# 142 East 117 Street, Manhattan, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/1016440156/142-east-117-street-manhattan).
BBL 1016440156 · BIN 1052330 · Generated 2026-10-23

## Concern level: severe

- 9 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 8 apartments
- 2 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 5 active DOB violation(s)
- 1 eviction executed in the last 3 years
- 1 OATH/ECB fine 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: on the DHCR 2024 registered building list.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1900, 5 floors, 8 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

34 open (class C immediately hazardous: 9, class B hazardous: 20, class A non-hazardous: 5); 57 on record.
2 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

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

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

1 active of 13 on record; 1 decided by default; $0 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

0 in the last 12 months; 0 on record.

## Bedbugs

4 annual bedbug filings by the owner; latest reports 0 infested units.

## Evictions

1 executed in the last 3 years; 4 on record.

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

11 cases on record, 0 open, 10 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## City debt and tax-lien sale

On a tax-lien sale list in 2025 (10-day notice), water/sewer debt only.

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: NJB LEX LLC
- Agent: NJB MANAGEMENT CORP.
- HeadOfficer: NATHAN BENELYAHOU
- SiteManager: NATHAN BENELYAHON

The same owner is linked to 4 other buildings (NATHAN BENELYAHOU at 26 AVE C).

## 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/1016440156/142-east-117-street-manhattan