# 28 West 97 Street, Manhattan, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/1018320043/28-west-97-street-manhattan).
BBL 1018320043 · BIN 1055265 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: high

- 7 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 35 apartments
- 5 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 3 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 181 stabilized units for 2023, of about 247 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 191, 2019: 184, 2020: 181, 2021: 181, 2022: 182, 2023: 181.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1969, 14 floors, 247 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

108 open (class C immediately hazardous: 7, class B hazardous: 64, class A non-hazardous: 37); 180 on record.
5 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
3 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

1 active (0 issued in the last 3 years); 79 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

2 active of 49 on record; 0 decided by default; $2,500 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

92 in the last 12 months; 230 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (120), UNSANITARY CONDITION (24), PAINT/PLASTER (19), DOOR/WINDOW (14), FLOORING/STAIRS (13).

## Bedbugs

8 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: WEST 97TH ST REALTY CORP
- Agent: STELLAR MANAGEMENT
- HeadOfficer: SMAJLJE SRDANOVIC
- Officer: ARIANIT JAKUPAJ
- SiteManager: ARIANIT JAKUPAJ

The same owner is linked to 59 other buildings (SMAJLJE SRDANOVIC at 44 WEST 28TH STREET).

## 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/1018320043/28-west-97-street-manhattan