# 538 East 14 Street, Manhattan, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/1004070027/538-east-14-street-manhattan).
BBL 1004070027 · BIN 1005244 · Generated 2026-10-23

## Concern level: high

- 4 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 5 apartments
- 3 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 1 open rent-impairing 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 11 stabilized units for 2023, of about 20 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 12, 2019: 11, 2021: 11, 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 1920, 6 floors, 20 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

10 open (class C immediately hazardous: 4, class B hazardous: 4, class A non-hazardous: 2); 46 on record.
3 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
1 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

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

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

0 active of 2 on record; 0 decided by default; $0 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

2 in the last 12 months; 7 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (7).

## Bedbugs

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

## Evictions

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

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

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

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: ALGERNAN, LLC
- Agent: AJ CLARKE REAL ESTATE CORP
- HeadOfficer: ANDREW CLARKE
- SiteManager: EDDIE LOZANO
- Officer: ROBEEL BHATTI

The same owner is linked to 1 other building (ANDREW CLARKE at 250 WEST 57TH 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/1004070027/538-east-14-street-manhattan