

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 5DIssued 2025-12-013 violations

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR AT CEILING IN THE 4th ROOM FROM EAST LOCATED AT APT 5D, 5th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH
§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR AT EAST WALL, WEST WALL, NORTH WALL AND SOUTH WALL IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 5D, 5th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH

1 more from the same inspection

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR AT CEILING AND NORTH WALL IN THE PRIVATE HALLWAY LOCATED AT APT 5D, 5th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 3DIssued 2024-07-18

§ 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... GREATER THAN 10SQ FT OF MOLD AT CEILING, NORTH AND EAST WALL IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 3D, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH

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

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water26

Water Leak20

Plumbing13

Door/Window12

Unsanitary Condition7

Paint/Plaster5

Electric3

Appliance2

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

1271

Noise reports · last 12 mo

106

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential545

Street/Sidewalk415

Commercial205

Unspecified65

Vehicle40

Helicopter1

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

678

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony162

Misdemeanor411

Violation105

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

2024–20251 infested · 1 eradicated

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.

ACTIVE · C-CONSTRUCTION OTHER OPTIONAL2018-03-28

DUE TO VEHICLE IMPACTING STORE FRONT

DOB building violations

OATH/ECB violations and fines

Balance due (active)

Active violations

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.

OATH/ECB violations and fines

Evictions

Executed, all time

Last 3 years

2023-02-21Apt 2-Dresidential

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 2016-05-25

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2014-09-05

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2013-12-13

Tenant action

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

276 W 135TH ST ASSOC LP

Head officer

JOSEPH ZITOLO

Managing agent

LEMLE & WOLFF, INC

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

1023 LONGWOOD AVENUEBRONX 1033 AVENUE ST JOHNBRONX 1038 BOSTON ROADBRONX 1044 AVENUE ST JOHNBRONX 1047 AVENUE ST JOHNBRONX

Landlord and related buildings

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale1993-05-19 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage1992-04-02 · $1,062,000

Sale1993-05-19no recorded price

CITY OF NEW YORK → 276 WEST 135 ST ASSOC LP

Mortgage1992-04-02$1,062,000

borrower 276 WEST 135 ST ASSOC LP · lender MANUFACTURERS HNVR TR CO

Mortgage1992-04-02$1,715,000

borrower 276 WEST 135 ST ASSOC LP · lender MANUFACTURERS HNVR TR CO

Sale1992-03-30no recorded price

CITY OF NEW YORK → 276 WEST 135 ST ASSOCLP

Sale1977-04-27no recorded price

FINANCE ADMIN CITY NY → CITY OF NEW YORK

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