No executed evictions on record for this building.
Housing court
No HPD housing-court cases 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.
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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21
22
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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.
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 B · HAZARDOUSApt 1BIssued 2026-08-11
§ 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 MISSING IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 1B, 1st STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST
Status: Civ14 Mailed
CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 1BIssued 2026-08-11
§ 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 MISSING IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 1B, 1st STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST
Status: Civ14 Mailed
CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 1BIssued 2026-03-02
§ 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... NO MOLD PRESENT IN THE 1st ROOM FROM EAST LOCATED AT APT 1B, 1st STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST ORIGINAL VIOLATION 18334189 ISSUED 30-OCT-25 HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO CLASS B PER ADMINISTRATIVE CODE 27-2017.3a(3)(a) or (b).
Complaints record what a tenant reported, not a finding by the city. "Closed" often means the inspector could not gain access.
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.
Concern level1 of 4
Low
013 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 6 annual bedbug reports and reported no infested units. Filing with zero infestations is the compliant, reassuring case.
Neighborhood crime
About averagevs. NYC apartment blocks
265
NYPD reports · last 12 mo
22
≈ per month
Felony77
Misdemeanor129
Violation59
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.
Landlord and related buildings
Registered owner
259 ALBANY REALTY LLC
Head officer
JACOB SCHWIMMER
Managing agent
Chaim KLEIN
11 other buildings share this owner's registration contacts. Shared contacts suggest common control, but they are not proof of ownership.
·Bought and resold within a few years — rapid turnover is a common speculation signal
A pattern, not a prediction — many transfers are ordinary or between related companies.
8
Recorded sales
8
Mortgages / refinances
Last recorded sale2014-07-09 · $568,000
Most recent mortgage2026-08-07 · $538,214.89
Mortgage2026-08-07$538,214.89
borrower 657 QUINCY REALTY LLC, 259 ALBANY REALTY LLC, 182 MXB REALTY LLC · lender MORGAN STANLEY BANK, N.A.
Mortgage2021-03-25$100,000
borrower 259 ALBANY REALTY LLC · lender THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF LONG ISLAND
Mortgage2016-01-12$1,938,650
borrower 259 ALBANY REALTY LLC · lender SANTANDER BANK, N.A.
Mortgage2014-11-03$478,500
borrower 259 ALBANY REALTY LLC · lender LAKELAND BANK
Mortgage2014-11-03$1,051,500
borrower 259 ALBANY REALTY LLC · lender LAKELAND 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.
Neighborhood noise
Higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks
479
Noise reports · last 12 mo
40
≈ per month
64
% from neighbors
Residential305
Street/Sidewalk80
Unspecified40
Commercial39
Vehicle12
Helicopter2
House of Worship1
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.