539 West 179 Street

Manhattan, NY

BBL 1-02153-0055BIN 1063633Plain-text version

Concern level4 of 4

Severe

0119 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 26 apartments
023 of those issued in the last 3 years
035 open rent-impairing violation(s)
042 evictions executed in the last 3 years

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 25 stabilized units with New York State for 2018 — of about 26 apartments.

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1922

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building11 others linked to the same owner

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

549

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 C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2026-10-14

§ 27-2010, 2011, 2012 ADM CODE REMOVE THE ACCUMULATION OF REFUSE AND/OR RUBBISH AND MAINTAIN IN A CLEAN CONDITION THE WEST YARD

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 4DIssued 2026-04-142 violations

HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF MICE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 4D, 5th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH
HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF ROACHES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 4D, 5th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 3CIssued 2023-07-03

HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF MICE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 3C, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

Status: Certification rejected by HPD

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 4DIssued 2021-03-085+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE & 309 M/D LAW ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF HOUSE HOLD ITEMS OBSTRUC FIRE ESCAPE WINDOW IN THE 1st ROOM FROM NORTH AT EAST LOCATED AT APT 4D, 5th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

163

All time

Last 12 months

Unsanitary Condition36

Paint/Plaster26

Plumbing23

Heat/Hot Water22

Water Leak17

Electric11

Door/Window8

Appliance7

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

2743

Noise reports · last 12 mo

229

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential1473

Street/Sidewalk881

Commercial176

Unspecified106

Vehicle106

House of Worship1

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

1112

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony358

Misdemeanor650

Violation104

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

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.

Quality of LifeClass 12017-12-06$2,400 penalty

OATH/ECB violations and fines

Evictions

Executed, all time

Last 3 years

2024-12-12Apt 2-Cresidential

Executed by a city marshal. An eviction can be lawful; a high or rising count is a displacement signal, not proof of wrongdoing.

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 2025-03-26

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2024-09-25

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2024-08-27

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2014-09-17

Access Warrant - Non-Lead

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

175 REALTY ASSOCIATES II LLC

Head officer

FRAIDY RUBIN

Managing agent

175 REALTY ASSOCIATES II LLC

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

1153 ST JOHNS PLACEBROOKLYN 156 WILSON STREETBROOKLYN 160 WILSON STREETBROOKLYN 190 MIDDLETON STREETBROOKLYN 195 SOUTH 9 STREETBROOKLYN

Landlord and related buildings

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2012-05-22 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2022-07-28 · $1,229,000

Mortgage2022-07-28$1,229,000

borrower 175 REALTY ASSOCIATES V, LLC, 175 REALTY ASSOCIATES IV, LLC, 175 REALTY ASSOCIATES I, LLC, 175 REALTY ASSOCIATES II, LLC, 175 REALTY ASSOCIATES III, LLC · lender HANMI BANK

Mortgage2018-04-18$1,336,000

borrower 175 REALTY ASSOCIATES II, LLC · lender THE COMMUNITY PRESERVATION CORPORATION

Mortgage2014-09-10$3,320,000

borrower 175 REALTY ASSOCIATES I, LLC, 175 REALTY ASSOCIATES II, LLC · lender JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

Sale2012-05-22no recorded price

175 REALTY ASSOCIATES LLC → 175 REALTY ASSOCIATES II LLC

Mortgage2012-05-22$5,200,000

borrower 175 REALTY ASSOCIATES I, LLC, 175 REALTY ASSOCIATES II, LLC · lender J.P. MORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.

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 2025 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

2025

Most recent

30-day noticeincl. property tax2025-04-01

60-day noticeincl. property tax2025-03-01

90-day noticeincl. property tax2025-02-01

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