# 218 Canal Street, Manhattan, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/1001990011/218-canal-street-manhattan).
BBL 1001990011 · BIN 1079405 · Generated 2026-10-23

## Concern level: severe

- 8 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 13 apartments
- 3 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 1 active DOB violation(s)

Scale: low, moderate, high, severe. Set from open hazardous violations relative to building size, raised by distress signals (HPD's Alternative Enforcement Program, court harassment findings, evictions, unpaid OATH/ECB fines, open housing-court cases, a sold tax lien). It describes the public record, not any one apartment.

## Rent stabilization

Likely rent-stabilized. The owner registered 7 stabilized units for 2023, of about 13 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 7, 2019: 7, 2020: 7, 2021: 7, 2022: 7, 2023: 7.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1915, 5 floors, 13 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

21 open (class C immediately hazardous: 8, class B hazardous: 5, class A non-hazardous: 8); 29 on record.
3 open violations are rent-impairing.
This tax lot has 2 buildings; these counts are for this building only.

## DOB building violations

1 active (0 issued in the last 3 years); 14 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

0 active of 1 on record; 0 decided by default; $0 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

1 in the last 12 months; 2 on record.
Most common: ELECTRIC (2).

## Bedbugs

12 annual bedbug filings by the owner; latest reports 0 infested units.

## Evictions

0 executed in the last 3 years; 1 on record.

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

0 cases on record, 0 open, 0 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: 216-220 CANAL CORP
- Agent: RABER ENTERPRISES, LLC
- HeadOfficer: ALEX CHAO
- Officer: JAMES LAO
- SiteManager: LANCE STEINBERG

The same owner is linked to 1 other building (ALEX CHAO at 216 CANAL STREET).

## Sources and limits

NYC Open Data (HPD, DOB, OATH/ECB, 311, DOF, PLUTO) and NYS DHCR building lists. This is a screening signal from public records, not legal advice; records lag and contain errors. Full interactive report with violation details and maps: https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/1001990011/218-canal-street-manhattan