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.
The building
1931
Built
3
Floors
6
Residential units
Walk-up apartments
Type
Rent regulation
Likely rent-stabilized
On the NYC DHCR 2024 registered rent-stabilized building list. This official list records the building, not a per-year unit count.
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 3 annual bedbug reports and reported no infested units. Filing with zero infestations is the compliant, reassuring case.
HPD housing-maintenance violations
2
Open now
55
On record
0
Open Class C
1
Open Class B
1
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 2RIssued 2021-04-015+ YRS OLD
§ 27-2005 ADM CODE & 309 M/D LAW ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF WINDOW, USED FOR LIGHT AND VENTILATION SEALED SHUT, AT EAST WALL, IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 2R, 2nd STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST
Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix
CLASS A · NON-HAZARDOUSApt 1RIssued 2020-01-215+ YRS OLD
§ 27-2065 ADM CODE PROVIDE VENTILATION FOR WATER CLOSET COMPARTMENT AND/OR BATHROOM AND FILE APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL BEFORE DOING WORK IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 1R, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST
Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix
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.
Housing court
No HPD housing-court cases on record for this building.
311 complaints from tenants
13
All time
0
Last 12 months
Paint/Plaster7
Door/Window2
General1
Heat/Hot Water1
Unsanitary Condition1
Water Leak1
Paint/PlasterWall2023-09-01 · closed
Paint/PlasterWall2023-09-01 · closed
Unsanitary ConditionPests2023-09-01 · closed
Complaints record what a tenant reported, not a finding by the city. "Closed" often means the inspector could not gain access.
DOB building violations
2
Active
2
On record
0
Active, last 3 yrs
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
Neighborhood crime
Higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks
309
NYPD reports · last 12 mo
26
≈ per month
Felony122
Misdemeanor121
Violation66
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.
Evictions
No executed evictions on record for this building.
Concern level2 of 4
Moderate
012 active DOB violation(s)
022 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.
Landlord and related buildings
Registered owner
218 SCHAEFER LLC
Head officer
SAMUEL FOGEL
Managing agent
218 SCHAEFER LLC
No other buildings found sharing this building's registered contact.
This building and the landlord's others
This building
Neighborhood noise
Much higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks
1102
Noise reports · last 12 mo
92
≈ per month
39
% from neighbors
Residential426
Unspecified359
Street/Sidewalk146
Commercial131
Vehicle26
Park11
House of Worship3
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.
Ownership & money
4
Recorded sales
3
Mortgages / refinances
Last recorded sale2007-02-07 · $540,000
Most recent mortgage2024-04-19 · $350,000
Mortgage2024-04-19$350,000
borrower 218 SCHAEFER LLC · lender BROADVIEW CAPITAL LLC
Mortgage2013-10-07$56,741.18
borrower 218 SCHAEFER LLC · lender EMPIRE NATIONAL BANK
Mortgage2008-05-16$450,000
borrower 218 SCHAEFER LLC · lender FLUSHING SAVINGS BANK
Sale2007-02-07$540,000
SOTO, EUGENIA → 218 SCHAEFER LLC
Sale1981-01-27no recorded price
SANCHEZ SANTIAGO, SANCHEZ LUCRESIA → SOTO EUGENIA
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.