The owner registered 8 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — essentially all of the building's 8 apartments.
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2019 — 8 units registered2023 — 8
421-a tax benefit · expires ~2033
A 421-a building's rent stabilization is tied to this tax benefit and generally ends when it expires — here, around 2033 (approximate, from DOF exemption records). Confirm your unit's status with NYS HCR.
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.
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 A · NON-HAZARDOUSIssued 2025-07-14
§ 329, M/D LAW AND DEPT. RULES AND REGS. PROVIDE A COMPLETED CERTIFICATE OF INSPECTION VISITS IN A PROPER FRAME AT OR NEAR MAILBOXES, BOTTOM EDGE OF FRAME BETWEEN 48-62 INCHES ABOVE FLOOR MISSING FRAME AT PUBLIC HALL, 1st STORY
Status: Notice issued, not yet certified
Housing court
No HPD housing-court cases on record for this building.
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.
Landlord and related buildings
Registered owner
COLUMBIA MEWS LLC
Head officer
HERNAN GALVIS
Managing agent
HERNAN GALVIS
2 other buildings share this owner's registration contacts. Shared contacts suggest common control, but they are not proof of ownership.
borrower COLUMBIA MEWS LLC · lender VALLEY NATIONAL BANK
Mortgage2013-01-31$3,383,350
borrower COLUMBIA MEWS LLC · lender TD BANK,NA
Mortgage2013-01-31$716,650
borrower COLUMBIA MEWS LLC · lender TD BANK,NA
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.
The building
2013
Built
6
Floors
8
Residential units
Elevator apartments
Type
DOB building violations
0
Active
1
On record
0
Active, last 3 yrs
No active DOB violations.
Neighborhood noise
Lower than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks
151
Noise reports · last 12 mo
13
≈ per month
42
% from neighbors
Residential64
Unspecified39
Commercial19
Street/Sidewalk13
Helicopter8
Vehicle8
311 noise complaints within about 1,000 ft (a few blocks) in the last year. Most reports here are about outdoor noise (mostly residential) — 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.
Evictions
No executed evictions on record for this building.
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 level1 of 4
Low
011 open HPD 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.
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.
Neighborhood crime
Lower than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks
138
NYPD reports · last 12 mo
12
≈ per month
Felony45
Misdemeanor72
Violation21
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.
311 complaints from tenants
1
All time
0
Last 12 months
Electric1
ElectricPower Outage2025-07-09 · closed
Complaints record what a tenant reported, not a finding by the city. "Closed" often means the inspector could not gain access.