# 227 East 59 Street, Manhattan, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/1014140013/227-east-59-street-manhattan).
BBL 1014140013 · BIN 1043346 · Generated 2026-10-23

## Concern level: high

- 3 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 8 apartments
- 3 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 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 3 stabilized units for 2023, of about 25 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 2, 2019: 3, 2023: 3.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1930, 6 floors, 25 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

6 open (class C immediately hazardous: 3, class B hazardous: 3, class A non-hazardous: 0); 45 on record.
3 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.

## DOB building violations

1 active (0 issued in the last 3 years); 7 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

0 active of 6 on record; 0 decided by default; $0 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

11 in the last 12 months; 49 on record.
Most common: UNSANITARY CONDITION (17), HEAT/HOT WATER (12), WATER LEAK (6), GENERAL (5), DOOR/WINDOW (4).

## Bedbugs

8 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.

## City debt and tax-lien sale

On a tax-lien sale list in 2025 (30-day notice), water/sewer debt only.

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: 227-231 59TH PARTNERS LLC
- Agent: BRIGHTON MANAGEMENT
- HeadOfficer: RAMIEL BENYEHUDA
- Officer: RAMIEL BENYEHUDA
- SiteManager: RAMIEL BENYEHUDA

The same owner is linked to 33 other buildings (RAMIEL BENYEHUDA at 6 EAST 45TH STREET).

## 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/1014140013/227-east-59-street-manhattan