# 22 East 109 Street, Manhattan, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/1016140060/22-east-109-street-manhattan).
BBL 1016140060 · BIN 1051589 · Generated 2026-10-23

## Concern level: severe

- 7 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 2 apartments
- 4 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 4 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 3 OATH/ECB fines 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 15 stabilized units for 2023, of about 15 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2019: 15, 2020: 15, 2021: 15, 2022: 15, 2023: 15.
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

41 open (class C immediately hazardous: 7, class B hazardous: 26, class A non-hazardous: 8); 186 on record.
4 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
4 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

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

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

4 active of 5 on record; 3 decided by default; $15,625 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

22 in the last 12 months; 74 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (36), UNSANITARY CONDITION (10), PLUMBING (9), PAINT/PLASTER (5), DOOR/WINDOW (4).

## Bedbugs

6 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)

4 cases on record, 0 open, 3 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: Hope East Of Fifth HDFC Inc
- Agent: Hope East Of Fifth HDFC Inc
- HeadOfficer: Walter Roberts
- Officer: Lamont Baker
- Shareholder: Walter Roberts
- SiteManager: CRAIG HARTY
- Lessee: Hope East Of Fifth HDFC Inc

The same owner is linked to 36 other buildings (Walter Roberts at 174 EAST 104 ST).

## 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/1016140060/22-east-109-street-manhattan