# 454 West 49 Street, Manhattan, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/1010580158/454-west-49-street-manhattan).
BBL 1010580158 · BIN 1026637 · Generated 2026-10-23

## Concern level: severe

- 6 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 5 apartments
- 8 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 1 active DOB 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

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 1901, 4 floors, 5 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

18 open (class C immediately hazardous: 6, class B hazardous: 11, class A non-hazardous: 1); 29 on record.
8 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

1 active (0 issued in the last 3 years); 1 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

2 active of 2 on record; 0 decided by default; $0 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

1 in the last 12 months; 7 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (7).

## 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)

1 cases on record, 0 open, 1 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: GA 454 W 49 ST CORP
- Agent: YRC MANAGEMENT
- HeadOfficer: DWIGHT RAINWATER
- Officer: DWIGHT RAINWATER
- SiteManager: DWIGHT RAINWATER

The same owner is linked to 2 other buildings (DWIGHT RAINWATER at 640 RIVERSIDE DRIVE).

## 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/1010580158/454-west-49-street-manhattan