161 Lexington Avenue

Manhattan, NY

BBL 1-00886-7505BIN 1018312

Concern level3 of 4

High

017 active DOB violation(s)
021 open HPD violation(s)
036 DOB fines lost by default (unpaid)

How this is set: open hazardous violations measured against the building's size, then raised by strong distress signals — HPD's enforcement program, court harassment findings, recent evictions, unpaid DOB fines, open housing-court cases, and a sold tax lien. Neighborhood noise and crime are not part of it. It describes the public record, not the condition of any one apartment, and a quiet record is not proof of a good building.

Rent regulation

Likely rent-stabilized

On the NYC DHCR 2024 registered rent-stabilized building list. This official list records the building, not a per-year unit count.

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1908

Built

Floors

Condominium

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building22 others linked to the same owner

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

161

On record

Open Class C

Open Class B

Open Class A

Class C is immediately hazardous, Class B is hazardous, Class A is non-hazardous. A violation stays open until HPD certifies the repair, so some open items may already be fixed.

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 302Issued 2019-09-035+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... AT SOUTH WALL CLOSET. IN THE ROOM LOCATED AT B-ROOM 302, 3rd STORY, 3rd B-ROOM FROM WEST AT NORTH

Status: Defect letter issued

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Plumbing5

Unsanitary Condition5

Door/Window1

Heat/Hot Water1

Unsanitary ConditionPests2026-07-14 · closed

Complaints record what a tenant reported, not a finding by the city. "Closed" often means the inspector could not gain access.

311 complaints from tenants

Neighborhood noise

Much higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

2277

Noise reports · last 12 mo

190

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Helicopter1395

Residential287

Unspecified214

Street/Sidewalk163

Commercial111

Vehicle107

311 noise complaints within about 1,000 ft (a few blocks) in the last year. Most reports here are about outdoor noise (mostly helicopter) — street life and traffic more than neighbors. This counts how often people call 311, which tracks how densely populated and busy an area is as much as how loud it is — it is not a sound measurement.

Neighborhood noise

Neighborhood crime

Much higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

512

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony177

Misdemeanor241

Violation94

NYPD complaints reported within about 1,000 ft (a few blocks) in the last year, by severity. This reflects what gets reported and where police are active as much as actual safety, and busier, denser, higher-foot-traffic blocks log more. Locations are approximate — the NYPD shifts each report to the nearest corner for privacy — so read this as rough context, not a safety score.

Neighborhood crime

Bedbug history

Infested, latest filing

Annual filings

2024–20250 infested · 0 eradicated

2023–20240 infested · 0 eradicated

2021–20220 infested · 0 eradicated

Self-reported by the owner for the year ending each filing. Counts are building-wide and do not say which apartment was affected.

Bedbug history

DOB building violations

Active

On record

Active, last 3 yrs

ACTIVE · LBLVIO-LOW PRESSURE BOILER BOILER REQUIRED2025-11-14

VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2024 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION

ACTIVE · C-CONSTRUCTION OTHER OPTIONAL2025-08-26

EMERGENCY WORK ORDER.REFERENCE TO QEWI REPORT FILING#UNSAFE-1002669-10 A-001 AND INSPECTION CONDUCTED,OBSERVED DETERIORATED/OXIDIZED/PARTIALL Y LOOSE/DEFECTED FIRE ESCAPE SECTIONS TREADS ALONG THE NORTH,EAST AND WEST ELEV.REMEDY:OWNER TO IMMEDIATELY PROVIDE CERTIFIED FIRE GUARD AT THE BUILDING.IMMEDIATELY START REPAIR THE DEFECTED FIRE ESCAPE

ACTIVE · LBLVIO-LOW PRESSURE BOILER BOILER REQUIRED2024-09-23

VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2023 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION

DOB building violations

Evictions

No executed evictions on record for this building.

Evictions

Housing court

Cases on record

Open now

Tenant-brought

Harassment found

With a judgment

Most cases are tenants taking the owner to court to force repairs. A case is not proof of wrongdoing; a harassment finding or judgment is a court ruling against the owner.

CLOSEDOpened 2026-07-13

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2019-05-02

Access Warrant - Non-Lead

CLOSEDOpened 2017-12-26

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2017-06-02

CONH

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

161 Lexington Avenue Propco LLC

Head officer

Daniel Hochberg

Managing agent

BOWERY RESIDENTS COMMITTEE

23 other buildings share this owner's registration contacts. Shared contacts suggest common control, but they are not proof of ownership.

144 EAST 24 STREETMANHATTAN 146-17 HILLSIDE AVENUEQUEENS 1762 1 AVENUEMANHATTAN 1790 MARMION AVENUEBRONX 1851 PHELAN PLACEBRONX

Landlord and related buildings

Unpaid city fines

$23,750

Balance due (active)

Active violations

Lost by default

DOB violations adjudicated by OATH carry money penalties. "Lost by default" means the owner never appeared at the hearing. An unpaid balance is a stronger "ignoring the city" signal than a raw violation count.

DEFAULTConstructionClass 22026-05-29$6,250 due

DEFAULTConstructionClass 22025-09-26$10,000 due

DEFAULTUnknownClass 22025-09-26$6,250 due

UnknownClass 22025-08-06$1,250 penalty

Unpaid city fines

Ownership & money

No recorded sales or mortgages found in ACRIS for this lot.

Ownership & money

City debt & tax-lien sale

Not on the city's tax-lien sale list (2019–2025). The owner has not fallen far enough behind on property tax or water charges to be flagged for a lien sale.

City debt & tax-lien sale