# 117 East 118 Street, Manhattan, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/1017670005/117-east-118-street-manhattan).
BBL 1017670005 · BIN 1087381 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: high

- 13 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 7 apartments
- 11 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 4 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 2 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 91 stabilized units for 2023, of about 91 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 91, 2019: 91, 2020: 91, 2021: 91, 2022: 91, 2023: 91.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1999, 6 floors, 91 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

56 open (class C immediately hazardous: 13, class B hazardous: 30, class A non-hazardous: 13); 549 on record.
11 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); 34 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

3 active of 31 on record; 0 decided by default; $1,875 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

77 in the last 12 months; 280 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (63), PLUMBING (43), UNSANITARY CONDITION (35), PAINT/PLASTER (34), APPLIANCE (33).

## Bedbugs

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

## Evictions

2 executed in the last 3 years; 6 on record.

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

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

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: SCHAFER HALL LP
- HeadOfficer: DANIEL KENT
- Officer: RAFAL MARKWAT
- SiteManager: VICTOR MUNOZ
- Agent: ARETE MANAGEMENT

The same owner is linked to 18 other buildings (DANIEL KENT at 42 WEST 39TH STREET).

## 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/1017670005/117-east-118-street-manhattan