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44B Morton Street

Built around 1910 · 3 floors · 2 apartments City tax lot record

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None on recordHPD violations
0Heat or hot water complaints in the last two winters

One thing to know

  • The most recent deed (Apr 30, 2001) names Cruz Trust and D'Onofrio, Joseph Astrustee and Glick, Marc H. As Trustee and Hirsch, Barry L. Astrustee as buyer.

    Official recordSee the records

Good signs

  • No HPD violations on record.

    Official recordSee the records

  • No heat or hot water complaints in the last two heating seasons (2025–26 and 2024–25).

    Derived by PRASee the records

  • No executed evictions on record for this building.

    Official recordSee the records

Compared with West Village

  • About as many open HPD violations per apartment as most West Village buildings PRA has checked (0 here)

  • About as many open HPD violations rated hazardous or immediately hazardous per apartment as most West Village buildings PRA has checked (0 here)

  • About as many heat and hot water complaints in the last 12 months per apartment as most West Village buildings PRA has checked (0 here)

Derived by PRACompared with 1,835 other buildings PRA has loaded in West Village, as of Oct 26, 2026. Ranked per apartment, so building size doesn't decide the order.

Questions to ask the landlord

Built from this building's records. Bring them to the viewing or send them before you apply. You can bring these records up when you negotiate rent or repairs.

  • Is this apartment rent-stabilized, and can I see its rent history?

    PRA has no rent records yet. Rent stabilization limits how much rent can rise. Ask the landlord for the apartment's registered rent history; once you're the tenant, you can request it from NYS HCR yourself.

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Cruz Trust and D'Onofrio, Joseph Astrustee and Glick, Marc H. As Trustee and Hirsch, Barry L. Astrustee

Buyer on the Apr 2001 deed

See where the same names appear

Living conditions

Violations are issued by inspectors. Complaints are what residents reported; a complaint alone does not mean a problem was found.

Living here and something needs fixing? Ask for a repair in writing.

HPD housing code violations

No recordsHPD has no violations on record for this building.

Mice, rats, roaches and bedbugs

  • City rat inspectors checked this property 1 time since Oct 2023 and found no signs of rats. Official record
Sources

Looks at records from 2023-10-27 on. Violations are what HPD inspectors found; rat inspections are the health department's checks of the property as a whole, not of one apartment; the bedbug filing is what the owner reported to HPD; complaints are what residents reported, and a complaint alone does not mean a problem was found. These overlap (a rat complaint usually leads to an inspection), so PRA never adds them together.

Source
NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene: Rodent Inspection (p937-wjvj)
Record
PC8378596:2024-07-30T10:50:22.000
Record date
Jul 30, 2024
Retrieved
Oct 20, 2026
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Heat and hot water

No recordsNo heat or hot water complaints were made to 311 in these seasons.
Heating season (Oct 1 to May 31)311 complaintsDistinct days
2026–27 (in progress)00
2025–2600
2024–2500
2023–2400

Derived by PRA Counted by PRA from 311 records. No “high” or “low” label is shown here; see “Compared with the neighborhood” near the top for how this building compares with others nearby.

Why am I seeing this?

Counts 311 HEAT/HOT WATER service requests whose created date falls in each heating season (October 1 to May 31). Each 311 request id is counted once. "Distinct days" counts calendar days with at least one request, since several tenants may call about the same outage. HPD's own complaint records overlap with 311 and are shown separately, never added to this count.

Method
derive:heat_season@1 with rule:nyc/heating-season@2026-10-06
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Complaints to HPD

HPD receives many housing complaints through 311, so these overlap with the 311 counts below. PRA never adds the two together.

No recordsHPD has no complaints on record for this building.

Complaints to 311

No records311 has no service requests on record for this building since 2020.

Buildings Department violations, housing court cases and evictions

0 records

Department of Buildings violations

No recordsDOB has no violations on record for this building.

Housing court cases brought by HPD

No recordsHPD's Housing Litigation Division has no cases on record for this building.

Executed evictions

Shown as yearly counts for the whole building only. PRA never shows which apartment, to protect households.

No recordsNo executed evictions are on record for this building.

Categories such as “Heat and hot water” are PRA's grouping of each agency's own complaint types; the original type is kept on every record.

