# 243 East 123 Street, Manhattan, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/1017880018/243-east-123-street-manhattan).
BBL 1017880018 · BIN 1054640 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: severe

- On HPD's Alternative Enforcement Program — the city's most-distressed-buildings list
- 50 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 10 apartments
- 50 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 27 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 7 active DOB violation(s)
- 7 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 2026-02-02.

## Rent stabilization

Likely rent-stabilized. The owner registered 10 stabilized units for 2023, of about 10 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2019: 10, 2020: 10, 2023: 10.
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

131 open (class C immediately hazardous: 50, class B hazardous: 64, class A non-hazardous: 16); 220 on record.
50 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
27 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

7 active (0 issued in the last 3 years); 16 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

7 active of 8 on record; 7 decided by default; $50,385 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

18 in the last 12 months; 42 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (21), PAINT/PLASTER (5), DOOR/WINDOW (4), GENERAL (3), PLUMBING (3).

## Bedbugs

7 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)

10 cases on record, 0 open, 9 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: Old Harlem Road, LP
- HeadOfficer: Walter Roberts
- Shareholder: Walter Roberts
- SiteManager: Craig Harty
- Agent: Old Harlem Road, LP
- Officer: WALTER ROBERTS

The same owner is linked to 26 other buildings (Walter Roberts at 174 E 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/1017880018/243-east-123-street-manhattan