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.
Bedbug history
No bedbugs reported
The owner filed 2 annual bedbug reports 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.
Evictions
No executed evictions 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.
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 2FIssued 2024-11-01
§ 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 2F, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST
Status: Notice issued, not yet certified
CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 2FIssued 2024-09-03
§ 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 AT DOOR IN THE ENTRANCE LOCATED AT APT 2F, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST
Status: Notice issued, not yet certified
CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 1FIssued 2023-07-17
§ 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 , IN THE ENTRANCE LOCATED AT APT 1F, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH
Status: Notice issued, not yet certified
CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 3FIssued 2023-03-20
§ 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... AT CEILING APPROX 25 SQ.FT, SOUTH WALL APPROX 8 SQ.F , NORTH WALL APPROX 2 SQ.FT, WEST WALL APPROX 4 SQ.FT, AND EAST WALL APPROX 6 SQ.FT IN THE 1st ROOM FROM NORTH AT EAST LOCATED AT APT 3F, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST
Status: Notice issued, not yet certified
DOB building violations
2
Active
15
On record
0
Active, last 3 yrs
ACTIVE · LBLVIO-LOW PRESSURE BOILER BOILER REQUIRED2015-10-01
VIOLATION ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO FILE ANNUAL BOILER 2014 INSPECTION REPORT
ACTIVE · LL6291-LOCAL LAW 62/91 - BOILERS BOILER REQUIRED1993-08-16
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 level4 of 4
Severe
015 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 6 apartments
022 of those issued in the last 3 years
032 open rent-impairing violation(s)
042 active DOB 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.
311 complaints from tenants
26
All time
0
Last 12 months
Heat/Hot Water11
Water Leak5
Unsanitary Condition3
Paint/Plaster2
Door/Window2
Plumbing1
Safety1
General1
Complaints record what a tenant reported, not a finding by the city. "Closed" often means the inspector could not gain access.
Heat/Hot WaterEntire Building2025-07-02 · closed
Heat/Hot WaterEntire Building2025-07-01 · closed
Heat/Hot WaterEntire Building2025-07-01 · closed
Landlord and related buildings
Registered owner
270-4 East 2nd Street LLC
Head officer
DEAn Horowitz
Managing agent
Joel Spitzer
8 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.
This building and the landlord's others
This building8 others linked to the same owner
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.
7
Recorded sales
6
Mortgages / refinances
Last recorded sale2026-04-29 · $2,600,000
Most recent mortgage2018-01-30 · $16,398.88
Sale2026-04-29$2,600,000
270 E2ND FUNDING LLC → KEIDMU LLC
Sale2026-04-24$1,000
BORCHERT, ESQ., AS REFEREE, HELMUT → 270 E2ND FUNDING LLC
Mortgage2018-01-30$16,398.88
borrower 270-4 EAST 2ND STREET LLC · lender DIME COMMUNITY BANK
Sale2018-01-30$4,350,000
270-274 EAST 2ND RESIDENCES, LLC → 270-4 EAST 2ND STREET LLC
Sale2015-08-26$3,600,000
270-274 EAST 2ND STREET LLC → 270-274 EAST 2ND RESIDENCES, 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 noise
Higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks
401
Noise reports · last 12 mo
33
≈ per month
39
% from neighbors
Residential155
Street/Sidewalk140
Unspecified66
Vehicle22
Commercial8
House of Worship5
Park4
Helicopter1
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.