# 42 West 96 Street, Manhattan, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/1012090148/42-west-96-street-manhattan).
BBL 1012090148 · BIN 1031751 · Generated 2026-10-23

## Concern level: severe

- 6 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 8 apartments
- 1 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 1 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 1 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. The owner registered 1 stabilized unit for 2021, of about 8 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 2, 2021: 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 1897, 5 floors, 8 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

22 open (class C immediately hazardous: 6, class B hazardous: 8, class A non-hazardous: 8); 38 on record.
1 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
1 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

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

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

0 active of 5 on record; 0 decided by default; $0 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

1 in the last 12 months; 10 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (7), WATER LEAK (2), UNSANITARY CONDITION (1).

## Bedbugs

2 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

- HeadOfficer: Jungyoon Chang
- Agent: Korea Buddhism Jo-Gei Temple of America Inc
- SiteManager: Seonghan Yoon
- Officer: Samuel Choe
- CorporateOwner: Korea Buddhism Jo-Gei Temple of America Inc.
- Shareholder: Moonhee Yu
- Shareholder: Jungyoon Chang

## 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/1012090148/42-west-96-street-manhattan