# 251 West 15 Street, Manhattan, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/1007650010/251-west-15-street-manhattan).
BBL 1007650010 · BIN 1013760 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: moderate

- 2 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 15 apartments
- 2 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 10 stabilized units for 2023, of about 29 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 10, 2022: 10, 2023: 10.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1928, 5 floors, 29 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

3 open (class C immediately hazardous: 2, class B hazardous: 1, class A non-hazardous: 0); 138 on record.
2 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

0 active (0 issued in the last 3 years); 7 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

3 active of 7 on record; 0 decided by default; $0 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

3 in the last 12 months; 25 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (19), UNSANITARY CONDITION (5), WATER LEAK (1).

## Bedbugs

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

## Evictions

0 executed in the last 3 years; 2 on record.

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

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

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: CHELSEA 251 LLC
- Agent: CHELSMORE UNIVERSAL INC
- HeadOfficer: NATHANIEL RAHAV
- Officer: JOAN PRICE
- SiteManager: KARIM ZNAIDI

## 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/1007650010/251-west-15-street-manhattan