The owner registered 46 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — essentially all of the building's 46 apartments.
21
22
23
2021 — 46 units registered2023 — 46
421-a tax benefit
Rent stabilization here may be tied to a tax benefit and can end when the benefit expires.
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.
The owner filed 5 annual bedbug reports and reported no infested units. Filing with zero infestations is the compliant, reassuring case.
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.
The building
2019
Built
8
Floors
46
Residential units
Elevator apartments
Type
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.
HPD housing-maintenance violations
1
Open now
50
On record
1
Open Class C
0
Open Class B
0
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 2024-06-05
§ 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 VESTIBULE DOOR LEADING TO 1ST STORY PUBLIC HALL AT PUBLIC HALL, 1st STORY
Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix
311 complaints from tenants
63
All time
29
Last 12 months
Plumbing30
Unsanitary Condition9
Paint/Plaster6
Flooring/Stairs6
Water Leak5
Door/Window3
General1
Electric1
Complaints record what a tenant reported, not a finding by the city. "Closed" often means the inspector could not gain access.
Flooring/StairsFloor2026-09-14 · closed
ElectricLighting2026-09-14 · closed
Water LeakDamp Spot2026-09-14 · closed
Housing court
3
Cases on record
0
Open now
3
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 2012-02-27
Heat / hot water
CLOSEDOpened 2012-01-19
Tenant action
CLOSEDOpened 2012-01-17
Tenant action
Evictions
4
Executed, all time
4
Last 3 years
2025-12-05Apt 6-Bresidential
2025-09-16Apt #4Dresidential
2025-05-22Apt 8-Dresidential
2025-04-08Apt 7-Dresidential
Executed by a city marshal. An eviction can be lawful; a high or rising count is a displacement signal, not proof of wrongdoing.
Neighborhood crime
Higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks
469
NYPD reports · last 12 mo
39
≈ per month
Felony148
Misdemeanor204
Violation117
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.
Concern level2 of 4
Moderate
011 open class-C HPD violation (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 46 apartments
021 of those issued in the last 3 years
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 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.
DOB building violations
0
Active
3
On record
0
Active, last 3 yrs
No active DOB violations.
Landlord and related buildings
Registered owner
25-27 E. 198 LLC
Head officer
VILSON LUMAJ
Managing agent
VILSON LUMAJ
7 other buildings share this owner's registration contacts. Shared contacts suggest common control, but they are not proof of ownership.
borrower 25-27 E. 198 LLC · lender JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
Mortgage2020-02-11$36,347.26
borrower 25-27 E. 198 LLC · lender NORTHEAST COMMUNITY BANK
Mortgage2020-02-11$6,260,000
borrower 25-27 E. 198 LLC · lender NORTHEAST COMMUNITY BANK
Sale2017-12-27no recorded price
ZEFI, PAULIN → 25-27 E. 198 LLC
Mortgage2017-04-26$370,000
borrower ZEFI, PAULIN · lender SELF RELIANCE (N.Y.) FEDERAL CREDIT UNION
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 noise
Much higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks
1313
Noise reports · last 12 mo
109
≈ per month
68
% from neighbors
Residential897
Street/Sidewalk269
Unspecified73
Vehicle49
Commercial18
House of Worship7
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.