# 20 West 129 Street, Manhattan, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/1017260049/20-west-129-street-manhattan).
BBL 1017260049 · BIN 1053701 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: severe

- 27 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 18 apartments
- 24 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 4 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 4 evictions executed 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 29 stabilized units for 2023, of about 18 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 29, 2019: 29, 2020: 29, 2021: 29, 2022: 58, 2023: 29.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1909, 6 floors, 18 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

44 open (class C immediately hazardous: 27, class B hazardous: 8, class A non-hazardous: 9); 398 on record.
24 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
4 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

0 active (0 issued in the last 3 years); 9 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

0 active of 2 on record; 0 decided by default; $0 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

66 in the last 12 months; 236 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (110), UNSANITARY CONDITION (33), APPLIANCE (20), PAINT/PLASTER (17), PLUMBING (15).

## Bedbugs

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

## Evictions

4 executed in the last 3 years; 8 on record.

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

11 cases on record, 0 open, 9 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## Landlord

- HeadOfficer: KARIM HUTSON
- SiteManager: Jasmine Vasquez
- Officer: Karim Hutson
- CorporateOwner: Genesis Y15 OWNERS, LLC
- Agent: Genesis Y15 OWNERS, LLC

The same owner is linked to 80 other buildings (KARIM HUTSON at 669 MALCOLM X BLVD).

## 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/1017260049/20-west-129-street-manhattan