# 131 West 112 Street, Manhattan, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/1018220011/131-west-112-street-manhattan).
BBL 1018220011 · BIN 1054979 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: severe

- 18 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 10 apartments
- 17 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 9 open rent-impairing 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 12 stabilized units for 2023, of about 10 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 10, 2019: 10, 2020: 10, 2021: 10, 2022: 10, 2023: 12.
Receives the J-51 tax benefit.
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

55 open (class C immediately hazardous: 18, class B hazardous: 32, class A non-hazardous: 5); 193 on record.
17 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
9 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

0 active (0 issued in the last 3 years); 2 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

0 active of 1 on record; 0 decided by default; $0 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

23 in the last 12 months; 72 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (43), PLUMBING (7), UNSANITARY CONDITION (7), PAINT/PLASTER (5), WATER LEAK (5).

## 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)

7 cases on record, 0 open, 6 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: 131 WEST 112TH OWNER, LLC
- Agent: CHOICE NY MANAGEMENT
- HeadOfficer: SCOTT CASTELLANO
- SiteManager: JACK HARARI

The same owner is linked to 31 other buildings (SCOTT CASTELLANO at 254 WEST 31ST 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/1018220011/131-west-112-street-manhattan