Know your rights

Rules that apply to renters across New York City, not findings about this building. Each one names the law or rule it comes from.

Every renter

  • Your landlord has to keep it livable

    Every lease in New York, written or spoken, comes with a promise that the apartment and shared areas are fit to live in and not dangerous to your health or safety. You can't sign that promise away.

    Official recordNY Real Property Law §235-b, checked Oct 19, 2026

  • Put repair problems on the record

    A complaint to the city (311 in NYC) creates a dated record and can lead to an inspection. Those records are what PRA shows.

    Official recordNYC HPD / 311, checked Oct 19, 2026

  • There's public money for repairs

    Owners can apply to city programs for repairs. J-51 lowers property taxes for renovating apartment buildings. HPD's lead program offers loans that can be forgiven, averaging $10,000 per apartment, for buildings built before 1960. Each program has its own rules.

    Official recordNYC Finance (J-51); NYC HPD owner resources, checked Oct 19, 2026

If your apartment is rent-stabilized

PRA can't tell yet which apartments are rent-stabilized. Ask the landlord, or check your lease.

  • Apartment upgrades have a limit

    If your apartment is rent-stabilized, the owner can raise the rent to pay for work inside it, up to $30,000 of work. That's at most about $179 a month. For a vacant apartment the state approved first, the limit is $50,000, at most about $347 a month. These increases are permanent.

    Official recordNY HCR Fact Sheet 26 (rules since Oct 17, 2024), checked Oct 19, 2026

  • Ask for the receipts

    If your apartment is rent-stabilized and your new rent includes an increase for apartment improvements, you can ask the owner for proof of the work by certified mail, when you're offered the lease or within 60 days of signing. The owner has 30 days to send it.

    Official recordNY HCR Fact Sheet 26, checked Oct 19, 2026

  • Building-wide upgrades: 2% a year at most

    If your apartment is rent-stabilized, the state can approve a rent increase for work on the whole building, like a new boiler or roof. It's capped at 2% a year and comes off the rent after 30 years.

    Official recordNY HCR Fact Sheet 24, checked Oct 19, 2026

Ask for a repair

Fill in the blanks for a polite, dated message to the owner or manager. It names the problems, points to the law and asks for a date.

Problems

Your message

Subject: Repair request for 44B Morton Street

Hi [owner or manager's name], I'm writing about these problems in my apartment or the building at 44B Morton Street: - [problem], since [date] Under New York law (Real Property Law §235-b), the apartment and shared areas have to be kept fit to live in. Please let me know by [date] when the repairs will be done. If cost is a concern, there are public programs for repairs, such as NYC Finance's J-51 tax benefit (https://www.nyc.gov/site/finance/property/benefits-j51.page) and HPD's repair loans (https://www.nyc.gov/assets/hpd/downloads/pdfs/services/property-owner-landlord-resources.pdf). I'm keeping a copy of this message. Thank you, [your name]

PRA doesn't send this or keep what you type. It stays on your device.

  • Send it in writing and keep a copy. A text or email has a date on it.
  • If nothing happens, you can file a complaint with 311, which creates a city record.
  • For the paperwork request, the rule is certified mail within 60 days of signing.

General information, not legal advice.

Who owns it

Who the records say owns and manages this building, how that changed, and what else those organizations appear on.

Owner of record

Cruz Trust and D'Onofrio, Joseph Astrustee and Glick, Marc H. As Trustee and Hirsch, Barry L. Astrustee

Official record Buyer on the most recent deed, dated Apr 30, 2001.

Deed record
Source
NYC Department of Finance: ACRIS Real Property Master (bnx9-e6tj)
Record
FT_1580007836658
Record date
Apr 30, 2001
Retrieved
Oct 9, 2026
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No sale price on the Apr 2001 deed. Official record Prices as written on the recorded deeds. A deed with no price is often a transfer between related parties.

Landlord registration

Source unreachableRegistration Contacts could not be reached, so PRA cannot say whether records exist. This is not the same as no records.

