# 242 East 50 Street, Manhattan, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/1013230030/242-east-50-street-manhattan).
BBL 1013230030 · BIN 1038234 · Generated 2026-10-23

## Concern level: moderate

- 2 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 12 apartments
- 2 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 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. The owner registered 5 stabilized units for 2023, of about 24 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 5, 2019: 5, 2022: 5, 2023: 5.
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, 24 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

32 open (class C immediately hazardous: 2, class B hazardous: 23, class A non-hazardous: 7); 130 on record.
2 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.

## DOB building violations

2 active (0 issued in the last 3 years); 31 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

0 active of 26 on record; 0 decided by default; $0 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

3 in the last 12 months; 29 on record.
Most common: PLUMBING (7), UNSANITARY CONDITION (4), WATER LEAK (4), ELECTRIC (4), HEAT/HOT WATER (3).

## Bedbugs

6 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: F-ASTROID 234E50-SAT LLC
- Agent: EMPIRE MANAGEMENT
- HeadOfficer: RAMIN SHALOM
- Officer: FRED SHALOM
- Shareholder: RAMIN SHALOM
- Shareholder: FRED SHALOM
- SiteManager: NDOK PEpaj

The same owner is linked to 7 other buildings (RAMIN SHALOM at 347 FIFTH 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/1013230030/242-east-50-street-manhattan