# 439 West 47 Street, Manhattan, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/1010570015/439-west-47-street-manhattan).
BBL 1010570015 · BIN 1026557 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: moderate

- 2 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 12 open HPD 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 3 stabilized units for 2023, of about 9 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 3, 2019: 3, 2020: 3, 2021: 3, 2022: 3, 2023: 3.
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, 4 floors, 9 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

12 open (class C immediately hazardous: 0, class B hazardous: 10, class A non-hazardous: 2); 47 on record.
2 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

0 active (0 issued in the last 3 years); 4 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

0 active of 1 on record; 0 decided by default; $0 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

0 in the last 12 months; 35 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (8), UNSANITARY CONDITION (8), WATER LEAK (5), PLUMBING (4), GENERAL (2).

## Bedbugs

6 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)

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

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: 439 WEST 47TH LLC
- Agent: MARK SCHARFMAN
- HeadOfficer: MARK SCHARFMAN
- SiteManager: FABJAN BANA

The same owner is linked to 113 other buildings (MARK SCHARFMAN at 111 N CENTRAL PARK 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/1010570015/439-west-47-street-manhattan