# 159 East Houston Street, Manhattan, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/1004170018/159-east-houston-street-manhattan).
BBL 1004170018 · BIN 1005542 · Generated 2026-10-23

## Concern level: high

- 11 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 3 apartments
- 2 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 4 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 2 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

Likely rent-stabilized. The owner registered 9 stabilized units for 2023, of about 33 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 11, 2019: 10, 2020: 9, 2021: 9, 2022: 9, 2023: 9.
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, 6 floors, 33 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

32 open (class C immediately hazardous: 11, class B hazardous: 15, class A non-hazardous: 6); 134 on record.
2 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
4 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

2 active (0 issued in the last 3 years); 14 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

4 active of 51 on record; 0 decided by default; $2,500 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

1 in the last 12 months; 13 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (11), DOOR/WINDOW (1), PLUMBING (1).

## Bedbugs

7 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, 1 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: ALLEN HOUSE LLC
- Agent: ROBERT ARIZIGA
- HeadOfficer: ROBERT ARIZIGA
- Officer: ROBERT ARIZIGA
- SiteManager: JOSE RAMOS

The same owner is linked to 2 other buildings (ROBERT ARIZIGA at 55 WEST 116 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/1004170018/159-east-houston-street-manhattan