189 Audubon Avenue

Manhattan, NY

BBL 1-02131-0032BIN 1063161

Concern level4 of 4

Severe

016 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 3 apartments
025 of those issued in the last 3 years
032 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 15 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 16 apartments.

2018 — 15 units registered2023 — 15

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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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 building32 others linked to the same owner

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

572

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 4EIssued 2026-10-05RENT-IMPAIRING

§ 27-2070 ADM CODE PROVIDE AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF GAS TO THE FIXTURES AT RANGE IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 4E, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 5SIssued 2026-09-14

§ 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE COUNTER BALANCE AT LOWER SASH AT 1ST WINDOW FROM SOUTH AT WEST IN THE 3rd ROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT APT 5S, 5th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2026-08-31RENT-IMPAIRING

567 (C) § 27-2017, 27-2017.1, 27-2017.4, 27-2017.5, 27-2017.8, 27-2019, 27-2021 HMC: ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF EVIDENCE OF RATS AND ALL UNDERLYING CAUSES CREATING THE PEST INFESTATIONS, BY USING INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT (IPM), ELIMINATE ALL BURROW ENTRY AND PASSAGEWAYS, PEST NESTS, HOLES, GAPS OR CRACKS IN WALLS, CEILINGS, FLOORS, FIXING LEAKS AND MANAGING GARBAGE IN PUBLIC AREAS. EVIDENCE FOUND AT BUILDING FRONT

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 4EIssued 2026-07-14

HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF ROACHES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 4E, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

225

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water53

Unsanitary Condition32

Paint/Plaster30

Door/Window23

Flooring/Stairs20

Plumbing20

Electric14

Water Leak14

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

3052

Noise reports · last 12 mo

254

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Street/Sidewalk1975

Residential517

Commercial410

Vehicle89

Unspecified50

House of Worship11

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

638

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony251

Misdemeanor322

Violation65

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

2024–20250 infested · 0 eradicated

2023–20240 infested · 0 eradicated

2022–20230 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

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 2026-08-25

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2024-12-30

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2011-08-26

False Certification Non-Lead

CLOSEDOpened 2009-12-04

False Certification Non-Lead

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

185-189 Audubon LLC

Head officer

Joel Weiner

Managing agent

Jona Ruth

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

143 LINDEN BOULEVARDBROOKLYN 1456 CONEY ISLAND AVENUEBROOKLYN 1458 CONEY ISLAND AVENUEBROOKLYN 1466 CONEY ISLAND AVENUEBROOKLYN 185 AUDUBON AVENUEMANHATTAN

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.

ConstructionClass 12011-09-12$5,000 penalty

ConstructionClass 22011-06-10$500 penalty

Unpaid city fines

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2005-09-29 · $1,158,000

Most recent mortgage2022-07-07 · $355,859.62

Mortgage2022-07-07$355,859.62

borrower 185-189 AUDUBON LLC · lender CAPITAL ONE, N.A.

Mortgage2018-06-28$597,000

borrower 185-189 AUDUBON LLC · lender BANKUNITED, N.A.

Mortgage2018-06-28$100,000

borrower 185-189 AUDUBON LLC · lender CAPITAL ONE MULTIFAMILY MORTGAGE, LLC

Sale2005-09-29$1,158,000

ISMO HOLDINGS II LLC → 185-189 AUDUBON REALTY LLC

Mortgage2005-09-29$560,078.48

borrower 185-189 AUDUBON LLC · lender NEW YORK COMMUNITY 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