The owner registered 8 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — essentially all of the building's 8 apartments.
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.
The owner filed 1 annual bedbug report and reported no infested units. Filing with zero infestations is the compliant, reassuring case.
Housing court
No HPD housing-court cases on record for this building.
Landlord and related buildings
Registered owner
653 METROPOLITAN REALTY INC
Head officer
YEH HUA LI
Managing agent
653 METROPOLITAN
No other buildings found sharing this building's registered contact.
This building and the landlord's others
This building
Evictions
No executed evictions on record for this building.
The building
2017
Built
6
Floors
8
Residential units
Elevator apartments
Type
HPD housing-maintenance violations
6
Open now
9
On record
0
Open Class C
1
Open Class B
5
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 B · HAZARDOUSApt 4AIssued 2026-01-12
§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR AT CEILING UPPER LEVEL IN THE 2nd ROOM FROM EAST LOCATED AT APT 4A, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH
Status: Notice issued, not yet certified
CLASS A · NON-HAZARDOUSIssued 2026-05-11
(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
CLASS A · NON-HAZARDOUSIssued 2025-06-16
(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
CLASS A · NON-HAZARDOUSIssued 2024-06-14
§ 26-1103 ADMIN. CODE: POST AND MAINTAIN A PROPER NOTICE ON WALL OF THE ENTRANCE STORY IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH ON THE AVAILABILITY OF THE AGENCYS HOUSING INFORMATION GUIDE. A SAMPLE NOTICE CAN BE FOUND AT WWW.NYC.GOV/HPD. AT PUBLIC HALL, 1st STORY
Status: Certification rejected by HPD
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.
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 level2 of 4
Moderate
016 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.
DOB building violations
0
Active
10
On record
0
Active, last 3 yrs
No active DOB violations.
311 complaints from tenants
10
All time
6
Last 12 months
Heat/Hot Water3
Electric2
General2
Water Leak2
Elevator1
Heat/Hot WaterApartment Only2026-03-04 · closed
Heat/Hot WaterApartment Only2026-01-21 · closed
ElectricLighting2026-01-21 · closed
Complaints record what a tenant reported, not a finding by the city. "Closed" often means the inspector could not gain access.
Neighborhood noise
Higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks
727
Noise reports · last 12 mo
61
≈ per month
32
% from neighbors
Commercial305
Residential234
Unspecified110
Street/Sidewalk61
Vehicle17
311 noise complaints within about 1,000 ft (a few blocks) in the last year. Most reports here are about outdoor noise (mostly commercial) — 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.
Ownership & money
4
Recorded sales
4
Mortgages / refinances
Last recorded sale2012-09-06 · $1,370,000
Most recent mortgage2012-09-06 · $798,000
Sale2012-09-06$1,370,000
LETTERELLI, FORTUNATA → 653 METROPOLITAN REALTY INC.
Mortgage2012-09-06$798,000
borrower 653 METROPOLITAN REALTY INC. · lender CATHAY 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 crime
About averagevs. NYC apartment blocks
171
NYPD reports · last 12 mo
14
≈ per month
Felony62
Misdemeanor85
Violation24
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.