Building report · No. 000482 · Sample
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451 St Nicholas Avenue

Hamilton Heights, Manhattan 10027·BBL 1-02045-0021·BIN 1059847·Built 1926 · 6 stories · 41 units
Building grade
C
Proceed with eyes open

Composite of open HPD violations (weighted A/B/C), DOB complaints, 311 heat calls per unit and bedbug filings. Methodology

HPD violations
34 open · 4 immediately hazardous
58 /100
Heat & hot water
29 complaints in 24 months (311)
41 /100
DOB complaints
6 open · none structural
72 /100
Bedbug filings
2 filings, both 2023, remediated
80 /100
Scored against Manhattan rental buildings of similar size. 100 = clean record.

Open violations

HPD Housing Maintenance Code · as of Jul 14, 2026
4 Class C — immediately hazardous13 Class B — hazardous17 Class A — non-hazardous
IssuedClassUnitConditionStatus
Mar 12 2026C4FNo hot water building-wideOpen
Feb 27 2026C2BMice infestation, kitchen and hallwayOpen
Jan 30 2026B5CBroken self-closing entrance doorOpen
Dec 18 2025B3ACeiling leak in bathroomCert. late
Nov 04 2025ABldgCert. of occupancy not postedOpen
Oct 22 2025C6DInadequate heat — 54°F recordedClosed
All 34 open violations at HPD Online ↗

One landlord, six LLCs

ACRIS deeds × HPD registrations, matched by agent & address

This building is owned by SNA Holdings LLC, registered to managing agent M. Vella, 2168 Frederick Douglass Blvd. The same agent and service address appear on five other entities:

23
Buildings
1,148
Units
612
Open violations
D+
Portfolio grade
EntityBldgsUnitsOpen viol.Grade
SNA Holdings LLC — this building14134C
Edgecombe 555 LLC4188121D
St Nick 9 LLC314288C
FDB Portfolio Holdings LLC6331164D+
147 Hamilton Realty LLC5276119C
Convent Ave Equities LLC417086C
Entity match confidence: high (shared agent, shared notice address, 4 shared mortgagees). Sources: ACRIS, HPD registration.

Rent stabilization

87%likely this unit is stabilized
Built 1926 — before the 1974 cutoffPLUTO
41 units — well over the 6-unit thresholdPLUTO
Appears on the 2025 stabilized building listDHCR
J-51 tax benefit taken 2007–2019DOF

Confirm it:request the unit's rent history from DHCR (form REC-1, free, ~2 weeks). If the legal rent is far below the asking rent, ask why before signing.

True price

Concession mirageadvertised rent is concession-adjusted
Advertised rent (concession-adjusted)$2,650 /mo
Concession2 months free
Lease term14 months
Gross rent — your renewal basis$3,092 /mo
Difference+$442 /mo

Your renewal will be negotiated from the $3,092 gross rent, not the advertised number. Budget against gross.

Applying here anyway?

Units like this die in 48 hours. Build your application packet once, send it in one tap.

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Sources: HPD violations & registration, DOB complaints, 311 service requests, bedbug filings (NYC Open Data); ACRIS; DHCR building list 2025; PLUTO. Public records presented for informational purposes — not tenant or landlord screening. Grades attach to buildings and entities, never to individuals. This is a design sample; live reports at /d/[bbl] show verified data only.