# 142 West 118 Street, Manhattan, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/1019020051/142-west-118-street-manhattan).
BBL 1019020051 · BIN 1057449 · Generated 2026-10-23

## Concern level: severe

- 3 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 3 apartments
- 3 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 6 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 4 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.

## Rent stabilization

Likely rent-stabilized. The owner registered 4 stabilized units for 2023, of about 10 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2020: 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 1896, 4 floors, 10 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

22 open (class C immediately hazardous: 3, class B hazardous: 12, class A non-hazardous: 7); 78 on record.
3 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
6 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

0 active (0 issued in the last 3 years); 22 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

5 active of 8 on record; 4 decided by default; $0 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

2 in the last 12 months; 19 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (15), UNSANITARY CONDITION (2), GENERAL (1), PLUMBING (1).

## Bedbugs

5 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: PM&J APARTMENTS CORP.
- Agent: PM&J APARTMENTS CORP
- HeadOfficer: PETER KAPLAN
- SiteManager: DAVID NIEVES

The same owner is linked to 1 other building (PETER KAPLAN at 389 5TH AVE).

## 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/1019020051/142-west-118-street-manhattan