# 1642 Lexington Avenue, Manhattan, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/1016310056/1642-lexington-avenue-manhattan).
BBL 1016310056 · BIN 1051941 · Generated 2026-10-23

## Concern level: high

- 3 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 8 apartments
- 1 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 1 active DOB violation(s)
- 2 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 18 stabilized units for 2023, of about 25 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 18, 2019: 18, 2020: 18, 2021: 18, 2022: 18, 2023: 18.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1915, 6 floors, 25 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

5 open (class C immediately hazardous: 3, class B hazardous: 2, class A non-hazardous: 0); 160 on record.
1 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.

## DOB building violations

1 active (0 issued in the last 3 years); 13 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

4 active of 11 on record; 2 decided by default; $2,500 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

0 in the last 12 months; 26 on record.
Most common: UNSANITARY CONDITION (13), PAINT/PLASTER (6), ELECTRIC (2), DOOR/WINDOW (2), GENERAL (1).

## 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)

5 cases on record, 0 open, 5 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: LEXINGTON NY REALTY LLC
- Agent: MEIR BOUSKILA
- HeadOfficer: MEIR BOUSKILA
- Officer: MEIR BOUSKILA
- SiteManager: MEIR BOUSKILA

The same owner is linked to 15 other buildings (MEIR BOUSKILA at 140 E.45th street).

## 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/1016310056/1642-lexington-avenue-manhattan