No HPD housing-court cases on record for this building.
Rent regulation
Not on the rent-stabilized list
Not found in the DOF tax-bill records nor the 2024 DHCR registered building list. Absence isn't proof a unit is unregulated — buildings can be missing or newly deregulated.
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.
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
1920
Built
2
Floors
8
Residential units
Walk-up apartments
Type
Evictions
No executed evictions on record for this building.
HPD housing-maintenance violations
1
Open now
10
On record
0
Open Class C
1
Open Class B
0
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 · HAZARDOUSIssued 2007-09-125+ YRS OLD
SECTION 27-2040 ADM CODE PROVIDE ADEQUATE LIGHTING AT OR NEAR THE OUTSIDE OF THE FRONT ENTRANCEWAY OF THE BUILDING AND KEEP SAME BURNING FROM SUNSET EVERY DAY TO SUNRISE ON THE DAY FOLLOWING 100 WATTS. LIGHTS NOT ON.
Status: Notice issued, not yet certified
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.
Concern level1 of 4
Low
011 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
126 EAST 54TH ST LLC
Head officer
JOEL FRIEDMAN
Managing agent
126 EAST 54TH ST LLC.
21 other buildings share this owner's registration contacts. Shared contacts suggest common control, but they are not proof of ownership.
Complaints record what a tenant reported, not a finding by the city. "Closed" often means the inspector could not gain access.
This building and the landlord's others
This building21 others linked to the same owner
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.
DOB building violations
0
Active
0
On record
0
Active, last 3 yrs
No active DOB violations.
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.
5
Recorded sales
6
Mortgages / refinances
Last recorded sale2019-08-13 · $1,400,000
Most recent mortgage2020-09-16 · $169,000
Mortgage2020-09-16$169,000
borrower 126 EAST 54TH ST LLC · lender KEARNY BANK
Sale2019-08-13$1,400,000
TURN KEY NOW LLC → 126 EAST 54TH ST LLC
Mortgage2019-08-13$1,946,000
borrower 126 EAST 54TH ST LLC · lender SHARESTATES INTERCAP LINE, LLC
Sale2018-06-20$661,362
GRAY, STEWART → TURN KEY NOW LLC
Mortgage2018-06-20$660,000
borrower TURN KEY NOW LLC · lender ICE LENDER XII LLC
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
248
NYPD reports · last 12 mo
21
≈ per month
Felony74
Misdemeanor98
Violation76
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.
Neighborhood noise
Higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks
590
Noise reports · last 12 mo
49
≈ per month
57
% from neighbors
Residential334
Street/Sidewalk203
Commercial24
Unspecified17
Vehicle7
House of Worship5
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.