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.
Unpaid city fines
No DOB/ECB violations on record for this building.
Rent regulation
Likely rent-stabilized
The owner registered 8 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — essentially all of the building's 8 apartments.
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2018 — 8 units registered2023 — 8
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.
Complaints record what a tenant reported, not a finding by the city. "Closed" often means the inspector could not gain access.
HPD housing-maintenance violations
5
Open now
12
On record
1
Open Class C
2
Open Class B
2
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 1AIssued 2025-12-16
§ 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 HINGES IN THE ENTRANCE LOCATED AT APT 1A, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST
Status: Notice issued, not yet certified
CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 2BIssued 2025-12-22
§ 27-2045(B)(1)(A) HMC, § 12-01, § 12-03 RCNY REPAIR, REPLACE OR PROVIDE AN APPROVED AND OPERATIONAL SMOKE DETECTING DEVICE, INSTALLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH DEPARTMENT OF BUILDINGS RULES AND REGULATIONS DEFECTIVE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 2B, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST
Status: Notice issued, not yet certified
CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 2BIssued 2025-12-22
§ 27-2045(B)(1)(B) HMC, § 12-06, § 12-07, § 12-09 RCNY REPAIR, REPLACE OR PROVIDE AN APPROVED AND OPERATIONAL CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTING DEVICE, INSTALLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE LAW AND RULES DEFECTIVE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 2B, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST
Status: Notice issued, not yet certified
CLASS A · NON-HAZARDOUSIssued 2026-05-06
(A) § HMC:FILE ANNUAL BEDBUG REPORT IN ACCORDANCE WITH HPD RULE AS DESCRIBED ON THE BACK OF THIS NOTICE OF VIOLATION OR AS DESCRIBED ON HPDS WEBSITE, WWW.NYC.GOV\HPD, SEARCH BED BUGS.
Status: Notice issued, not yet certified
Evictions
No executed evictions on record for this building.
Concern level3 of 4
High
011 open class-C HPD violation (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 8 apartments
021 of those issued in the last 3 years
031 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 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 4 annual bedbug reports and reported no infested units. Filing with zero infestations is the compliant, reassuring case.
DOB building violations
1
Active
15
On record
0
Active, last 3 yrs
ACTIVE · LL6291-LOCAL LAW 62/91 - BOILERS BOILER REQUIRED1993-08-16
Landlord and related buildings
Registered owner
896 UNION STREET REALTY LLC
Head officer
GEORGE KOTSONIS
Managing agent
KOTSONIS ORGANIZATION LLC
6 other buildings share this owner's registration contacts. Shared contacts suggest common control, but they are not proof of ownership.
borrower 896 UNION STREET REALTY LLC · lender DIME COMMUNITY BANK
Mortgage2012-09-13$1,044,468.23
borrower 896 UNION STREET REALTY LLC, 898 UNION STREET REALTY LLC, 594 6TH STREET REALTY LLC · lender INVESTORS BANK
Sale2008-07-09$1,366,000
THE ESTATE OF ALICE MERHIGE, JOHN SCHOFI, AS EXECUTOR → 896 UNION STREET REALTY LLC
Mortgage2008-07-09$993,750
borrower 896 UNION STREET REALTY LLC · lender FIRST CENTRAL SAVINGS BANK
Mortgage2008-07-09$3,500,000
borrower 594 6TH STREET REALTY LLC, 896 UNION STREET REALTY LLC, 898 UNION STREET REALTY LLC · lender FIRST CENTRAL SAVINGS BANK
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.
This building and the landlord's others
This building6 others linked to the same owner
Neighborhood noise
Lower than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks
174
Noise reports · last 12 mo
15
≈ per month
21
% from neighbors
Unspecified62
Street/Sidewalk43
Residential36
Vehicle22
Helicopter7
Commercial3
Park1
311 noise complaints within about 1,000 ft (a few blocks) in the last year. Most reports here are about outdoor noise (mostly unspecified) — 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 crime
About averagevs. NYC apartment blocks
209
NYPD reports · last 12 mo
17
≈ per month
Felony45
Misdemeanor123
Violation41
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.