# 64 East 131 Street, Manhattan, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/1017550143/64-east-131-street-manhattan).
BBL 1017550143 · BIN 1054296 · Generated 2026-10-23

## Concern level: severe

- 7 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 10 apartments
- 1 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 3 open rent-impairing 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 4 stabilized units for 2023, of about 10 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 4, 2019: 4, 2020: 4, 2021: 4, 2022: 4, 2023: 4.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1926, 3 floors, 10 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

51 open (class C immediately hazardous: 7, class B hazardous: 36, class A non-hazardous: 7); 159 on record.
1 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
3 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

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

## 311 housing complaints

5 in the last 12 months; 43 on record.
Most common: DOOR/WINDOW (10), UNSANITARY CONDITION (8), PLUMBING (7), WATER LEAK (6), PAINT/PLASTER (3).

## 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)

9 cases on record, 0 open, 8 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).

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: E 129 St Cluster LP
- Agent: LOCUST COVE MANAGEMENT LLC
- HeadOfficer: JOSE ESPINAL
- Officer: HENRY ROSA
- SiteManager: HENRY ROSA

The same owner is linked to 2 other buildings (JOSE ESPINAL at 6 EAST 45 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/1017550143/64-east-131-street-manhattan