# 156 East 124 Street, Manhattan, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/1017720050/156-east-124-street-manhattan).
BBL 1017720050 · BIN 1054446 · Generated 2026-10-23

## Concern level: high

- 3 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 4 apartments
- 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 4 stabilized units for 2019, of about 4 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 4, 2019: 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 1900, 3 floors, 4 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

3 open (class C immediately hazardous: 3, class B hazardous: 0, class A non-hazardous: 0); 46 on record.

## DOB building violations

1 active (0 issued in the last 3 years); 15 on record.

## 311 housing complaints

1 in the last 12 months; 13 on record.
Most common: UNSANITARY CONDITION (5), ELECTRIC (3), DOOR/WINDOW (1), PAINT/PLASTER (1), PLUMBING (1).

## Bedbugs

6 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)

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

## Landlord

- Officer: Lamont Baker
- CorporateOwner: Hope East Of Fifth HDFC Inc
- Agent: Hope East Of Fifth HDFC Inc
- HeadOfficer: Walter Roberts
- Lessee: Hope East Of Fifth HDFC Inc
- Shareholder: Walter Roberts
- SiteManager: CRAIG HARTY

The same owner is linked to 36 other buildings (Walter Roberts at 174 EAST 104 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/1017720050/156-east-124-street-manhattan