# 2 West 129 Street, Manhattan, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/1017260039/2-west-129-street-manhattan).
BBL 1017260039 · BIN 1053698 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: severe

- 53 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 33 apartments
- 40 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 15 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 8 active DOB violation(s)
- 1 eviction executed in the last 3 years
- 8 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 60 stabilized units for 2023, of about 33 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 60, 2019: 60, 2020: 60, 2021: 60, 2023: 60.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1921, 7 floors, 33 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

125 open (class C immediately hazardous: 53, class B hazardous: 51, class A non-hazardous: 21); 495 on record.
40 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
15 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

8 active (2 issued in the last 3 years); 59 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

18 active of 59 on record; 8 decided by default; $50,625 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

148 in the last 12 months; 664 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (191), UNSANITARY CONDITION (92), WATER LEAK (81), PLUMBING (71), DOOR/WINDOW (56).

## Bedbugs

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

## Evictions

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

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

14 cases on record, 0 open, 13 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: WEST FIFTH AVENUE REALTY LP
- Agent: E.T. MANAGEMENT
- HeadOfficer: JOSE ESPINAL
- Officer: FRANKLIN GUERRERO
- SiteManager: ALEX GUERRERO

The same owner is linked to 8 other buildings (JOSE ESPINAL at PO BOX 370).

## 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/1017260039/2-west-129-street-manhattan