# 508 East 78 Street, Manhattan, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/1014890037/508-east-78-street-manhattan).
BBL 1014890037 · BIN 1046412 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: moderate

- 2 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 96 apartments
- 1 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 5 stabilized units for 2023, of about 192 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 6, 2019: 15, 2020: 5, 2021: 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 1911, 6 floors, 192 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

2 open (class C immediately hazardous: 1, class B hazardous: 0, class A non-hazardous: 1); 27 on record.
This tax lot has 2 buildings; these counts are for this building only.

## DOB building violations

1 active (0 issued in the last 3 years); 12 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

0 active of 11 on record; 0 decided by default; $0 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

5 in the last 12 months; 7 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (5), PLUMBING (2).

## Bedbugs

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

## Evictions

0 executed in the last 3 years; 2 on record.

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

2 cases on record, 0 open, 2 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: CHEROKEE OWNERS CORP
- Agent: CENTURY MANAGEMENT SERVICES INC
- HeadOfficer: FRANK BRUNO
- Officer: ADAM ZERKA
- SiteManager: Thomas Buyak

The same owner is linked to 1 other building (FRANK BRUNO at 1430 BROADWAY).

## 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/1014890037/508-east-78-street-manhattan