The owner filed 10 annual bedbug reports and reported no infested units. Filing with zero infestations is the compliant, reassuring case.
City debt & tax-lien sale
Flagged for the 2025 tax-lien sale
The owner owes enough in water and sewer charges to be listed for the city's tax-lien sale (most recently a 90-day notice). A listing can still be cured by paying or entering a payment plan.
1
Years listed
2025
Most recent
90-day noticewater/sewer only2025-02-01
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.
DOB building violations
0
Active
8
On record
0
Active, last 3 yrs
No active DOB violations.
311 complaints from tenants
22
All time
11
Last 12 months
Heat/Hot Water10
Door/Window3
Plumbing3
General2
Unsanitary Condition2
Flooring/Stairs1
Outside Building1
Complaints record what a tenant reported, not a finding by the city. "Closed" often means the inspector could not gain access.
Executed by a city marshal. An eviction can be lawful; a high or rising count is a displacement signal, not proof of wrongdoing.
HPD housing-maintenance violations
15
Open now
61
On record
2
Open Class C
9
Open Class B
4
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 HAZARDOUSIssued 2026-06-03
§ 27-2005, 27-2007, 27-2041.1 HMC, §238, § 309; § 107 (2) ( C) MDL AND 28 RCNY §25-171: REPLACE OR REPAIR THE SELF-CLOSING DOORS THAT IS MISSING OR DEFECTIVE LATCH AT BULKHEAD ROOF DOOR AT 5th PUBLIC HALL BULKHEAD FROM EAST, 5th STORY
Status: Notice issued, not yet certified
CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2025-11-24
§ 27-2033 ADM CODE PROVIDE READY ACCESS TO BUILDINGS HEATING SYSTEM BOILER ROOM DOOR LOCKED AT BOILER ROOM
Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix
CLASS B · HAZARDOUSIssued 2026-06-03
§ 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE LATCH AND ITS ASSEMBLIES AT BULKHEAD ROOF DOOR AT 5th PUBLIC HALL BULKHEAD FROM EAST, 5th STORY
Status: Notice issued, not yet certified
CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 5BIssued 2024-09-05
§ 27-2026 ADM CODE REPAIR THE LEAKY AND/OR DEFECTIVE FAUCETS AT BATHTUB IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 5B, 5th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST
Status: Notice issued, not yet certified
Rent regulation
Likely rent-stabilized
The owner registered 10 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — essentially all of the building's 10 apartments.
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19
20
21
22
23
2018 — 10 units registered2023 — 10
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.
borrower WILLIS AVENUE ASSOCIATES, L.P. · lender THE CITY OF NEW YORK-DEPT. OF HPD
Mortgage2013-06-25$280,947
borrower WILLIS AVENUE ASSOCIATES, L.P. · lender NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
Mortgage1997-02-06$1,833,706
borrower WILLIS AVENUE ASSOCIATES, L.P. · lender CITY OF NEW YORK
Sale1996-11-22$32,000
THE CITY OF NEW YORK → WILLIS AVENUE ASSOCIATES, L.P.
Sale1993-10-05no recorded price
COMMISSIONER/FINANCE/NYC → CITY OF NEW YORK
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.
Neighborhood crime
Much higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks
1575
NYPD reports · last 12 mo
131
≈ per month
Felony417
Misdemeanor996
Violation162
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.
Housing court
2
Cases on record
0
Open now
2
Tenant-brought
0
Harassment found
0
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 2023-11-28
Tenant action
CLOSEDOpened 2011-03-14
Tenant action
Unpaid city fines
$0
Balance due (active)
0
Active violations
0
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.
Concern level3 of 4
High
012 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 5 apartments
022 of those issued in the last 3 years
031 open rent-impairing violation(s)
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.
Landlord and related buildings
Registered owner
WILLIS AVE ASSOCIATES LP
Head officer
ANGELA FARRISH
Managing agent
SEBCO DEVELOPMENT INC
29 other buildings share this owner's registration contacts. Shared contacts suggest common control, but they are not proof of ownership.
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.