# 311 West 97 Street, Manhattan, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/1018870045/311-west-97-street-manhattan).
BBL 1018870045 · BIN 1057066 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: high

- 3 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 7 apartments
- 3 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 1 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 3 stabilized units for 2023, of about 22 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 3, 2019: 5, 2020: 5, 2021: 5, 2022: 5, 2023: 3.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1901, 7 floors, 22 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

50 open (class C immediately hazardous: 3, class B hazardous: 41, class A non-hazardous: 6); 55 on record.
3 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
1 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

1 active (1 issued in the last 3 years); 24 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

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

## 311 housing complaints

0 in the last 12 months; 28 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (6), PAINT/PLASTER (6), FLOORING/STAIRS (4), DOOR/WINDOW (4), ELECTRIC (4).

## Bedbugs

8 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

- CorporateOwner: 311 WEST 97 STREET OWNERS CORP
- HeadOfficer: BILL LUSTIG
- SiteManager: LESLY MALAVE
- Officer: MELISSA COLLINS
- Agent: ARGO REAL ESTATE, LLC

## 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/1018870045/311-west-97-street-manhattan