889 St Nicholas Avenue

Manhattan, NY

BBL 1-02068-0067BIN 1061696

Concern level3 of 4

High

012 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 59 apartments
022 of those issued in the last 3 years
0311 active DOB violation(s)
042 DOB fines lost by default (unpaid)

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

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

1907

Built

Floors

117

Residential units

Energy-efficiency grade

Grade B — above average

ENERGY STAR score 82 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 building

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

396

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 202Issued 2025-12-31

HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF MICE IN THE ROOM LOCATED AT B-ROOM 202, 1st STORY, 2nd B-ROOM FROM SOUTH AT WEST , SECTION ''A-SECTOPM'', 1st FROM WEST AT NORTH

Status: Defect letter issued

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 407Issued 2025-02-27

HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF MICE IN THE 1st ROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT B-ROOM 407, 4th STORY

Status: Defect letter issued

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSIssued 2025-12-31

§ 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... GREATER THAN 10 SQUARE FEET AT CEILING, SOUTH AND WEST WALLS AT COMMUNITY BATHROOM, 3rd STORY, SECTION ''C-SECTION'', 1st FROM EAST AT SOUTH

Status: Defect letter issued

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSIssued 2023-12-04

§ 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... THE CEILING AT COMMUNITY BATHROOM, 3rd STORY ORIGINAL VIOLATION 16145069 ISSUED 02-AUG-23 HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO CLASS B PER ADMINISTRATIVE CODE §27-2017.3a(3)(a) or (b).

Status: Defect letter issued

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water37

Unsanitary Condition25

Door/Window7

General6

Paint/Plaster5

Plumbing5

Safety2

Electric1

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

1599

Noise reports · last 12 mo

133

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Street/Sidewalk816

Residential633

Vehicle57

Unspecified42

Park31

Commercial16

House of Worship4

311 noise complaints within about 1,000 ft (a few blocks) in the last year. Most reports here are about outdoor noise (mostly street/sidewalk) — 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

513

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony161

Misdemeanor266

Violation86

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 6 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 · EGRADE-FAILURE TO POST ENERGY GRADE/SCORE NONE2023-12-01

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

ACTIVE · EGRADE-FAILURE TO POST ENERGY GRADE/SCORE NONE2022-12-01

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

ACTIVE · EGRADE-FAILURE TO POST ENERGY GRADE/SCORE NONE2021-12-01

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

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 2022-11-23

Heat / hot water

CLOSEDOpened 2020-01-30

Access Warrant - Non-Lead

CLOSEDOpened 2018-03-19

Tenant action

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

889 ST NICHOLAS CORP

Head officer

ALAN WARTSKI

Managing agent

SVEIN JORGENSEN

No other buildings found sharing this building's registered contact.

Landlord and related buildings

Unpaid city fines

$3,125

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.

DEFAULTElevatorsClass 22020-07-06$3,125 due

PlumbingNon-Hazardous1999-09-07$2,500 penalty

ConstructionNon-Hazardous1998-03-26$440 penalty

ConstructionNon-Hazardous1997-09-16$175 penalty

Unpaid city fines

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale1975-06-27 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage1972-01-19 · no recorded price

Sale1975-06-27no recorded price

ST NICHOLAS HOTEL CO → TEN-WAR REALTY CORP

Sale1975-06-27no recorded price

TEN-WAR REALTY CORP → ST NICHOLAS HOTEL CO

Sale1973-12-26no recorded price

ST NICHOLAS AVE HTLCORP → ST NICHOLAS AVE HOTEL CO

Sale1972-01-19no recorded price

ST NICHOLAS RESDNC CLUB → ST NICHOLAS AVE HOTEL

Mortgage1972-01-19no recorded price

borrower ST NICHOLAS RESDNC CLUB · lender REICHEL, DAVID

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

Flagged for the 2020 tax-lien sale

The owner owes enough in property taxes (and possibly water charges) to be listed for the city's tax-lien sale (most recently a 30-day notice). A listing can still be cured by paying or entering a payment plan.

Years listed

2020

Most recent

30-day noticeincl. property tax2020-07-30

60-day noticeincl. property tax2020-03-10

90-day noticeincl. property tax2020-02-12

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