Connections, registration contacts and recorded documents

5 documents

Connections

Organizations connected to 44B Morton Street, Manhattan, NY 10014Cruz Trust: Owner of record (deed), Mortgage party, Mortgage party. North Fork Bank: Mortgage party, Mortgage party; also on 141 other building(s)23 Greene Street28 Greene StreetCruz TrustOwner of record (deed)North Fork BankMortgage partyThis44B Morton Street

Connections link organizations to buildings only where a public record names them, such as a deed or an HPD registration. Another building that shares an owner name or managing agent is a lead worth checking, not proof that the same people control both. PRA compares exact organization names only, and only among buildings it has already retrieved.

Registration details

Source unreachableRegistration Contacts could not be reached, so PRA cannot say whether records exist. This is not the same as no records.

Sales and recorded documents

DateDocumentPartiesAmount
Apr 30, 2001Deed
Source
Source
NYC Department of Finance: ACRIS Real Property Master (bnx9-e6tj)
Record
FT_1580007836658
Record date
Apr 30, 2001
Retrieved
Oct 9, 2026
Seller (grantor): Blane, Andrew
Seller (grantor): Blane, Andrew As Trustee
Seller (grantor): Rehnstrom, Jaana Charitable Remainder Unitrust
Buyer (grantee): Cruz Trust
Buyer (grantee): D'Onofrio, Joseph Astrustee
Buyer (grantee): Glick, Marc H. As Trustee
Buyer (grantee): Hirsch, Barry L. Astrustee
Not listed
Dec 14, 2000Deed
Source
Source
NYC Department of Finance: ACRIS Real Property Master (bnx9-e6tj)
Record
FT_1770007467977
Record date
Dec 14, 2000
Retrieved
Oct 9, 2026
Seller (grantor): Rehnstrom, Jaana
Buyer (grantee): Blane, Andrew
Buyer (grantee): Rehnstrom, Jaana Charitable Remainder Unitrust
Not listed
unknown datePAT
Source
Source
NYC Department of Finance: ACRIS Real Property Master (bnx9-e6tj)
Record
FT_1930007835893
Retrieved
Oct 9, 2026
Party: Everett, Rupert
Party: Glick, Marc H.
Not listed
unknown dateSatisfaction of mortgage
Source
Source
NYC Department of Finance: ACRIS Real Property Master (bnx9-e6tj)
Record
FT_1520008404352
Retrieved
Oct 9, 2026
Party: Cruz Trust
Party: North Fork Bank
Not listed
unknown dateMortgage
Source
Source
NYC Department of Finance: ACRIS Real Property Master (bnx9-e6tj)
Record
FT_1630007835963
Retrieved
Oct 9, 2026
Party: Cruz Trust
Party: North Fork Bank
$1M

Department of Finance owner name (via PLUTO): Cruz Trust. Owner name from the Department of Finance as published in PLUTO. It can lag behind recorded deeds.

Rent

Estimated rent

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Asking rents

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More detail

The building's full records, for anyone who wants to check the details. Nothing here changes what's above.

Building

Basic facts from the city's tax lot record. Facts are shown only when a source reports them.

2
Residential units
3
Floors
1910
Built (est.)
B2
Building class
Total units (incl. commercial)2
Lot area1,131 sq ft
Building floor area2,361 sq ft
Tax lot (BBL)1005830123
Building ID (BIN)1077225

Official record Tax lot From PLUTO 26v2 (tax lot record). PLUTO's construction year is an estimate for older buildings. It is not a certificate of occupancy date.

Source
Source
NYC Department of City Planning: Primary Land Use Tax Lot Output (PLUTO) (64uk-42ks)
Record
1005830123
Retrieved
Oct 9, 2026
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Building or apartment?

Most public records describe the whole building, not one apartment. Building-level records still matter for every unit (heat, pests and building-wide repairs affect everyone), but only records that name this unit say anything specific about it.

Turnover

Not yet availableObserved listing turnover needs licensed listing data, which PRA does not have yet. PRA will not estimate turnover from other records, and listing activity alone would not show that a tenant moved out.

Timeline

Every dated record PRA holds for this building, newest first, ordered by when the event happened.

