809 St Nicholas Avenue

Manhattan, NY

BBL 1-02065-0038BIN 1061581

Concern level4 of 4

Severe

014 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 3 apartments

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 10 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — essentially all of the building's 10 apartments.

2018 — 10 units registered2023 — 10

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1898

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building13 others linked to the same owner

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

180

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 5AIssued 2022-01-03

§ 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... AT CEILING APPROXIMATELY 10 SQ. FT IN CLOSET IN THE PRIVATE HALLWAY LOCATED AT APT 5A, 5th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST ORIGINAL VIOLATION 14445369 ISSUED 02-AUG-21 HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO CLASS C PER ADMINISTRATIVE CODE §27-2017.3a(5)(a) or (b).

Status: Defect letter issued

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 3BIssued 2011-05-105+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2056.6 ADM CODE - CORRECT THE LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD - PRESUMED LEAD PAINT THAT IS PEELING OR ON A DETERIORATED SUBSURFACE USING WORK PRACTICES SET FORTH IN 28 RCNY §11-06(B)(2) WEST WALL IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 3B, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST

Status: Defect letter issued

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 3BIssued 2011-05-105+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2056.6 ADM CODE - CORRECT THE LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD - PRESUMED LEAD PAINT THAT IS PEELING OR ON A DETERIORATED SUBSURFACE USING WORK PRACTICES SET FORTH IN 28 RCNY §11-06(B)(2) EAST WALL IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 3B, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST

Status: Defect letter issued

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 3BIssued 2009-07-135+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2056.6 ADM CODE - CORRECT THE LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD - PRESUMED LEAD PAINT THAT IS PEELING OR ON A DETERIORATED SUBSURFACE USING WORK PRACTICES SET FORTH IN 28 RCNY §11-06(B)(2) NORTH WALL IN THE 4th KITCHEN FROM EAST LOCATED AT APT 3B, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST

Status: Defect letter issued

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Plumbing14

Door/Window14

Unsanitary Condition10

Heat/Hot Water8

Paint/Plaster7

Flooring/Stairs6

General3

Water Leak2

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

1966

Noise reports · last 12 mo

164

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential1164

Street/Sidewalk493

Unspecified121

Vehicle116

Commercial66

Park6

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

506

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony148

Misdemeanor248

Violation110

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 7 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

No active DOB violations.

DOB building violations

Evictions

No executed evictions on record for this building.

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 2024-11-06

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2013-03-13

Heat / hot water

CLOSEDOpened 2012-04-20

False Certification Non-Lead

CLOSEDOpened 2012-02-02

Heat / hot water

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

CITYWIDE PRESERVATION LLC

Head officer

PETER MURRAY

Managing agent

DOLPHIN PROPERTY SERVICES

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

1149 MORRIS AVENUEBRONX 1157 MORRIS AVENUEBRONX 15 ELLIOT PLACEBRONX 1789 AMSTERDAM AVENUEMANHATTAN 34 ST NICHOLAS PLACEMANHATTAN

Landlord and related buildings

Unpaid city fines

No DOB/ECB violations on record for this building.

Unpaid city fines

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2012-06-28 · $3,642,286.85

Most recent mortgage2014-02-26 · $901,237

Mortgage2014-02-26$901,237

borrower CITYWIDE PRESERVATION LLC, ECDO CITYWIDE PRESERVATION HOUSING DEVELOPMENT · lender NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

Sale2012-06-28$3,642,286.85

AUGUSTA SAVAGE ASSOCIATES, L.P. → ECDO CITYWIDE PRESERVATION HOUSING DEVELOPMENT

Mortgage2012-06-28$18,633,750

borrower CITYWIDE PRESERVATION LLC, ECDO CITYWIDE PRESERVATION HOUSING DEVELOPMENT · lender NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

Mortgage2012-06-28$18,140,191

borrower ECDO CITYWIDE PRESERVATION HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, CITYWIDE PRESERVATION LLC · lender NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

Mortgage2012-06-28$4,326,059

borrower CITYWIDE PRESERVATION LLC, ECDO CITYWIDE PRESERVATION HOUSING DEVELOPMENT · lender NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

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