# 159 West 71 Street, Manhattan, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/1011430010/159-west-71-street-manhattan).
BBL 1011430010 · BIN 1029877 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: high

- 3 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 3 apartments
- 2 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 2 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

Likely rent-stabilized: on the DHCR 2024 registered building list.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1871, 3 floors, 8 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

37 open (class C immediately hazardous: 3, class B hazardous: 10, class A non-hazardous: 22); 47 on record.
2 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

2 active (0 issued in the last 3 years); 8 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

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

## 311 housing complaints

0 in the last 12 months; 1 on record.
Most common: PLUMBING (1).

## Bedbugs

1 annual bedbug filing 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: HALPERN REALTY LLC
- Agent: HALPERN REALTY LLC
- HeadOfficer: MICHAEL HALPERN
- Officer: SCOTT HALPERN
- Shareholder: MICHAEL HALPERN
- Shareholder: JOANNE HALPERN
- SiteManager: MICHAEL HALPERN

## 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/1011430010/159-west-71-street-manhattan