A meaningful record of code violations or complaints relative to its peers. More recorded distress than 90% of 1-5-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 1-5-unit residential buildings is 0 penalty
points per 10 units; this building carries 26.7.
How grades work
this building
A
C
Among 699,345 1-5-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more
Open with the city right now
Open HPD violations
4 total — 2 class C (immediately hazardous), 0 class B, 2 class A. Oldest open since 2024-11-27.
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
Patterns
No heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
What 311 hears from this address
2 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Sidewalk Condition (1) · Abandoned Vehicle (1).
Filed construction activity
No permitted work with a declared cost filed in the last decade. Permit
costs cover filed construction work only — they do not capture routine maintenance or repairs done
without a permit.
Rent-stabilization signals
Yes
Built before 1974 (1970)
No
Six or more residential units (3)
No
421-a / J-51 tax benefit on the current tax roll
1 of 3 signals present. Only a partial profile — stabilization is possible but less likely. The definitive answer for any unit:
request its rent history from NYS Homes & Community Renewal (free, at hcr.ny.gov).
Registered with HPD — the names behind the building
Registered owner(s)
KLEIN 2022 RE TRUST
Head officer
ELAINE KLEIN
Managing agent
NA
Last registered
2023-07-04
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
What the city thinks it's worth
Tax year
City market value
Assessed value
2025
$3,257,000
$195,420
2026
$4,085,000
$245,100
2027
$0
$0
The city's market estimate has fallen
100% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Flood exposure
Not in the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary maps).
Not in a hurricane evacuation zone.
Not in the city's stormwater (cloudburst) flood maps under any modeled scenario.
No street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints on record at this address.
Sources: FEMA flood maps (coastal), NYC DEP Stormwater Flood Maps
(cloudburst), NYC hurricane evacuation zones, and 311 records for this address.
2 311 service requests from this address in the last three years.
311 will ask for the address, the apartment if the problem is inside, and what's wrong.
Contact details are optional for most complaints; food-poisoning reports can be anonymous. Complaints
appear in the city's public 311 data, usually within a day or two, and then in the Live from 311 box
on this page.
The landlord's report card
Managed by NA —
91 buildings, 533 units. Grades across the portfolio: A21 · B23 · C38 · D9.
See the whole portfolio
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $2,725,000 on
2024-08-22 (recorded via MERS, the industry registry; the lender is not named on the record). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid
down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded
document.
Date
Record
Amount
Per res. unit
2024-08-22
Mortgage $2,725,000 — from LESER, JACOB; LESER, BERISH; HENIG, BENTZION to MERS
$2,725,000
2024-08-22
Deed $5,550,000 — from C KLEIN 2018 FAMILY TRUST; ELAINE KLEIN, AS TRUSTEE; KLEIN 2022 RE TRUST to LESER, JACOB; LESER, BERISH; HENIG, BENTZION
$5,550,000
2024-07-25
Sold for $5,550,000
$5,550,000
$1,850,000
1982-01-28
Mortgage $50,000 — from SAMSOL HOMES INC. to FEDER, ANNA
$50,000
Ten-year activity
1050
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
8
2025
2026
Housing & tenantsOwnership & money
Show as table
Year
Housing & tenants
Ownership & money
Total
2017
1
0
1
2018
1
0
1
2019
1
2
3
2020
0
0
0
2021
1
0
1
2022
3
1
4
2023
1
1
2
2024
4
3
7
2025
3
5
8
2026
1
0
1
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HPD class A: (A) § HMC:FILE ANNUAL BEDBUG REPORT IN ACCORDANCE WITH HPD RULE AS DESCRIBED ON THE BACK OF THIS NOTICE OF VIOLATION OR AS DESCRIBED ON HPD
