70 Marble Hill Avenue

Manhattan, NY

BBL 1-02215-0561BIN 1064680

Concern level3 of 4

High

013 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 23 apartments
021 of those issued in the last 3 years
033 open rent-impairing violation(s)
041 active DOB violation(s)
052 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 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 70 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — essentially all of the building's 69 apartments.

2018 — 71 units registered2023 — 70

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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Rent regulation

The building

1950

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

Type

Energy-efficiency grade

Grade A — most efficient

ENERGY STAR score 100 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 building13 others linked to the same owner

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

261

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 1HIssued 2025-01-22RENT-IMPAIRING

§ 27-2029 ADM CODE PROVIDE AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF HEAT FOR THE APARTMENT IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 1H, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH , SECTION ''GG-HH''

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

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 3FIssued 2012-09-135+ YRS OLDRENT-IMPAIRING

§ 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE REMOVE THE ILLEGAL FASTENING KEYED OPERATED LOCK AT DOOR LEADING TO FIRE ESCAPE WINDOW IN THE 3rd ROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT APT 3F, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH

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

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 3FIssued 2011-09-235+ YRS OLDRENT-IMPAIRING

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

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 4IIssued 2025-01-13

§ 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... LESS THAN 10 SQ.FT AT CEILING, THE NORTH WALL, THE WEST WALL IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 4I, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH ORIGINAL VIOLATION 17266874 ISSUED 12-SEP-24 HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO CLASS B PER ADMINISTRATIVE CODE §27-2017.3a(3)(a) or (b).

Status: Defect letter issued

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water47

Plumbing9

Door/Window7

Electric5

Paint/Plaster4

Unsanitary Condition4

Water Leak2

Flooring/Stairs2

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

2194

Noise reports · last 12 mo

183

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential1253

Street/Sidewalk754

Vehicle107

Unspecified65

Commercial15

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

826

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony119

Misdemeanor608

Violation99

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.

Bedbug history

DOB building violations

Active

On record

Active, last 3 yrs

ACTIVE · EGRADE-FAILURE TO POST ENERGY GRADE/SCORE NONE2021-04-29

FAILURE TO DISPLAY ENERGY EFFICIENCY SCORE AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY GRADE AS PER ADCODE SEC. 28-309.12.3

DOB building violations

Evictions

Executed, all time

Last 3 years

2025-01-22Apt 2Nresidential

2024-01-02Apt 5Jresidential

2019-12-19Apt W/Eresidential

2019-03-25Apt 1Nresidential

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

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 2013-02-26

Heat / hot water

CLOSEDOpened 2010-12-28

Heat / hot water

CLOSEDOpened 2009-12-22

Heat / hot water

CLOSEDOpened 2009-06-05

Tenant action

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

GECAJ REALTY CORP

Head officer

AVNI GECAJ

Managing agent

ARBENI MANAGEMENT CO INC

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

1230 LELAND AVENUEBRONX 136 WEST 87 STREETMANHATTAN 1484 ST NICHOLAS AVENUEMANHATTAN 1921 HOBART AVENUEBRONX 2321 HUGHES AVENUEBRONX

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.

Unpaid city fines

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale1989-06-14 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2019-02-07 · $1,343,547.36

Mortgage2019-02-07$1,343,547.36

borrower GECAJ REALTY CORP. · lender CAPITAL ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

Mortgage2014-11-10$1,261,035.54

borrower GECAJ REALTY CORP., · lender CAPITAL ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

Mortgage2009-08-26$512,988.34

borrower GECAJ REALTY CORP. · lender CAPITAL ONE, N.A.

Mortgage2007-11-21$1,600,000

borrower GECAJ REALTY CORP. · lender ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION

Mortgage1999-03-15$281,832.05

borrower GECAJ REALTY CORP. · lender MARINE MIDLAND 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