# 523 East 81 Street, Manhattan, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/1015780014/523-east-81-street-manhattan).
BBL 1015780014 · BIN 1051136 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: moderate

- 1 open class-C HPD violation (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 44 apartments
- 1 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 2 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 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 11 stabilized units for 2023, of about 44 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 13, 2019: 12, 2020: 11, 2021: 11, 2022: 11, 2023: 11.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1957, 5 floors, 44 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

66 open (class C immediately hazardous: 1, class B hazardous: 51, class A non-hazardous: 14); 98 on record.
1 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
2 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

1 active (0 issued in the last 3 years); 18 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

2 active of 14 on record; 0 decided by default; $0 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

5 in the last 12 months; 55 on record.
Most common: UNSANITARY CONDITION (22), HEAT/HOT WATER (16), PLUMBING (4), SAFETY (3), WATER LEAK (3).

## Bedbugs

10 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)

1 cases on record, 0 open, 1 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: ELK 525 EAST 81ST LLC
- Agent: ELK 525 EAST 81ST LLC
- HeadOfficer: ABNER OHEBSHALOM
- Officer: FABIO GONZALEZ
- SiteManager: DENNIS CARDONA

The same owner is linked to 4 other buildings (ABNER OHEBSHALOM at 489 FIFTH AVENUE).

## 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/1015780014/523-east-81-street-manhattan