  1. 2001
    1. Apr 30
      Ownership
      Ownership transferred, no price stated
      Blane, Andrew, Blane, Andrew As Trustee, Rehnstrom, Jaana Charitable Remainder Unitrust to Cruz Trust, D'Onofrio, Joseph Astrustee, Glick, Marc H. As Trustee, Hirsch, Barry L. Astrustee. Recorded Oct 4, 2001.
      Source
      Source
      NYC Department of Finance: ACRIS Real Property Master (bnx9-e6tj)
      Record
      FT_1580007836658
      Record date
      Apr 30, 2001
      Retrieved
      Oct 9, 2026
  2. 2000
    1. Dec 14
      Ownership
      Ownership transferred, no price stated
      Rehnstrom, Jaana to Blane, Andrew, Rehnstrom, Jaana Charitable Remainder Unitrust. Recorded Dec 27, 2000.
      Source
      Source
      NYC Department of Finance: ACRIS Real Property Master (bnx9-e6tj)
      Record
      FT_1770007467977
      Record date
      Dec 14, 2000
      Retrieved
      Oct 9, 2026
  3. 1910
    1. Jan 1
      Construction
      Built around 1910
      Construction year from PLUTO, an estimate for older buildings.
      Source
      Source
      NYC Department of City Planning: Primary Land Use Tax Lot Output (PLUTO) (64uk-42ks)
      Record
      1005830123
      Retrieved
      Oct 9, 2026
  4. Unknown
    1. Date unknown
      Ownership
      PAT
      Everett, Rupert, Glick, Marc H.
      Source
      Source
      NYC Department of Finance: ACRIS Real Property Master (bnx9-e6tj)
      Record
      FT_1930007835893
      Retrieved
      Oct 9, 2026
    2. Date unknown
      Ownership
      Satisfaction of mortgage
      Cruz Trust, North Fork Bank
      Source
      Source
      NYC Department of Finance: ACRIS Real Property Master (bnx9-e6tj)
      Record
      FT_1520008404352
      Retrieved
      Oct 9, 2026
    3. Date unknown
      Ownership
      Mortgage
      Cruz Trust, North Fork Bank
      Source
      Source
      NYC Department of Finance: ACRIS Real Property Master (bnx9-e6tj)
      Record
      FT_1630007835963
      Retrieved
      Oct 9, 2026

Sources

Each source's status for this building. A failed source is never shown as “no records”.

SourceStatusRetrievedRecords
2020 Neighborhood Tabulation Areas (NTAs)
NYC Department of City Planning · 9nt8-h7nd · updated with each decennial census
Not retrievedNeverNone
Primary Land Use Tax Lot Output (PLUTO)
NYC Department of City Planning · 64uk-42ks · updated several releases per year
OKOct 24, 20261
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development · wvxf-dwi5 · updated daily
OKOct 24, 20260
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development · ygpa-z7cr · updated daily
OKOct 24, 20260
Multiple Dwelling Registrations
NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development · tesw-yqqr · updated daily
OKOct 24, 20260
Registration Contacts
NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development · feu5-w2e2 · updated daily
Not retrievedNeverNone
Housing Litigations
NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development · 59kj-x8nc · updated daily
OKOct 24, 20260
DOB Violations
NYC Department of Buildings · 3h2n-5cm9 · updated daily
OKOct 24, 20260
DOB NOW: Build – Job Application Filings
NYC Department of Buildings · w9ak-ipjd · updated daily
OKOct 24, 20260
311 Service Requests from 2020 to Present
NYC 311 (Office of Technology and Innovation) · erm2-nwe9 · updated daily
OKOct 24, 20260
ACRIS Real Property Legals
NYC Department of Finance · 8h5j-fqxa · updated monthly
OKOct 24, 20265
ACRIS Real Property Master
NYC Department of Finance · bnx9-e6tj · updated monthly
OKOct 24, 20265
ACRIS Real Property Parties
NYC Department of Finance · 636b-3b5g · updated monthly
OKOct 24, 202616
Evictions
NYC Department of Investigation (City Marshals) · 6z8x-wfk4 · updated periodic
OKOct 24, 20260
Rodent Inspection
NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · p937-wjvj · updated daily
OKOct 24, 20262
Bedbug Reporting
NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development · wz6d-d3jb · updated as owners file (yearly per building)
OKOct 24, 20260

Data from NYC Open Data, used under NYC Admin. Code §23-502(d). PRA normalizes and filters records to this property; it does not change what they say.

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