# 426 East 115 Street, Manhattan, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/1017080036/426-east-115-street-manhattan).
BBL 1017080036 · BIN 1053026 · Generated 2026-10-25

## Concern level: severe

- 7 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 3 apartments
- 6 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 3 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 1 active DOB violation(s)
- 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. The owner registered 24 stabilized units for 2023, of about 24 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 24, 2019: 24, 2020: 24, 2021: 24, 2022: 24, 2023: 24.
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, 6 floors, 24 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

26 open (class C immediately hazardous: 7, class B hazardous: 18, class A non-hazardous: 1); 108 on record.
6 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
3 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

1 active (0 issued in the last 3 years); 15 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

1 active of 11 on record; 1 decided by default; $0 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

6 in the last 12 months; 52 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (40), PAINT/PLASTER (5), WATER LEAK (3), GENERAL (1), PLUMBING (1).

## Bedbugs

6 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)

3 cases on record, 0 open, 2 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/1017080036/426-east-115-street-manhattan