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 OATH/ECB 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.
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No annual bedbug report on file. Owners of buildings with three or more apartments must file one each year — its absence can mean a smaller building, or an owner that has not filed.
DOB building violations
OATH/ECB violations and fines
No OATH/ECB violations on record for this building.
Evictions
Housing court
Landlord and related buildings
Ownership & money
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.
Rent regulation
Likely rent-stabilized
The owner registered 46 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — essentially all of the building's 30 apartments.
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2018 — 46 units registered2023 — 46
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. HPD writes a separate violation for each room or spot, so one inspection can produce several near-identical entries; those are grouped below by apartment and date.
CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 2Issued 2018-04-192 violations5+ YRS OLD
§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR THE WALLS AND CEILING IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 2, 2nd STORY, APARTMENT AT NORTH
§ 27-2005 HMC:TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF MOLD ... APPROXIMATELY 6 SQUARE FEET AT THE SOUTH WALL IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 2, 2nd STORY, APARTMENT AT NORTH
Status: Certified late
CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 1DOWNIssued 2014-06-023 violations5+ YRS OLD
SECTION 27-2026 ADMIN. CODE: REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE WASH BASIN IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 1DOWN, 1st STORY
SECTION 27-2046.1, 2046.2 HMC: PROVIDE AN APPROVED AND OPERATIONAL CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTING DEVICE, INSTALLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE LAW AND RULES. IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 1DOWN, 1st STORY
1 more from the same inspection
SECTION 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: REPLACE WITH NEW THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE BASE CABINET AT SINK IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 1DOWN, 1st STORY
Status: Notice issued, not yet certified
CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 2FIssued 2012-12-046 violations5+ YRS OLD
SECTION 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: PROPERLY REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE WOOD FLOOR IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 2F, 2nd STORY
SECTION 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: PROPERLY REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE WOOD CABINETS WALLS IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 2F, 2nd STORY
4 more from the same inspection
SECTION 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: PROPERLY REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE WOOD CABINET WALLS IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 2F, 2nd STORY
SECTION 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: PROPERLY REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE ELECTRIC OUTLETS WALLS IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 2F, 2nd STORY
SECTION 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN UNIFORM COLOR WALLS AND CEILINGS IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 2F, 2nd STORY
SECTION 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE CERAMIC TILES WALLS AND FLOOR IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 2F, 2nd STORY
Status: Notice issued, not yet certified
CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 2FLRIssued 2011-09-225+ YRS OLD
SECTION 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: PROPERLY REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE BELL-BUZZER SYSTEM FROM FRONT ENTRENCE TO IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 2FLR, 2nd STORY
Status: Certified late
311 complaints from tenants
18
All time
4
Last 12 months
Unsanitary Condition9
Water Leak4
Electric3
Heat/Hot Water2
Unsanitary ConditionMold2026-01-23 · closed
Water LeakHeavy Flow2026-01-23 · closed
Water LeakHeavy Flow2026-01-19 · closed
Complaints record what a tenant reported, not a finding by the city. "Closed" often means the inspector could not gain access.
Neighborhood noise
Lower than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks
187
Noise reports · last 12 mo
16
≈ per month
35
% from neighbors
Street/Sidewalk113
Residential65
Unspecified6
Vehicle3
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.
Neighborhood crime
Much lower than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks
42
NYPD reports · last 12 mo
4
≈ per month
Felony13
Misdemeanor21
Violation8
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.
DOB building violations
0
Active
0
On record
0
Active, last 3 yrs
Violations issued by the Department of Buildings that the owner must correct. Most don't carry a fine on their own; summonses that go to a hearing and can be fined are listed separately under OATH/ECB.
No active DOB violations.
Evictions
10
Executed, all time
1
Last 3 years
2024-04-08Apt 2ND FLOORresidential
2023-06-21Apt 2ND FLOORresidential
2018-04-27Apt SECOND FLOORresidential
2018-04-27Apt SECOND FLOORresidential
Executed by a city marshal. An eviction can be lawful; a high or rising count is a displacement signal, not proof of wrongdoing.
Housing court: repair & harassment cases
1
Cases on record
0
Open now
1
Tenant-brought
0
Harassment found
0
With a judgment
Most cases are tenants taking the owner to court to force repairs. A case is not proof of wrongdoing; a harassment finding or judgment is a court ruling against the owner.
CLOSEDOpened 2017-05-03
Harassment case
These are cases HPD is a party to, mostly tenants suing to force repairs or stop harassment. Eviction cases landlords file against tenants are not in the city's open data, so they don't appear here; the Evictions section shows only evictions a marshal carried out.
Landlord and related buildings
Registered owner
PORTIA PROPERTIES VII LLC
Head officer
FRANK MESSINA
Managing agent
PORTIA PROPERTIES LLC
1 other building share this owner's registration contacts. Shared contacts suggest common control, but they are not proof of ownership.
·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.
8
Recorded sales
18
Mortgages / refinances
Last recorded sale2016-10-07 · $2,350,000
Most recent mortgage2022-02-03 · $258,668.87
Mortgage2022-02-03$258,668.87
borrower PORTIA PROPERTIES LLC, PORTIA PROPERTIES VII LLC · lender JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
Mortgage2017-03-23$4,349,299.28
borrower PORTIA PROPERTIES LLC, PORTIA PROPERTIES VII LLC · lender RIDGEWOOD SAVINGS BANK
Sale2016-10-07$2,350,000
PORTIA PROPERTIES VII LLC → PORTIA PROPERTIES LLC, PORTIA PROPERTIES VII LLC
Sale2014-09-15$17,076,836
HOLLIS GARDENS REALTY CORP. → PORTIA PROPERTIES VII LLC
Mortgage2014-09-15$7,945,661.85
borrower PORTIA PROPERTIES VII LLC · lender SIGNATURE 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.