552 West 156 Street

Manhattan, NY

BBL 1-02114-0117BIN 1062698Plain-text version

Concern level2 of 4

Moderate

011 open rent-impairing violation(s)
024 active DOB violation(s)
035 open HPD 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 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

Likely rent-stabilized

The owner registered 4 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 10 apartments.

2018 — 4 units registered2023 — 4

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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The building

1900

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

Type

This building and the landlord's others

This building36 others linked to the same owner

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

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 B · HAZARDOUSApt 2Issued 2023-11-063 violations

§ 27-2046.1 HMC: REPAIR OR REPLACE THE CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTING DEVICE(S). DEFECTIVE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 2, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST
§ 27-2045 ADM CODE REPAIR OR REPLACE THE SMOKE DETECTOR DEFECTIVE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 2, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST

1 more from the same inspection

§ 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE BELL AND BUZZER INTERCOM SYSTEM FROM BUILDING ENTRANCE TO WEST WALL IN THE KITCHENETTE LOCATED AT APT 2, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSIssued 2023-11-06RENT-IMPAIRING

§ 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE REMOVE ALL ENCUMBRANCES CONSISTING OF STOVE AT PUBLIC HALL, 4th STORY

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 2Issued 2023-09-05

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR AT EAST WALL IN THE 3rd ROOM FROM EAST AT SOUTH LOCATED AT APT 2, 2nd 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 Water10

Door/Window7

General5

Plumbing2

Water Leak2

Electric1

Unsanitary Condition1

Heat/Hot WaterApartment Only2025-05-19 · open

PlumbingBathtub/Shower2024-07-01 · closed

Heat/Hot WaterApartment Only2024-02-21 · 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

2637

Noise reports · last 12 mo

220

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Street/Sidewalk1831

Residential644

Commercial62

Vehicle59

Unspecified33

House of Worship8

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

Higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

380

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony116

Misdemeanor197

Violation67

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.

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.

ACTIVE · C-CONSTRUCTION OTHER OPTIONAL1993-10-27

ACTIVE · C-CONSTRUCTION OTHER OPTIONAL1988-10-26

DOB building violations

OATH/ECB violations and fines

Balance due (active)

Active violations

Lost by default

These are separate from DOB violations. They are summonses written by DOB inspectors and decided at a hearing before OATH, the city's administrative court (formerly the Environmental Control Board), and they can carry a fine. "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.

OATH/ECB violations and fines

Evictions

No marshal-executed evictions on record for this building. Eviction cases filed in court but not carried out aren't included.

Housing court: repair & harassment cases

No HPD housing-court cases on record for this building.

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

GREENCLOTH APTS HDFC

Head officer

YVONNE STENNETT

Managing agent

CONCORD MANAGEMENT OF NY LLC

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

1772 AMSTERDAM AVENUEMANHATTAN 1990 AMSTERDAM AVENUEMANHATTAN 2107 AMSTERDAM AVENUEMANHATTAN 2110 AMSTERDAM AVENUEMANHATTAN 2113 AMSTERDAM AVENUEMANHATTAN

Landlord and related buildings

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2006-12-20 · $1

Most recent mortgage2015-05-05 · $326,191

Mortgage2015-05-05$326,191

borrower GREEN CLOTH APARTMENTS HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND CO · lender THE COMMUNITY PRESERVATION CORPORATION

Mortgage2006-12-20$2,595,925

borrower GREEN CLOTH APARTMENTS HOUSING · lender U.S. DEPT. OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

Sale2006-12-20$1

THE SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN → GREEN CLOTH APARTMENTS HOUSING

Mortgage2006-12-20$326,191

borrower GREEN CLOTH APARTMENTS HOUSING · lender BPD BANK

Sale2001-07-31no recorded price

FAMILY PRESERVATIONCENTER, INC. DEF., DANKBERG, JAY STUARTESQ. REFEREE → SECRETARY OF HOUSING& URBAN DVLPMNT/WASHINGTON DC

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.