HPD placed this building in its Alternative Enforcement Program (AEP Round 19), active since 2026-02-02. AEP is the city's response to its most distressed buildings — it had 1,144 open B/C violations at selection.
Evictions
No executed evictions on record for this building.
City debt & tax-lien sale
Flagged for the 2025 tax-lien sale
The owner owes enough in property taxes (and possibly water charges) to be listed for the city's tax-lien sale (most recently a 10-day notice). A listing can still be cured by paying or entering a payment plan.
3
Years listed
2025
Most recent
10-day noticeincl. property tax2025-05-01
30-day noticeincl. property tax2025-04-01
60-day noticeincl. property tax2025-03-01
90-day noticeincl. property tax2025-02-01
From DOF lien-sale lists (2019–2025). Financial distress is not proof of neglect, but owners behind on what they owe the city more often let repairs slide. Debt may since have been paid.
The building
1907
Built
3
Floors
12
Residential units
Walk-up apartments
Type
HPD housing-maintenance violations
98
Open now
551
On record
34
Open Class C
43
Open Class B
20
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 I · NON-HAZARDOUS
§27-2153 ADM CODE THE PREMISES HAS BEEN SELECTED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ALTERNATIVE ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM WHICH MAY RESULT IN BUILDING-WIDE INSPECTIONS, FEES, AND EXTENSIVE REPAIR WORK TO CORRECT VIOLATIONS AND UNDERLYING CONDITIONS. CHARGES FOR REPAIR WORK DONE PURSUANT TO THIS ORDER, IF NOT PAID, WILL BECOME LIENS ON THE PROPERTY
Status: Notice issued, not yet certified
CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2026-08-03
§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPLACE WITH NEW THE MISSING LOCK AT BOILER ROOM DOOR AT BOILER ROOM
Status: Notice issued, not yet certified
CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2026-08-03
§ 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE CERAMIC TILES AT VESTIBULE FLOOR AT PUBLIC HALL, 1st STORY
Status: Notice issued, not yet certified
CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2026-08-03
§ 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PAVING CONCRETE CEMENT AT ENTIRE CELLAR
Status: Notice issued, not yet certified
Rent regulation
Likely rent-stabilized
The owner registered 10 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 12 apartments.
20
23
2020 — 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.
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 2025-11-20
Heat / hot water
CLOSEDOpened 2021-08-13
Access Warrant - Non-Lead
CLOSEDOpened 2018-12-24
Tenant action
CLOSEDOpened 2018-12-13
Tenant action
311 complaints from tenants
356
All time
12
Last 12 months
Heat/Hot Water197
Plumbing41
Appliance32
Unsanitary Condition24
Water Leak16
Paint/Plaster11
General10
Door/Window10
Complaints record what a tenant reported, not a finding by the city. "Closed" often means the inspector could not gain access.
Heat/Hot WaterApartment Only2026-08-22 · closed
Unsanitary ConditionPests2026-05-20 · closed
Water LeakHeavy Flow2026-05-20 · closed
Bedbug history
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.
DOB building violations
13
Active
27
On record
0
Active, last 3 yrs
ACTIVE · LBLVIO-LOW PRESSURE BOILER BOILER REQUIRED2023-06-20
VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2019 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION
ACTIVE · LBLVIO-LOW PRESSURE BOILER BOILER REQUIRED2023-06-20
VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2018 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION
ACTIVE · LBLVIO-LOW PRESSURE BOILER BOILER REQUIRED2019-11-08
VIOLATION ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO FILE ANNUAL BOILER 2017 INSPECTION REPORT
Unpaid city fines
$22,225
Balance due (active)
19
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.
BoilersClass 22022-01-13$625 due
BoilersClass 22022-01-05$625 due
BoilersClass 22021-12-17$625 due
BoilersClass 22021-12-01$625 due
Concern level4 of 4
Severe
01On HPD's Alternative Enforcement Program — the city's most-distressed-buildings list
0234 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 12 apartments
0327 of those issued in the last 3 years
0418 open rent-impairing violation(s)
0513 active DOB violation(s)
06$22,225 in unpaid DOB fines
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.
Landlord and related buildings
Registered owner
239 TROY AVE LLC
Head officer
CHAIM GOLDBERGER
Managing agent
HENRY MANAGMENT LLC
5 other buildings share this owner's registration contacts. Shared contacts suggest common control, but they are not proof of ownership.
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.
Ownership & money
Speculation watch
·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.
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
589
Noise reports · last 12 mo
49
≈ per month
55
% from neighbors
Residential324
Street/Sidewalk153
Commercial53
Unspecified35
Vehicle20
Helicopter2
Park1
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.