# 159 Stanton Street, Manhattan, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/1003490016/159-stanton-street-manhattan).
BBL 1003490016 · BIN 1004219 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: severe

- 11 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 20 apartments
- 9 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 1 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 1 active DOB violation(s)
- 7 OATH/ECB fines 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 19 stabilized units for 2023, of about 20 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 19, 2019: 19, 2020: 19, 2021: 19, 2022: 19, 2023: 19.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1900, 5 floors, 20 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

28 open (class C immediately hazardous: 11, class B hazardous: 12, class A non-hazardous: 5); 259 on record.
9 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
1 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

1 active (1 issued in the last 3 years); 16 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

12 active of 41 on record; 7 decided by default; $68,910 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

38 in the last 12 months; 162 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (58), UNSANITARY CONDITION (43), GENERAL (31), PAINT/PLASTER (7), APPLIANCE (7).

## Bedbugs

8 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)

6 cases on record, 0 open, 4 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## Landlord

- SiteManager: FREDDIE MERO
- HeadOfficer: STEVEN CROMAN
- Officer: Isabel Cabrera
- Agent: CENTENNIAL PROPERTIES NY
- CorporateOwner: 159-161 STANTON LLC

The same owner is linked to 112 other buildings (STEVEN CROMAN at 424 WEST 51 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/1003490016/159-stanton-street-manhattan