# 237 East 31 Street, Manhattan, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/1009120021/237-east-31-street-manhattan).
BBL 1009120021 · BIN 1020044 · Generated 2026-10-23

## Concern level: high

- 1 open class-C HPD violation (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 4 apartments
- 4 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 20 active DOB violation(s)
- 1 OATH/ECB fine 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 1920, 6 floors, 4 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

6 open (class C immediately hazardous: 1, class B hazardous: 4, class A non-hazardous: 1); 87 on record.
4 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

20 active (0 issued in the last 3 years); 26 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

1 active of 26 on record; 1 decided by default; $500 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

0 in the last 12 months; 1 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (1).

## Bedbugs

4 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)

8 cases on record, 0 open, 6 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: 31 CAPITAL LLC
- Agent: J&M REALTY SERVICES CORP.
- HeadOfficer: BEHROOZ HEDVAT

The same owner is linked to 2 other buildings (BEHROOZ HEDVAT at 341 ST NICHOLAS AVE).

## 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/1009120021/237-east-31-street-manhattan