# 137 Essex Street, Manhattan, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/1004110065/137-essex-street-manhattan).
BBL 1004110065 · BIN 1005377 · Generated 2026-10-23

## Concern level: high

- 10 active DOB violation(s)
- 3 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

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, 5 floors, 4 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

0 open (class C immediately hazardous: 0, class B hazardous: 0, class A non-hazardous: 0); 24 on record.

## DOB building violations

10 active (0 issued in the last 3 years); 43 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

10 active of 42 on record; 3 decided by default; $16,755 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

0 in the last 12 months; 5 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (2), DOOR/WINDOW (1), PLUMBING (1), UNSANITARY CONDITION (1).

## Bedbugs

5 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)

2 cases on record, 0 open, 2 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: GBS REALTY INC
- Agent: WEITZNER SHIH
- HeadOfficer: WEITZNER SHIH
- Officer: WEITZNER SHIH
- SiteManager: CALVIN TSO

The same owner is linked to 11 other buildings (WEITZNER SHIH at 66 BAYARD 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/1004110065/137-essex-street-manhattan