FAILURE TO MAINTAIN BLDG IN A SAFE CONDITION/PARTIAL VACATE.2NDFL LAUNDRY ROOM@EXP 2/3 CRNR W/CONCRETE SLAB SEVERELY SPALLNG@UNDERSIDE OF SLAB&EXPOSED/CORRODED REBAR.TEMP SHORNG@UNDERSIDE OF 2NDFL PARTIALLY VACATE 2NDFL LAUNDRY ROOM UNTIL 2NDFL SLAB HAS BEEN PERM RPAIRD UNDR PRMT W/RPAIR JOB COMPLETED/SIGNED OFF
54 Court Street
- 018 active DOB 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 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.
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Likely rent-stabilized
The owner registered 1 stabilized unit with New York State for 2023 — of about 12 apartments.
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How to request your rent history →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.
No open HPD violations.
No 311 housing complaints on record for this building.
No annual bedbug report on file. Owners of buildings with three or more apartments must file one each year — its absence can mean a smaller building, or an owner that has not filed.
These are separate from DOB violations. They are summonses written by DOB inspectors and decided at a hearing before OATH, the city's administrative court (formerly the Environmental Control Board), and they can carry a fine. "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.
No marshal-executed evictions on record for this building. Eviction cases filed in court but not carried out aren't included.
No recorded sales or mortgages found in ACRIS for this lot.
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.