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153 Avenue C

MANHATTAN, NY 10009 BBL 1003920034 17 units · 5 floors · 1951

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HPD violations vs. neighborhood
Class B/C violations on record vs. a typical building in East Village
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Rent & eviction protection

Is 153 Avenue C rent-stabilized?

Rent stabilization caps how much your rent can rise and protects your right to renew. Here's how this building scores on the four signals that usually point to it.

Built before 1974
Built 1951
6 or more units
17 units
Registered with RGB
Not found
421-A / J-51 abatement
None found
Potential rent stabilization. Building age and size suggest eligibility — confirm with the DHCR (Division of Housing and Community Renewal) or request a rent history.

Based on public NYC records. Not legal advice — verify with the DHCR (Division of Housing and Community Renewal) at apps.hcr.ny.gov.

Augrented Insights
AI summary · updated June 2026

153 Avenue C is a 5-story, 8-unit Old Law Tenement building located in the East Village and owned by Stephane Ifrah. The building, constructed in 1951, has experienced several maintenance issues over recent years, with a particularly notable cluster of problems in late 2022 and throughout 2023. Between October 2022 and November 2022, there were multiple complaints and violations related to water leaks (both slow and heavy flow), unsanitary conditions including mold, and wall problems requiring attention. During this period, Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) inspections occurred, resulting in some conditions being corrected, while in other cases, inspectors were unable to gain access to verify the reported problems. Two significant violations were recorded in 2022: a defective fire escape drop ladder (October 2022) and a missed annual bedbug report filing (April 2021), though both were subsequently resolved.

The building has maintained a regular schedule of rodent inspections, with all of the past 8 inspections from 2022 through 2025 passing, except for one instance in May 2020 that indicated rat activity. Importantly, the building has demonstrated consistent bedbug management, with all annual reports from 2020 through 2024 showing zero infested units, zero eradicated units, and zero re-infested units. Three notable safety-related violations were recorded in 2019 regarding improper posting of important safety information, including gas leak procedures, smoke detector requirements, and housing information guides. More recent building management appears to have improved, as evidenced by the absence of new violations and the successful maintenance of rodent-free status in recent inspections.

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How we score buildings

How 153 Avenue C's risk score is calculated

We trained a model on 7 years of city inspection data — HPD violation filings, tenant complaints, and owner track records across their entire portfolio. It estimates the probability that HPD inspectors will find serious or dangerous violations at this address in the next 12 months. Lower % = safer.

What the score means for you

Neighborhood percentile
43th percentile

Out of 1555 buildings in this neighborhood, 669 have a higher predicted risk.

RiskiestSafest
Predicted violation outcome
30.5%
No serious
violations
60.4%
Some violations
(1–9)
9.0%
Many violations
(10+)
Risk factors

What's driving this score

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Tenant HPD complaints (past 7 years)

Formal complaints tenants filed with HPD about this address over the last 7 years.

Number of apartments

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Complaint rate, landlord's portfolio

Average complaint rate per building across everything this landlord owns. High rates signal systemic neglect.

Building characteristics
Total units17
Floors5
Year built1951
Gross area5,245 sq ft
Building class
Tax abatementNone
Issue trend & model projection

Violations & complaints per year — solid line is historical record, dashed line is AI projection.

Who's behind the building

153 Avenue C's landlord & ownership

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Corporate Owner

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Name
153 Avenue C LLC
Address
98 Cutter Mill Rd 390n
Gt Neck, NY 11021
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