259 Bennett Avenue

Manhattan, NY

BBL 1-02180-0633BIN 1085394Plain-text version

Concern level3 of 4

High

0163 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 6 apartments
0222 open rent-impairing violation(s)
034 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 22 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 350 apartments.

2018 — 25 units registered2023 — 22

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1951

Built

Floors

350

Residential units

Elevator apartments

Type

Energy-efficiency grade

Grade B — above average

ENERGY STAR score 84 of 100

Posted at the entrance of buildings over 25,000 sq ft (Local Law 33). It rates energy efficiency — a proxy for comfort and utility cost — not the landlord's upkeep.

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building5 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. This tax lot has 6 buildings; these counts are for this building only.

CLASS I · NON-HAZARDOUS

§27-2107 ADM CODE OWNER FAILED TO FILE A VALID REGISTRATION STATEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT AS REQUIRED BY ADM CODE §27-2097 AND IS THEREFORE SUBJECT TO CIVIL PENALTIES, PROHIBITED FROM CERTIFYING VIOLATIONS, AND DENIED THE RIGHT TO RECOVER POSSESSION OF PREMISES FOR NONPAYMENT OF RENT UNTIL A VALID REGISTRATION STATEMENT IS FILED.

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS I · NON-HAZARDOUSIssued 2001-06-195+ YRS OLD

SECTION 27-2026 ADM CODE REPAIR THE LEAKY AND/OR DEFECTIVE FAUCETS 2328G \

Status: HPD couldn't get in to re-inspect

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 5FIssued 2020-09-085+ YRS OLD

HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF MICE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 5F, 5th STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 3DIssued 2008-06-055+ YRS OLD

D26-10.01 ADM CODE REPLACE WITH NEW THE MISSING GLASS OF CASEMENT WINDOW 3 STY NORTHWEST APT 3D KITCHEN ER1. , SECTION '' ''

Status: HPD couldn't get in to re-inspect

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Unsanitary Condition4

Heat/Hot Water3

General2

Appliance1

Water Leak1

ApplianceElectric/Gas Range2026-06-03 · closed

GeneralBell/Buzzer/Intercom2026-03-25 · 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

2171

Noise reports · last 12 mo

181

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential1301

Street/Sidewalk506

Commercial146

Park105

Unspecified59

Vehicle54

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

About averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

262

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony88

Misdemeanor143

Violation31

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

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.

ConstructionNon-Hazardous1994-08-27$800 penalty

OATH/ECB violations and fines

Evictions

Executed, all time

Last 3 years

2026-02-20Apt 4Fresidential

2024-05-21Apt 3Dresidential

2024-05-21Apt UNIT 3Dresidential

2024-04-03Apt 7Cresidential

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 2021-02-15

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2018-03-27

Heat / hot water

CLOSEDOpened 2010-01-05

Heat / hot water

CLOSEDOpened 2006-07-05

Tenant action

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

Fort Tryon Apartments Corp.

Head officer

Erald Ramaj

Managing agent

Century Management Services INC.

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

105 WEST 73 STREETMANHATTAN 150 WEST 82 STREETMANHATTAN 25 WEST 54 STREETMANHATTAN 303 WEST 86 STREETMANHATTAN 980 5 AVENUEMANHATTAN

Landlord and related buildings

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale1971-12-17 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2020-02-21 · $3,800,000

Mortgage2020-02-21$3,800,000

borrower FORT TRYON APARTMENT CORP. · lender CANTOR COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE LENDING, L.P.

Mortgage2015-12-01$1,744,686.8

borrower FORT TRYON APARTMENTS CORP. · lender NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK

Mortgage2006-08-01$500,000

borrower FORT TRYON APARTMENTS CORP. · lender NATIONAL CONSUMER COOPERATIVE BANK

Mortgage1998-07-15$1,000,000

borrower FORT TRYON APARTMENTS CORP. · lender NCB CAPITAL CORPORATION

Sale1971-12-17no recorded price

FORT TRYON ASSOCIATES → FORTRYON REALTY INC

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