# 243 East 120 Street, Manhattan, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/1017850020/243-east-120-street-manhattan).
BBL 1017850020 · BIN 1054584 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: high

- 1 open class-C HPD violation (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 10 apartments
- 7 active DOB violation(s)
- 1 eviction 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 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 1900, 5 floors, 10 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

1 open (class C immediately hazardous: 1, class B hazardous: 0, class A non-hazardous: 0); 83 on record.

## DOB building violations

7 active (0 issued in the last 3 years); 19 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

2 active of 4 on record; 0 decided by default; $389 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

2 in the last 12 months; 31 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (14), UNSANITARY CONDITION (8), PAINT/PLASTER (4), WATER LEAK (3), APPLIANCE (1).

## Bedbugs

8 annual bedbug filings by the owner; latest reports 0 infested units. A filing has reported re-infestation.

## Evictions

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

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

8 cases on record, 0 open, 7 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: 243 E. 120TH STREET LLC.
- Agent: 243 E 120TH STREET LLC
- HeadOfficer: JOSEPH SOLEIMANI
- SiteManager: JOSEPH SOLEIMANI

The same owner is linked to 60 other buildings (JOSEPH SOLEIMANI at 11 GRACE AVENUE).

## 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/1017850020/243-east-120-street-manhattan