# 1695 Lexington Avenue, Manhattan, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/1016340022/1695-lexington-avenue-manhattan).
BBL 1016340022 · BIN 1052023 · Generated 2026-10-23

## Concern level: severe

- 5 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 3 apartments
- 4 of those issued in the last 3 years

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 13 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 11, 2019: 11, 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 1910, 4 floors, 13 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

11 open (class C immediately hazardous: 5, class B hazardous: 6, class A non-hazardous: 0); 56 on record.
4 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.

## DOB building violations

0 active (0 issued in the last 3 years); 17 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

1 active of 9 on record; 0 decided by default; $0 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

33 in the last 12 months; 183 on record.
Most common: UNSANITARY CONDITION (41), FLOORING/STAIRS (27), HEAT/HOT WATER (27), GENERAL (24), WATER LEAK (17).

## 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)

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

## Landlord

- HeadOfficer: BRANDON FRIEDMAN
- Agent: BUILDING EQUITY MGMT LLC
- SiteManager: JOSE LOPEZ
- CorporateOwner: 1695 Lexington LLC

The same owner is linked to 22 other buildings (BRANDON FRIEDMAN at 1261 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/1016340022/1695-lexington-avenue-manhattan