# 354 East 78 Street, Manhattan, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/1014520031/354-east-78-street-manhattan).
BBL 1014520031 · BIN 1045214 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: severe

- 14 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 10 apartments
- 5 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 7 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 6 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 1 stabilized unit for 2020, of about 10 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 1, 2019: 1, 2020: 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 1910, 4 floors, 10 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

115 open (class C immediately hazardous: 14, class B hazardous: 70, class A non-hazardous: 31); 267 on record.
5 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
7 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

6 active (1 issued in the last 3 years); 14 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

5 active of 22 on record; 1 decided by default; $2,500 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

91 in the last 12 months; 153 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (50), UNSANITARY CONDITION (17), DOOR/WINDOW (16), PLUMBING (16), APPLIANCE (15).

## Bedbugs

5 annual bedbug filings by the owner; latest reports 0 infested units.

## Evictions

0 executed in the last 3 years; 1 on record.

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

4 cases on record, 0 open, 4 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: CHOU'S 3D, LLC
- Agent: ROBERt CHOu
- HeadOfficer: KATHERINE CHOU
- Shareholder: KATHERINE CHOU

The same owner is linked to 5 other buildings (KATHERINE CHOU at 408 8TH 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/1014520031/354-east-78-street-manhattan