# 157 East 118 Street, Manhattan, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/1017670026/157-east-118-street-manhattan).
BBL 1017670026 · BIN 1054350 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: severe

- On HPD's Alternative Enforcement Program — the city's most-distressed-buildings list
- 24 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 10 apartments
- 8 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 7 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 1 active DOB violation(s)
- Tax lien sold at the city's lien sale — a sign of financial distress
- 1 eviction executed in the last 3 years
- 2 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.

## HPD Alternative Enforcement Program

Currently on AEP, the city's most-distressed-buildings program, since 2021-02-01.

## Rent stabilization

Not on the rent-stabilized lists (DOF tax-bill records, DHCR building list). Absence is not proof a unit is unregulated.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1900, 5 floors, 10 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

69 open (class C immediately hazardous: 24, class B hazardous: 37, class A non-hazardous: 7); 283 on record.
8 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
7 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

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

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

5 active of 5 on record; 2 decided by default; $7,375 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

1 in the last 12 months; 44 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (12), PLUMBING (11), DOOR/WINDOW (4), PAINT/PLASTER (3), WATER LEAK (3).

## Bedbugs

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

## Evictions

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

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

4 cases on record, 0 open, 4 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## City debt and tax-lien sale

The tax lien was sold at the city's lien sale in 2025.

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: LEX & 118 LLC
- Agent: LEX & 118 LLC
- HeadOfficer: SION SOHAVEGH
- SiteManager: NELON BARTHOLEMEW

The same owner is linked to 1 other building (SION SOHAVEGH at 507 WEST 186TH 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/1017670026/157-east-118-street-manhattan