496 Broadway
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Is 496 Broadway rent-stabilized?
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The five-story building at 496 Broadway in SoHo, constructed in 1866 and currently owned by Mark Levin, is a joint residential/artists building containing 4 units. The property has experienced recurring maintenance issues over the past few years, with the most recent concerns including a water supply problem resolved in May 2024, and documented safety inspections for smoke and carbon monoxide detectors earlier in 2024. A notable period of violations occurred in late 2022, primarily affecting the fifth-floor apartment (Unit 5), involving pest infestations (mice and roaches), door and lock issues, and damage to skylights. The building has maintained proper bedbug reporting since 2020, consistently showing zero reported infestations, and has passed all rodent inspections conducted between 2011 and 2024, indicating effective pest management.
How 496 Broadway'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
Out of 389 buildings in this neighborhood, 43 have a higher predicted risk.
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What's driving this score
These are the three data points that most influenced this building's score — ranked by how much weight the model placed on each one.
| Total units | 4 |
|---|---|
| Floors | 5 |
| Year built | 1866 |
| Gross area | 8,000 sq ft |
| Building class | — |
| Tax abatement | None |
Violations & complaints per year — solid line is historical record, dashed line is AI projection.
496 Broadway's landlord & ownership
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