# 203 Rivington Street, Manhattan, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/1003430050/203-rivington-street-manhattan).
BBL 1003430050 · BIN 1004081 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: high

- 11 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 6 apartments
- 11 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 19 active DOB violation(s)
- 1 OATH/ECB fine lost by default (unpaid)

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 11 stabilized units for 2023, of about 71 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 24, 2019: 24, 2020: 18, 2021: 12, 2022: 11, 2023: 11.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1906, 5 floors, 71 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

13 open (class C immediately hazardous: 11, class B hazardous: 2, class A non-hazardous: 0); 24 on record.
11 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.

## DOB building violations

19 active (4 issued in the last 3 years); 55 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

9 active of 26 on record; 1 decided by default; $73,125 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

1 in the last 12 months; 6 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (3), ELECTRIC (2), WATER LEAK (1).

## Bedbugs

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

## Evictions

0 executed in the last 3 years; 2 on record.

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

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

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: K. DEW REALTY CORP
- Agent: JOSEPH FERNANDEZ
- HeadOfficer: ERIC CHAN
- Officer: GRACE TAYLOR
- SiteManager: KEVIN SEATON

The same owner is linked to 8 other buildings (ERIC CHAN at 207 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/1003430050/203-rivington-street-manhattan