# 179 Avenue B, Manhattan, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/1003940003/179-avenue-b-manhattan).
BBL 1003940003 · BIN 1004904 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: high

- 2 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 2 apartments
- 1 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 12 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

Not on the rent-stabilized lists (DOF tax-bill records, DHCR building list). Absence is not proof a unit is unregulated.
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, 4 floors, 4 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

2 open (class C immediately hazardous: 2, class B hazardous: 0, class A non-hazardous: 0); 50 on record.
1 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.

## DOB building violations

12 active (0 issued in the last 3 years); 36 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

0 active of 31 on record; 0 decided by default; $0 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

5 in the last 12 months; 26 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (7), UNSANITARY CONDITION (6), DOOR/WINDOW (3), PAINT/PLASTER (3), WATER LEAK (2).

## 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)

3 cases on record, 0 open, 3 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: 179 AVENUE B REALTY LLC
- Agent: BIG APPLE MANAGEMENT, LLC
- HeadOfficer: DAVID OHEBSHALOM
- SiteManager: CARLOS QUINONES

The same owner is linked to 3 other buildings (DAVID OHEBSHALOM at 347 FIFTH AVE).

## 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/1003940003/179-avenue-b-manhattan