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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 2026-08-12
Harassment case
CLOSEDOpened 2026-08-04
Tenant action
CLOSEDOpened 2026-07-14
Tenant action
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.
Evictions
3
Executed, all time
3
Last 3 years
2026-09-08Apt MAINresidential
2026-09-08Apt MAINresidential
2025-04-18Apt 2ND FLresidential
Executed by a city marshal. An eviction can be lawful; a high or rising count is a displacement signal, not proof of wrongdoing.
Rent regulation
Likely rent-stabilized
The owner registered 12 stabilized units with New York State for 2022 — of about 30 apartments.
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20
21
22
2019 — 12 units registered2022 — 12
421-a 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.
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.
OATH/ECB violations and fines
No OATH/ECB violations on record for this building.
Ownership & money
No recorded sales or mortgages found in ACRIS for this lot.
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.
Bedbug history
No bedbugs reported
The owner filed 24 annual bedbug reports and reported no infested units. Filing with zero infestations is the compliant, reassuring case.
311 complaints from tenants
16
All time
5
Last 12 months
Door/Window4
Unsanitary Condition4
Plumbing3
Paint/Plaster2
Appliance1
Heat/Hot Water1
Water Leak1
Complaints record what a tenant reported, not a finding by the city. "Closed" often means the inspector could not gain access.
PlumbingWater Supply2026-07-07 · closed
Unsanitary ConditionMold2026-05-16 · closed
Water LeakDamp Spot2026-05-16 · closed
Concern level3 of 4
High
014 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 8 apartments
024 of those issued in the last 3 years
031 open rent-impairing violation(s)
043 evictions executed 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 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.
HPD housing-maintenance violations
1
Open now
6
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. This tax lot has 13 buildings; these counts are for this building only.
CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt AIssued 2012-12-175+ YRS OLDRENT-IMPAIRING
SECTION 27-2026 ADM CODE REPAIR THE FLUSHING APPARATUS AND MAINTAIN SAME SO AS TO FLUSH EFFECTIVELY THE WATER CLOSET TOILET-BOWL IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT A, 1st STORY, APARTMENT AT WEST
Status: Notice issued, not yet certified
Neighborhood noise
Lower than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks
186
Noise reports · last 12 mo
16
≈ per month
94
% from neighbors
Residential174
Street/Sidewalk7
Unspecified4
Commercial1
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.
Neighborhood crime
About averagevs. NYC apartment blocks
232
NYPD reports · last 12 mo
19
≈ per month
Felony59
Misdemeanor147
Violation26
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
JAKE AND VAN DUZER, LLC
Head officer
GREG WOLKOFF
Managing agent
JAKE AND VAN DUZER, LLC
14 other buildings share this owner's registration contacts. Shared contacts suggest common control, but they are not proof of ownership.
