# 238 East 50 Street, Manhattan, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/1013230032/238-east-50-street-manhattan).
BBL 1013230032 · BIN 1038235 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: severe

- 6 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 3 apartments
- 6 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 1 active DOB violation(s)
- 1 OATH/ECB fine 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. The owner registered 2 stabilized units for 2023, of about 18 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 2, 2019: 2, 2022: 2, 2023: 2.
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, 18 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

21 open (class C immediately hazardous: 6, class B hazardous: 10, class A non-hazardous: 5); 62 on record.
6 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.

## DOB building violations

1 active (0 issued in the last 3 years); 11 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

1 active of 15 on record; 1 decided by default; $0 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

1 in the last 12 months; 18 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (9), UNSANITARY CONDITION (4), PAINT/PLASTER (3), GENERAL (1), WATER LEAK (1).

## 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)

2 cases on record, 0 open, 2 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
- SiteManager: NDOK PEpaj

The same owner is linked to 4 other buildings (RAMIN SHALOM at 347 5 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/1013230032/238-east-50-street-manhattan