# 540 West 53 Street, Manhattan, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/1010817503/540-west-53-street-manhattan).
BBL 1010817503 · BIN 1090139 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: high

- 1 open class-C HPD violation (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 103 apartments
- 3 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 4 active DOB violation(s)
- 3 OATH/ECB fines 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

Likely rent-stabilized. The owner registered 129 stabilized units for 2023, of about 103 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2021: 27, 2022: 129, 2023: 129.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 2016, 13 floors, 103 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

22 open (class C immediately hazardous: 1, class B hazardous: 10, class A non-hazardous: 11); 73 on record.
3 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

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

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

3 active of 13 on record; 3 decided by default; $7,530 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

10 in the last 12 months; 103 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (29), DOOR/WINDOW (22), GENERAL (13), WATER LEAK (9), PAINT/PLASTER (8).

## Bedbugs

5 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)

5 cases on record, 0 open, 5 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: CLINTON HOUSING WEST 53RD HOUSING LLC
- Agent: CLINTON HOUSING DEV. CO.
- HeadOfficer: JOE RESTUCCIA
- SiteManager: ANGELICA GOMEZ

The same owner is linked to 2 other buildings (JOE RESTUCCIA at 403 W 40TH STREET).

## 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/1010817503/540-west-53-street-manhattan