2025-11-19
HPD class I: §27-2107 ADM CODE OWNER FAILED TO FILE A VALID REGISTRATION STATEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT AS REQUIRED BY ADM CODE §27-2097 AND IS THEREFORE
The full timeline
2026
2026-05-01HPD class A: (A) § HMC:FILE ANNUAL BEDBUG REPORT IN ACCORDANCE WITH HPD RULE AS DESCRIBED ON THE BACK OF THIS NOTICE OF VIOLATION OR AS DESCRIBED ON HPD
2025
2025-11-19HPD class I: §27-2107 ADM CODE OWNER FAILED TO FILE A VALID REGISTRATION STATEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT AS REQUIRED BY ADM CODE §27-2097 AND IS THEREFORE
2025-09-07311: Abandoned Vehicle — With License Plate
2025-08-25Deed transfer (nominal price)
2025-08-25Deed transfer (nominal price)
2025-08-25Deed transfer (nominal price)
2025-07-25MAPS — from THE 1557 50TH STREET CONDOMINIUM
2025-07-25CDEC — from LESER, JACOB; HENIG, BENTZION; LESER, BERISH
2025-06-06HPD class A: (A) § HMC:FILE ANNUAL BEDBUG REPORT IN ACCORDANCE WITH HPD RULE AS DESCRIBED ON THE BACK OF THIS NOTICE OF VIOLATION OR AS DESCRIBED ON HPD
2024
2024-11-27HPD class I: §27-2107 ADM CODE OWNER FAILED TO FILE A VALID REGISTRATION STATEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT AS REQUIRED BY ADM CODE §27-2097 AND IS THEREFORE
2024-08-22Mortgage $2,725,000 — from LESER, JACOB; LESER, BERISH; HENIG, BENTZION to MERS$2,725,000
2024-08-22Deed $5,550,000 — from C KLEIN 2018 FAMILY TRUST; ELAINE KLEIN, AS TRUSTEE; KLEIN 2022 RE TRUST to LESER, JACOB; LESER, BERISH; HENIG, BENTZION$5,550,000
2023-01-04Deed — from E. KLEIN 2018 FAMILY TRUST; JOSEPH KLEIN, AS DISINTERESTED TRUSTEE to KLEIN 2022 RE TRUST; ELAINE KLEIN, AS TRUSTEE
2022
2022-11-22Deed transfer (nominal price)
2022-11-09HPD class I: §27-2107 ADM CODE OWNER FAILED TO FILE A VALID REGISTRATION STATEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT AS REQUIRED BY ADM CODE §27-2097 AND IS THEREFORE
2022-06-07Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2022-02-22HPD class A: (A) § HMC:FILE ANNUAL BEDBUG REPORT IN ACCORDANCE WITH HPD RULE AS DESCRIBED ON THE BACK OF THIS NOTICE OF VIOLATION OR AS DESCRIBED ON HPD
2021
2021-04-06HPD class A: (A) § HMC:FILE ANNUAL BEDBUG REPORT IN ACCORDANCE WITH HPD RULE AS DESCRIBED ON THE BACK OF THIS NOTICE OF VIOLATION OR AS DESCRIBED ON HPD
2019
2019-10-29HPD class I: §27-2107 ADM CODE OWNER FAILED TO FILE A VALID REGISTRATION STATEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT AS REQUIRED BY ADM CODE §27-2097 AND IS THEREFORE
2019-06-07Deed — from ELAINE KLEIN, TRUSTEE; THE 1557 50TH STREET RESIDENCE TRUST; CHARLES KLEIN, TRUSTEE to ELAINE KLEIN, TRUSTEE; E KLEIN 2018 FAMILY TRUST; C KLEIN 2018 FAMILY TRUST
2019-05-20Deed transfer (nominal price)
2018
2018-10-15HPD class I: §27-2107 ADM CODE OWNER FAILED TO FILE A VALID REGISTRATION STATEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT AS REQUIRED BY ADM CODE §27-2097 AND IS THEREFORE
2017
2017-01-23311: Street Condition — Blocked - Construction
2016
2016-11-02HPD class I: §27-2107 ADM CODE OWNER FAILED TO FILE A VALID REGISTRATION STATEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT AS REQUIRED BY ADM CODE §27-2097 AND IS THEREFORE
2015
2015-02-06HPD class I: SECTION27-2107 ADM CODE OWNER FAILED TO FILE A VALID REGISTRATION STATEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT AS REQUIRED BY ADM CODE ?27-2097 AND IS THER
2014
2014-06-24311: Street Condition — Cave-in
2013
2013-05-10Deed — from KLEIN, CHARLES; KLEIN, ELAINE to THE 1557 50TH STREET RESIDENCE TRUST; ELAINE KLEIN, AS TRUSTEE; CHARLES KLEIN, AS TRUSTEE
2013-05-02Deed — from KLEIN, ELAINE to KLEIN, ELAINE; KLEIN, CHARLES
2011
2011-04-18311: Water System — Dirty Water (WE)
2004
2004-06-16DOB complaint, category ?
1984
1984-01-13Mortgage satisfied — from SAMSOL HOMES INC to FEDER, ANNA
1983
1983-07-29Deed to KLEIN, ELAINE
1982
1982-01-28Mortgage $50,000 — from SAMSOL HOMES INC. to FEDER, ANNA$50,000
1982-01-28Deed — from FEDER, ANNA to SAMSOL HOMES INC.