605 West 177 Street

Manhattan, NY

BBL 1-02144-0025BIN 1063544Plain-text version

Concern level2 of 4

Moderate

011 open class-C HPD violation (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 20 apartments
021 of those issued in the last 3 years
031 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 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 21 stabilized units with New York State for 2018 — essentially all of the building's 20 apartments.

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 building47 others linked to the same owner

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

161

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 54Issued 2025-05-07RENT-IMPAIRING

§ 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE REMOVE THE ILLEGAL FASTENING KEY OPERATED LOCK INSTALLED ON DOOR TO ROOM WITH FIRE ESCAPE ACCESS IN THE 1st ROOM FROM NORTH AT WEST LOCATED AT APT 54, 5th STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

Status: Certified late

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSIssued 2026-05-14

§ 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE AND DEPT. RULES AND REGULATIONS. REMOVE THE ENCUMBRANCE OBSTRUCTING EGRESS FROM FIRE ESCAPES , FLOWER POTS AT BALCONY AT 5 STORY AT BUILDING FRONT AT FIRE ESCAPE

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 33Issued 2015-05-275+ YRS OLD

SECTION 27-2018 ADMIN. CODE: ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF ROACHES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 33, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water16

Door/Window4

Flooring/Stairs3

Water Leak2

Safety2

Paint/Plaster1

Unsanitary Condition1

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

3510

Noise reports · last 12 mo

293

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential1534

Street/Sidewalk1356

Commercial449

Vehicle106

Unspecified57

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 residential) — 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

818

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony290

Misdemeanor423

Violation105

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

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

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.

No active DOB violations.

DOB building violations

OATH/ECB violations and fines

No OATH/ECB violations on record for this building.

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.

Evictions

Housing court: repair & harassment cases

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 2013-12-03

Heat / hot water

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

605-609 REALTY, LLC

Head officer

PETER REBENWURZEL

Managing agent

605-609 REALTY, LLC

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

1035 CLARKSON AVENUEBROOKLYN 1077 NEW YORK AVENUEBROOKLYN 1114 NEW YORK AVENUEBROOKLYN 1115 WILLMOHR STREETBROOKLYN 1124 WINTHROP STREETBROOKLYN

Landlord and related buildings

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2012-10-18 · $3,950,000

Most recent mortgage2021-06-25 · $238,343.39

Mortgage2021-06-25$238,343.39

borrower 605-609 REALTY LLC · lender SIGNATURE BANK

Mortgage2016-06-29$869,639.92

borrower 605-609 REALTY, LLC · lender NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK

Mortgage2014-07-28$1,576,785.4

borrower 605-609 REALTY, LLC · lender CUSTOMERS BANK

Sale2012-10-18$3,950,000

605 REALTY LLC → 605-609 REALTY, LLC

Mortgage2012-10-18$1,569,155.25

borrower 605-609 REALTY, LLC · lender THE DIME SAVINGS BANK OF WILLIAMSBURGH

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