# 137 Chrystie Street, Manhattan, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/1004240029/137-chrystie-street-manhattan).
BBL 1004240029 · BIN 1084898 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: severe

- 54 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 44 apartments
- 27 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 13 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 1 eviction executed in the last 3 years

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 42 stabilized units for 2023, of about 44 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2022: 21, 2023: 42.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1910, 6 floors, 44 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

102 open (class C immediately hazardous: 37, class B hazardous: 50, class A non-hazardous: 15); 288 on record.
23 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
5 open violations are rent-impairing.
This tax lot has 2 buildings; these counts are for this building only.

## DOB building violations

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

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

1 active of 4 on record; 0 decided by default; $3,125 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

1 in the last 12 months; 123 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (33), UNSANITARY CONDITION (26), PLUMBING (14), GENERAL (12), WATER LEAK (9).

## Bedbugs

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

## Evictions

1 executed in the last 3 years; 1 on record.

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

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

## Landlord

- HeadOfficer: Michael Chang
- SiteManager: Gustavo Castro
- CorporateOwner: MHK Properties LLC
- Agent: Lisa Management Inc.

The same owner is linked to 1 other building (Michael Chang at 494 Eighth Avenue).

## 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/1004240029/137-chrystie-street-manhattan