# 123 West 81 Street, Manhattan, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/1012120025/123-west-81-street-manhattan).
BBL 1012120025 · BIN 1032025 · Generated 2026-10-23

## Concern level: severe

- 12 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 10 apartments
- 4 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 3 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 4 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 10 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 1, 2019: 1, 2020: 1, 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 1885, 4 floors, 10 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

25 open (class C immediately hazardous: 12, class B hazardous: 11, class A non-hazardous: 2); 125 on record.
4 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
3 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

4 active (3 issued in the last 3 years); 9 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

2 active of 7 on record; 0 decided by default; $0 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

3 in the last 12 months; 31 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (12), WATER LEAK (9), UNSANITARY CONDITION (6), PAINT/PLASTER (3), PLUMBING (1).

## Bedbugs

4 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, 0 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: 123 W 81 LLC
- Agent: NJB MANAGEMENT CORP
- HeadOfficer: NATHAN BENELYAHOU

The same owner is linked to 2 other buildings (NATHAN BENELYAHOU at 16 MIDDLE NECK RD).

## 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/1012120025/123-west-81-street-manhattan