# 461 Columbus Avenue, Manhattan, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/1011960001/461-columbus-avenue-manhattan).
BBL 1011960001 · BIN 1031160 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: high

- 1 open class-C HPD violation (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 12 apartments
- 1 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 2 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 34 active DOB violation(s)
- Tax lien sold at the city's lien sale — a sign of financial distress
- 2 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: 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 1886, 5 floors, 12 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

19 open (class C immediately hazardous: 1, class B hazardous: 4, class A non-hazardous: 8); 27 on record.
1 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
2 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

34 active (4 issued in the last 3 years); 42 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

7 active of 12 on record; 2 decided by default; $5,890 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

2 in the last 12 months; 5 on record.
Most common: UNSANITARY CONDITION (3), ELECTRIC (1), WATER LEAK (1).

## 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.

## City debt and tax-lien sale

The tax lien was sold at the city's lien sale in 2025.

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: THE CARLEI GROUP, LLC
- Agent: RMC REALTY GROUP
- HeadOfficer: RICHARD CASANAS
- SiteManager: RMC REALTY

## 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/1011960001/461-columbus-avenue-manhattan