557 Academy Street

Manhattan, NY

BBL 1-02218-0050BIN 1084223Plain-text version

Concern level2 of 4

Moderate

011 open class-C HPD violation (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 77 apartments
021 eviction 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 51 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 77 apartments.

2018 — 51 units registered2023 — 51

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1925

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building100 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 2 buildings; these counts are for this building only.

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 42Issued 2022-03-15

HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF ROACHES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 42, 3rd STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

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

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 42Issued 2022-03-153 violations

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR AT NORTH AND SOUTH WALL IN THE 1st ROOM FROM NORTH AT WEST LOCATED AT APT 42, 3rd STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH
§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR AT SOUTH WALL IN THE 1st ROOM FROM NORTH AT EAST LOCATED AT APT 42, 3rd STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

1 more from the same inspection

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE SPRING BALANCE AT UPPER WINDOW SASH AT EAST WALL IN THE 2nd ROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT APT 42, 3rd STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

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

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 53Issued 2021-08-262 violations5+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... (10 SQARE FEET) AT CEILING AND WEST WALL IN THE 2nd ROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT APT 53, 5th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST
§ 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... AT EAST WALL (12 SQ. FT.) IN THE 2nd ROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT APT 53, 5th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST

Status: Defect letter issued

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 42Issued 2016-03-255+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE WOOD FLOOR IN THE PRIVATE HALLWAY LOCATED AT APT 42, 4th STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

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

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water4

Unsanitary Condition3

Water Leak2

Door/Window2

Flooring/Stairs1

Paint/Plaster1

Appliance1

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

3513

Noise reports · last 12 mo

293

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Street/Sidewalk1640

Residential1189

Vehicle399

Unspecified180

Commercial103

Park1

Helicopter1

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

713

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony211

Misdemeanor425

Violation77

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

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

Executed, all time

Last 3 years

2026-06-09Apt 1-05residential

2018-10-16Apt 55residential

2018-02-02Apt 51residential

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 2016-08-10

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2015-01-02

Heat / hot water

CLOSEDOpened 2011-02-08

Heat / hot water

CLOSEDOpened 2011-01-04

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

WHITE STAR ASSOCIATES LLC

Head officer

JOSEPH ZITOLO

Managing agent

LEMLE AND WOLFF, INC

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

1023 LONGWOOD AVENUEBRONX 1033 AVENUE ST JOHNBRONX 1038 BOSTON ROADBRONX 1044 AVENUE ST JOHNBRONX 1047 AVENUE ST JOHNBRONX

Landlord and related buildings

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2013-06-27 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2013-06-27 · $1,902,438

Sale2013-06-27no recorded price

WHITE STAR ASSOCIATES LP → WHITE STAR ASSOCIATES LLC

Mortgage2013-06-27$1,902,438

borrower WHITE STAR ASSOCIATES, LLC · lender ENTERPRISE COMMUNITY LOAN FUND, INC.

Mortgage2013-06-27$3,753,156

borrower WHITE STAR ASSOCIATES, LLC · lender ENTERPRISE COMMUNITY LOAN FUND, INC.

Mortgage2013-06-27$400,850

borrower WHITE STAR ASSOCIATES, LLC · lender ENTERPRISE COMMUNITY LOAN FUND, INC.

Mortgage1987-07-23$549,147

borrower WHITE STAR ASSOCIATES · lender NYC HOUSING DVLP CORP

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 2021 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 60-day notice). A listing can still be cured by paying or entering a payment plan.

Years listed

2021

Most recent

60-day noticeincl. property tax2021-10-18

90-day noticeincl. property tax2021-09-13

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