2 St Nicholas Place

Manhattan, NY

BBL 1-02053-0111BIN 1061155

Concern level4 of 4

Severe

0118 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 30 apartments
0211 of those issued in the last 3 years
034 open rent-impairing violation(s)
048 active DOB violation(s)
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 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 20 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 30 apartments.

2018 — 20 units registered2023 — 20

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1904

Built

Floors

Residential units

Elevator apartments

Type

Energy-efficiency grade

Grade D — least efficient

ENERGY STAR score 29 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 building5 others linked to the same owner

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

879

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 C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 2Issued 2025-10-31

§ 27-2056.7, 27-2056.8, 27-2056.9 ADM CODE -CERTIFY COMPLIANCE WITH LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD CONTROL REQUIREMENTS DURING PERIOD OF UNIT VACANCY BY PERFORMING ACTIVITIES NECESSARY TO ABATE TESTED LEAD-BASED PAINT FROM REQUIRED WINDOW AND/OR DOOR FRICTION SURFACES FOR APARTMENT AND MAKE FLOORS SMOOTH AND CLEANABLE, POSITIVE LEAD-BASED PAINT IN AN APARTMENT WITH A CHILD UNDER SIX LOCATED AT APT 2, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST

Status: Lead Docs Submitted, Acceptable

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 54Issued 2025-02-28RENT-IMPAIRING

§ 27-2070 ADM CODE PROVIDE AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF GAS TO THE FIXTURES AT RANGE IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 54, 5th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 5Issued 2024-09-30RENT-IMPAIRING

HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF RODENTS RATS IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 5, 1st STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 4Issued 2024-05-06

§ 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 BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 4, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH

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

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

179

All time

Last 12 months

Unsanitary Condition40

Heat/Hot Water35

Paint/Plaster35

Water Leak20

Plumbing12

Door/Window11

Flooring/Stairs11

Appliance4

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

1718

Noise reports · last 12 mo

143

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential1015

Street/Sidewalk466

Unspecified107

Vehicle102

Commercial16

Park8

House of Worship4

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

528

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony155

Misdemeanor258

Violation115

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

Re-infestation reported

2024–20251 infested · 1 eradicated

2024–20251 infested · 1 eradicated · 1 re-infested

2023–20240 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

ACTIVE · EGRADE-FAILURE TO POST ENERGY GRADE/SCORE NONE2024-12-01

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

ACTIVE · E-ELEVATOR ELEVATORREQUIRED2024-03-07

ENTIRE DEVICE IS SHUT DOWN. NEED TO REPAIR AND RE-INSPECTION REQUIRED. DEVICE IS SHUT DOWN DUE TO WATER DAMAGE FROM FIRE IN THE BUILDING. CEASE USE

ACTIVE · C-CONSTRUCTION OTHER OPTIONAL2024-02-27

FAILURE TO MAINTAIN DUE TO 2-ALARM FIRE ON 2/23/24.ROOF HAS LARGE OPENING FRM SMOKE VENT CUTS@ROOF&AT EVALUATION BULKHEAD ROOF STAIR BUCKHEAD DOOR MISSING.OPENINGS IN CEILNG@TOP OF FRM LVL EXPOSING.1.NYS PE OR RA TO IMMED EVAL ENT BLDG&DSGN RPAIR,2.CLEAR DEBRIS,3.PE/RA TO SUBMIT LETTR TO FEU REQ PRTL LIFT BY 3/4/24

DOB building violations

Evictions

Executed, all time

Last 3 years

2025-09-02Apt 54residential

2025-01-07Apt 41residential

2018-05-07Apt 41residential

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 2024-10-24

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2024-06-10

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2023-12-04

Heat / hot water

CLOSEDOpened 2023-09-11

Tenant action

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

HUDSON VALLEY KING LLC

Head officer

SAM KLEIN

Managing agent

SAM KLEIN

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

2007 DAVIDSON AVENUEBRONX 215 WEST 145 STREETMANHATTAN 562 MORRIS AVENUEBRONX 580 EAST 22 STREETBROOKLYN 59 NAGLE AVENUEMANHATTAN

Landlord and related buildings

Unpaid city fines

$2,500

Balance due (active)

Active violations

Lost by default

DOB violations adjudicated by OATH carry money penalties. "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.

Local LawClass 22025-04-08$2,500 due

Unpaid city fines

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2012-03-12 · $3,900,000

Most recent mortgage2020-02-24 · $774,978.75

Mortgage2020-02-24$774,978.75

borrower HUDSON VALLEY KING LLC · lender PEAPACK-GLADSTONE BANK

Mortgage2014-12-30$2,133,712.23

borrower HUDSON VALLEY KING LLC · lender PEAPACK-GLADSONE BANK

Mortgage2012-05-24$300,000

borrower HUDSON VALLEY KING LLC · lender SIGNATURE BANK

Sale2012-03-12$3,900,000

2-4 REALTY ASSOCIATES LLC → HUDSON VALLEY KING LLC

Mortgage2008-01-22$481,836.87

borrower 2-4 REALTY ASSOCIATES, LLC · lender SOVEREIGN 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