121 Sherman Avenue

Manhattan, NY

BBL 1-02220-0017BIN 1064749

Concern level2 of 4

Moderate

012 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 13 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 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 25 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — essentially all of the building's 25 apartments.

2018 — 25 units registered2023 — 25

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1930

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building52 others linked to the same owner

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

152

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 25Issued 2022-12-19

HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF MICE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 25, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH

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

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 25Issued 2019-02-195+ YRS OLD

HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF MICE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 25, 2nd STORY

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

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 33Issued 2020-05-295+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... THE SOUTH WALL IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 33, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH ORIGINAL VIOLATION 13567657 ISSUED 24-JAN-20 HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO CLASS B PER ADMINISTRATIVE CODE §27-2017.3a(3)(a) or (b).

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water63

Unsanitary Condition4

General4

Door/Window3

Flooring/Stairs3

Paint/Plaster2

Plumbing2

Electric1

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

3353

Noise reports · last 12 mo

279

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Street/Sidewalk1663

Residential1131

Vehicle385

Commercial96

Unspecified77

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

715

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony199

Misdemeanor432

Violation84

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

No active DOB violations.

DOB building violations

Evictions

Executed, all time

Last 3 years

2024-10-11Apt 22residential

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 2023-03-02

Heat / hot water

CLOSEDOpened 2022-03-29

Access Warrant - Non-Lead

CLOSEDOpened 2018-12-20

Heat / hot water

CLOSEDOpened 2018-10-25

Tenant action

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

121 SHERMAN LLC

Head officer

MICHAEL HAAS

Managing agent

121 SHERMAN LLC

52 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 109 SHERMAN AVENUEMANHATTAN 1114 NEW YORK AVENUEBROOKLYN 1115 WILLMOHR STREETBROOKLYN

Landlord and related buildings

Unpaid city fines

No DOB/ECB violations on record for this building.

Unpaid city fines

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2023-09-13 · $2,613,000

Most recent mortgage2023-09-13 · $416,000

Mortgage2023-09-13$416,000

borrower 121 SHERMAN LLC, 121 SHERMAN SUNRISE LLC, 121 SHERMAN CHALET LLC · lender GREYSTONE SERVICING COMPANY LLC

Mortgage2023-09-13$1,516,000

borrower BSF INWOOD HOLDING LLC · lender VALLEY NATIONAL BANK

Sale2023-09-13$2,613,000

BSF INWOOD HOLDING LLC → 121 SHERMAN LLC, 121 SHERMAN SUNRISE LLC, 121 SHERMAN CHALET LLC

Sale2016-12-14$63,600,000

NEW YORK HOLDING COMPANY ASSOCIATES → BSF INWOOD HOLDING LLC

Mortgage2016-12-14$17,500,000

borrower BSF INWOOD HOLDING LLC · lender ORITANI FINANCE COMPANY

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