# 129 East 123 Street, Manhattan, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/1017720013/129-east-123-street-manhattan).
BBL 1017720013 · BIN 1054430 · Generated 2026-10-23

## Concern level: severe

- 8 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 3 apartments
- 8 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 1 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 1 active DOB violation(s)

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 18 stabilized units for 2023, of about 22 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 18, 2019: 18, 2020: 18, 2021: 18, 2022: 18, 2023: 18.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1920, 6 floors, 22 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

15 open (class C immediately hazardous: 8, class B hazardous: 5, class A non-hazardous: 2); 100 on record.
8 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
1 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

1 active (0 issued in the last 3 years); 22 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

0 active of 9 on record; 0 decided by default; $0 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

4 in the last 12 months; 26 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (19), UNSANITARY CONDITION (3), DOOR/WINDOW (1), GENERAL (1), PAINT/PLASTER (1).

## Bedbugs

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

## Evictions

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

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

2 cases on record, 0 open, 2 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: Hope East Of FiFth HDFC Inc
- HeadOfficer: Walter Roberts
- Officer: Richard Winslow
- Shareholder: Walter Roberts
- Agent: HOPE COMMUNITY INC
- Lessee: HopeEastOfFifthHdfcINC
- SiteManager: CRAIG HARTY

The same owner is linked to 8 other buildings (Walter Roberts at 174 East 104).

## 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/1017720013/129-east-123-street-manhattan