# 242 West 61 Street, Manhattan, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/1011520056/242-west-61-street-manhattan).
BBL 1011520056 · BIN 1030324 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: moderate

- 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

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 1900, 6 floors, 27 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

0 open (class C immediately hazardous: 0, class B hazardous: 0, class A non-hazardous: 0); 4 on record.
This tax lot has 2 buildings; these counts are for this building only.

## DOB building violations

2 active (0 issued in the last 3 years); 17 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

0 active of 3 on record; 0 decided by default; $0 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

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

## Bedbugs

12 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)

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

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: 242-244 WEST 61ST STREET
- Shareholder: HILARY FESHBACH
- Shareholder: LIANE GINSBERG
- SiteManager: RITO CEKAJ
- Shareholder: LAURENCE GINSBERG
- Agent: ALGIN MANAGEMENT CO., LLC
- Officer: LIANE GINSBERG
- HeadOfficer: LAURENCE GINSBERG

The same owner is linked to 3 other buildings (LAURENCE GINSBERG at 183 MADISON 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/1011520056/242-west-61-street-manhattan