625 West 138 Street

Manhattan, NY

BBL 1-02087-0018BIN 1062291

Concern level4 of 4

Severe

0110 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 2 apartments
023 open rent-impairing violation(s)

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 — essentially all of the building's 20 apartments.

2018 — 20 units registered2023 — 20

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

Registration counts apply to the building, not to unit numbers. To confirm your own apartment, request your rent history from New York State Homes and Community Renewal — it is free and takes a few weeks.

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Rent regulation

The building

1910

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building1 others linked to the same owner

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

344

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 1DIssued 2022-09-19

§ 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 PRESUMED LEAD-BASED PAINT FROM REQUIRED WINDOW AND/OR DOOR FRICTION SURFACES FOR APARTMENT AND MAKE FLOORS SMOOTH AND CLEANABLE, PRESUMED LEAD PAINT IN AN APARTMENT WITH A CHILD UNDER SIX LOCATED AT APT 1D, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 1DIssued 2022-09-15

§ 27-2005, 27-2007, 27-2041.1 HMC: REPLACE OR REPAIR THE SELF-CLOSING DOORS THAT IS MISSING OR DEFECTIVE ... IN THE ENTRANCE LOCATED AT APT 1D, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2021-10-225+ YRS OLD

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

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 1BIssued 2021-10-225+ YRS OLDRENT-IMPAIRING

§ 27-2031 ADM CODE PROVIDE HOT WATER AT ALL HOT WATER FIXTURES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 1B, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water64

Paint/Plaster3

Door/Window2

Flooring/Stairs2

Water Leak2

Plumbing1

Paint/PlasterDoor/Frame2026-04-27 · closed

Paint/PlasterWall2026-04-27 · closed

Paint/PlasterCeiling2026-04-27 · closed

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

2671

Noise reports · last 12 mo

223

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential1685

Street/Sidewalk734

Commercial118

Unspecified69

Vehicle61

Park4

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

498

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony146

Misdemeanor238

Violation114

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 annual bedbug report on file. Owners of buildings with three or more apartments must file one each year — its absence can mean a smaller building, or an owner that has not filed.

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 2017-04-06

Heat / hot water

CLOSEDOpened 2015-07-16

Access Warrant - Non-Lead

CLOSEDOpened 2015-03-26

Comp Supplemental Cases

CLOSEDOpened 2014-05-08

Comprehensive

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

Andrew Van Dai, As Trustee

Head officer

ANDREW DAI

Managing agent

Andrew Dai

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

3098 FULTON STREETBROOKLYN

Landlord and related buildings

Unpaid city fines

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.

Unpaid city fines

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2023-11-08 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage1999-02-26 · $299,000

Sale2023-11-08no recorded price

DAI, ANDREW VAN → ANDREW VAN DAI, AS TRUSTEE, ANDREW VAN DAI REVOCABLE TRUST

Mortgage1999-02-26$299,000

borrower VAN DAI, ANDREW, VAN DAI, VU · lender GREENPOINT MORTGAGECORP.

Sale1999-01-04no recorded price

ALPHA REO CORP. → VAN DAI, VU, VAN DAI, ANDREW

Sale1998-02-04no recorded price

GARCIA, VICTOR DEF., O.R. MANAGEMENT CORP. DEF., USA DEF., NEW YORK DEPARTMENTOF FINANCE DEF., ABATE, CAMILLE MARIEESQ. REFEREE, CITY OF NEW YORK ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL BD DEF., NEW YORK STATE DEPT/TAXATION & FINANCE DEF., NYNEZ, RAMONA DEF. → ALPHA REO CORP.

Mortgage1991-09-17$122,000

borrower O.R. MANAGEMENT CORP · lender GARCIA, VICTOR

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