# 517 East 83 Street, Manhattan, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/1015800012/517-east-83-street-manhattan).
BBL 1015800012 · BIN 1051189 · Generated 2026-10-23

## Concern level: severe

- 48 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 15 apartments
- 16 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 22 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- $10,000 in unpaid OATH/ECB fines

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 6 stabilized units for 2023, of about 15 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 6, 2019: 5, 2020: 5, 2021: 5, 2022: 5, 2023: 6.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1920, 5 floors, 15 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

177 open (class C immediately hazardous: 48, class B hazardous: 102, class A non-hazardous: 27); 315 on record.
16 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
22 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

0 active (0 issued in the last 3 years); 2 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

5 active of 11 on record; 0 decided by default; $10,000 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

40 in the last 12 months; 156 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (76), UNSANITARY CONDITION (17), PAINT/PLASTER (17), PLUMBING (14), WATER LEAK (10).

## Bedbugs

7 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)

8 cases on record, 0 open, 8 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: KANTER'S REALTY ASSOCIATES LLC
- Agent: GERMAN CACERES
- HeadOfficer: RONALD SWARTZ
- Officer: GERMAN CACERES
- SiteManager: GERMAN CACERES

The same owner is linked to 26 other buildings (RONALD SWARTZ at 175 ROSLYN ROAD).

## 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/1015800012/517-east-83-street-manhattan