539 Lenox Avenue

Manhattan, NY

BBL 1-02006-0030BIN 1060003

Concern level2 of 4

Moderate

012 active DOB violation(s)
026 open HPD violation(s)
032 evictions 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 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 26 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — essentially all of the building's 26 apartments.

2018 — 26 units registered2023 — 26

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 building71 others linked to the same owner

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

143

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 B · HAZARDOUSApt 4EIssued 2026-06-30

§ 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE LOWER SASH AT 2ND WINDOW FROM SOUTH AT WEST WALL IN THE 4th ROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT APT 4E, 4th STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST

Status: Civ14 Mailed

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 4EIssued 2026-06-30

§ 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE WOOD DRAWERS AT SINK BASE CABINET IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 4E, 4th STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST

Status: Civ14 Mailed

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 4EIssued 2026-06-30

§ 27-2005 HMC: REFIT WOOD DOORS AT SINK BASE CABINET IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 4E, 4th STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST

Status: Civ14 Mailed

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 4EIssued 2026-06-30

§ 27-2026, 2027 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE EVIDENCE OF A WATER LEAK ABOVE CEILING IN THE 4th ROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT APT 4E, 4th STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST

Status: Civ14 Mailed

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

110

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water64

Appliance9

Unsanitary Condition8

Plumbing6

Flooring/Stairs5

General5

Water Leak4

Paint/Plaster3

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

1933

Noise reports · last 12 mo

161

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential940

Street/Sidewalk654

Commercial186

Unspecified99

Vehicle37

House of Worship16

Park1

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

830

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony234

Misdemeanor393

Violation203

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 9 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 2021 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION

ACTIVE · LBLVIO-LOW PRESSURE BOILER BOILER REQUIRED2023-04-25

VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2022 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION

DOB building violations

Evictions

Executed, all time

Last 3 years

2025-12-11Apt 4Fresidential

2024-05-09Apt 5Dresidential

2023-09-19Apt 4Eresidential

2019-04-16Apt 4-Fresidential

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

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 2026-05-04

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2026-01-21

Heat / hot water

CLOSEDOpened 2023-03-29

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2022-03-21

Heat / hot water

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

HPH Lenox, LLC

Head officer

Jay Newhouse

Managing agent

Jay Newhouse

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

102 WEST 138 STREETMANHATTAN 112 HENWOOD PLACEBRONX 1240 MORRISON AVENUEBRONX 1334 LOUIS NINE BOULEVARDBRONX 1500 HOE AVENUEBRONX

Landlord and related buildings

Unpaid city fines

No DOB/ECB violations on record for this building.

Unpaid city fines

Ownership & money

Speculation watch

·Bought and resold within a few years — rapid turnover is a common speculation signal

A pattern, not a prediction — many transfers are ordinary or between related companies.

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2019-12-20 · $21,400,000

Most recent mortgage2019-12-20 · $19,708,904.57

Mortgage2019-12-20$19,708,904.57

borrower HPH COURT, LLC, HPH 2067, LLC, HPH CLAYTON, LLC, HPH TRIO, LLC, HPH CHOSEN, LLC, HPH LENOX, LLC, HPH MILANO, LLC · lender NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK

Sale2019-12-20$21,400,000

ABJ LENOX LLC → HPH LENOX, LLC

Mortgage2016-07-26$9,900,000

borrower ABJ LENOX LLC · lender SANTANDER BANK, N.A.,

Sale2016-07-26$15,500,000

LENOX 138 L.P., → ABJ LENOX LLC

Mortgage1993-02-22$989,000

borrower LENOX 138 L.P. · lender COMMUNITY PRSRVTN CORP

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