# 225 Columbus Avenue, Manhattan, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/1011230003/225-columbus-avenue-manhattan).
BBL 1011230003 · BIN 1028540 · Generated 2026-10-23

## Concern level: high

- 2 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 6 apartments
- 1 open rent-impairing 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 1 stabilized unit for 2023, of about 11 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 1, 2019: 1, 2020: 1, 2021: 1, 2023: 1.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1892, 5 floors, 11 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

27 open (class C immediately hazardous: 2, class B hazardous: 17, class A non-hazardous: 8); 40 on record.
1 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

0 active (0 issued in the last 3 years); 11 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

0 active of 4 on record; 0 decided by default; $0 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

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

## 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)

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

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: WID REALTY CORP
- Agent: PHILIP WIDLANSKI
- HeadOfficer: PHILIP WIDLANSKI
- Officer: MICHAEL WIDLANSKI
- Shareholder: THEODORE WIDLANSKI
- Shareholder: PHILIP WIDLANSKI
- Shareholder: MICHAEL WIDLANSKI
- SiteManager: PHILIP WIDLANSKI

The same owner is linked to 1 other building (PHILIP WIDLANSKI at 70 W 71).

## 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/1011230003/225-columbus-avenue-manhattan