No HPD housing-court cases on record for this building.
DOB building violations
0
Active
9
On record
0
Active, last 3 yrs
No active DOB violations.
The building
1931
Built
3
Floors
6
Residential units
Walk-up apartments
Type
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.
Evictions
No executed evictions on record for this building.
HPD housing-maintenance violations
16
Open now
35
On record
2
Open Class C
12
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 1RIssued 2026-10-01
§ 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 1R, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST
Status: Notice issued, not yet certified
CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2026-10-01
§ 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE WIRE GLASS AT BUILDING ENTRANCE DOOR , 1st STORY
Status: Notice issued, not yet certified
CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 1RIssued 2026-10-01
§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR ALL WALLS INSIDE CLOSET IN THE 1st ROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT APT 1R LOWER LEVEL, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST
Status: Notice issued, not yet certified
CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 1RIssued 2026-10-01
§ 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 1R, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST
Status: Notice issued, not yet certified
Unpaid city fines
No DOB/ECB violations on record for this building.
City debt & tax-lien sale
Flagged for the 2025 tax-lien sale
The owner owes enough in water and sewer 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.
1
Years listed
2025
Most recent
10-day noticewater/sewer only2025-05-01
30-day noticewater/sewer only2025-04-01
60-day noticewater/sewer only2025-03-01
90-day noticewater/sewer only2025-02-01
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.
Concern level3 of 4
High
012 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 3 apartments
022 of those issued in the last 3 years
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.
Rent regulation
Likely rent-stabilized
The owner registered 6 stabilized units with New York State for 2018 — essentially all of the building's 6 apartments.
J-51 tax benefit
Rent stabilization here may be tied to a tax benefit and can end when the benefit expires.
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.
Neighborhood crime
Much higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks
625
NYPD reports · last 12 mo
52
≈ per month
Felony199
Misdemeanor367
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
172 IRVING AVENUE HOLDINGS LLC
Head officer
JOEL BERKOWITZ
Managing agent
ARON FROMOWITZ
10 other buildings share this owner's registration contacts. Shared contacts suggest common control, but they are not proof of ownership.
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
Much higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks
1643
Noise reports · last 12 mo
137
≈ per month
37
% from neighbors
Street/Sidewalk656
Residential603
Commercial180
Unspecified129
Vehicle75
311 noise complaints within about 1,000 ft (a few blocks) in the last year. Most reports here are about outdoor noise (mostly street/sidewalk) — 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.