2918 Frederick Douglass Boulevard

Manhattan, NY

BBL 1-02040-0004BIN 1060629Plain-text version

Concern level4 of 4

Severe

0117 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 12 apartments
0214 of those issued in the last 3 years
035 open rent-impairing violation(s)
04Tax lien sold at the city's lien sale — a sign of financial distress
052 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 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

Not on the rent-stabilized list

Not found in the DOF tax-bill records nor the 2024 DHCR registered building list. Absence isn't proof a unit is unregulated — buildings can be missing or newly deregulated.

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1920

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building6 others linked to the same owner

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

145

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 4RIssued 2026-06-122 violations

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE & 309 M/D LAW ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF KEY OPERATED LOCK INSTALLED AT DOOR LEADING TO FIRE ESCAPE WINDOW IN THE 5th ROOM FROM EAST LOCATED AT APT 4R, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH · Landlord hasn't certified a fix
HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF MICE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 4R, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH · Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2026-06-12

§ 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 THE DOOR AND DOOR FRAME AT VESTIBULE DOOR AT PUBLIC HALL, 1st STORY

Status: Certified late

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 4RIssued 2026-02-23

§ 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 INOPERABLE DOOR IN THE ENTRANCE LOCATED AT APT 4R, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH

Status: Certified late

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2025-11-18

§ 27-2033 ADM CODE PROVIDE READY ACCESS TO BUILDINGS HEATING SYSTEM LOCKED AT BASEMENT AT BOILER ROOM

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water31

Unsanitary Condition18

Electric7

Water Leak6

Door/Window5

Plumbing5

Paint/Plaster4

Appliance3

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

Higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

794

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential486

Street/Sidewalk213

Unspecified52

Vehicle34

Commercial7

Park2

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

633

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony195

Misdemeanor287

Violation151

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

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.

No active DOB violations.

DOB building violations

OATH/ECB violations and fines

No OATH/ECB violations on record for this building.

OATH/ECB violations and fines

Evictions

Executed, all time

Last 3 years

2025-08-28Apt 2Bresidential

2024-01-09Apt APT 2Bresidential

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 2025-10-09

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2024-01-26

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2024-01-08

Harassment case

CLOSEDOpened 2017-02-22

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

2918 FD REALTY LLC

Head officer

ELEANOR PATRICK

Managing agent

2918 FD REALTY LLC

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

137 WEST 141 STREETMANHATTAN 325 WADSWORTH AVENUEMANHATTAN 49 PARKVILLE AVENUEBROOKLYN 558 WEST 193 STREETMANHATTAN 617 REAR EAST 179 STREETBRONX

Landlord and related buildings

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 sale2017-09-18 · $3,650,000

Most recent mortgage2017-09-18 · $1,992,620.11

Mortgage2017-09-18$1,992,620.11

borrower 2847-2918 FDB LLC, 2918 FDB LLC · lender SIGNATURE BANK

Sale2017-09-18$3,650,000

2847-2918 FDB LLC, 2918 FDB LLC → 2918 FD REALTY LLC

Sale2016-01-21$3,229,125

2918 8TH AVENUE, LLC → 2847-2918 FDB LLC, 2918 FDB LLC

Mortgage2016-01-21$1,839,740.77

borrower 2847-2918 FDB LLC, 2847 FDB LLC, 2819 FDB LLC · lender SIGNATURE BANK

Mortgage2004-12-23$925,100

borrower 2918 8TH AVENUE, LLC · lender CARVER FEDERAL SAVINGS 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

The lien was sold in the 2025 tax-lien sale

The owner's unpaid property taxes (and possibly water charges) went unresolved through a series of notices, and the debt reached the city's Final Sale list — the lien was sold to a private collector who can add interest and fees.

Years listed

2025

Most recent

Final saleincl. property tax2025-06-01

10-day noticeincl. property tax2025-05-01

30-day noticeincl. property tax2025-04-01

60-day noticeincl. property tax2025-03-01

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.

City debt & tax-lien sale