235 West 146 Street

Manhattan, NY

BBL 1-02032-0010BIN 1060501Plain-text version

Concern level2 of 4

Moderate

012 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 23 apartments
022 active DOB violation(s)
031 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.

Rent regulation

Likely rent-stabilized

The owner registered 33 stabilized units with New York State for 2020 — of about 45 apartments.

2018 — 34 units registered2020 — 33

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1940

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

Type

Energy-efficiency grade

Grade A — most efficient

ENERGY STAR score 100 of 100

Posted at the entrance of buildings over 25,000 sq ft (Local Law 33). It rates energy efficiency — a proxy for comfort and utility cost — not the landlord's upkeep.

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building15 others linked to the same owner

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

365

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.

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 1AIssued 2022-07-082 violations

§ 27-2056.6 ADM CODE - CORRECT THE LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD-PAINT THAT IS XRF TESTED INCONCLUSIVE FOR LEAD CONTENT AT 0.5MG/CM2 AND IS PRESUMED LEAD PAINT AS SET FORTH IN (28 RCNY §11-07(b)) AND THAT IS PEELING OR ON A DETERIORATED SUBSURFACE-USING WORK PRACTICES SET FORTH IN 28 RCNY §11-06(b)(2) WEST WALL IN THE 2nd ROOM FROM NORTH AT EAST LOCATED AT APT 1A, 1st STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH
§ 27-2056.6 ADM CODE - CORRECT THE LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD - PAINT THAT TESTED POSITIVE FOR LEAD CONTENT AND THAT IS PEELING OR ON A DETERIORATED SUBSURFACE - USING WORK PRACTICES SET FORTH IN 28 RCNY §11-06(B)(2) 1st DOOR FRAME FROM WEST AT NORTH WALL IN THE FOYER LOCATED AT APT 1A, 1st STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH

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

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 18AIssued 2023-10-20

§ 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... APPROX (20) SQ FT AT CEILING IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 18A, 5th STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH

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

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 17AIssued 2019-07-085+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... AT EAST WALL APPROX 10 SQ FEET IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 17A, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH

Status: Defect letter issued

CLASS A · NON-HAZARDOUSIssued 2026-03-13

§27-2104(B) HMC POST A PROPER NOTICE REGARDING RENT STABILIZATION LAW, IN A FORM APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER, IN A CONSPICUOUS LOCATION WITHIN THE COMMON AREA AT THE BUILDINGS ENTRANCE. FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT SIGNAGE REQUIREMENTS, PLEASE VISIT: HTTPS://WWW.NYC.GOV/SITE/HPD/SERVICES-AND-INFORMATION/REQUIRED-SIGNAGE.PAGE

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

235

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water47

Paint/Plaster40

Unsanitary Condition37

Plumbing35

Water Leak20

Flooring/Stairs16

Electric10

Appliance10

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

3678

Noise reports · last 12 mo

307

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential2716

Street/Sidewalk550

Commercial183

Unspecified128

Park52

Vehicle49

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

748

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony223

Misdemeanor343

Violation182

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

2023–20240 infested · 0 eradicated

2022–20230 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 · EGRADE-FAILURE TO POST ENERGY GRADE/SCORE NONE2021-04-29

FAILURE TO DISPLAY ENERGY EFFICIENCY SCORE AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY GRADE AS PER ADCODE SEC. 28-309.12.3

ACTIVE · C-CONSTRUCTION OTHER OPTIONAL2004-06-15

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

2025-11-25Apt A09residential

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 2025-09-25

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2024-09-16

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2023-10-30

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2023-09-12

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

ESQUIRE GROUP ESTATES LLC.

Head officer

LOUIS KOPLOWITZ

Managing agent

ESQUIRE GROUP ESTATES LLC

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

1005 45 STREETBROOKLYN 1020 45 STREETBROOKLYN 1042 45 STREETBROOKLYN 1280 ST JOHNS PLACEBROOKLYN 1454 43 STREETBROOKLYN

Landlord and related buildings

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2008-03-26 · $2,527,257.34

Most recent mortgage2021-09-09 · $366,169.39

Mortgage2021-09-09$366,169.39

borrower VINTAGE VENTURES LLC, ESQUIRE GROUP ESTATES LLC · lender BANK OF MONTREAL

Mortgage2013-10-28$6,575,000

borrower VINTAGE VENTURES LLC, ESQUIRE GROUP ESTATES LLC · lender NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK

Sale2008-03-26$2,527,257.34

LKH ASSETS LLC → ESQUIRE GROUP ESTATES LLC

Sale2005-11-07no recorded price

225 W. 146 ST. REALTY LLC → LKH ASSETS, LLC

Mortgage2005-11-07$1,142,880.64

borrower LKH ASSETS, LLC · lender WASHINGTON MUTUAL 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