# 163 West 136 Street, Manhattan, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/1019210007/163-west-136-street-manhattan).
BBL 1019210007 · BIN 1058312 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: severe

- On HPD's Alternative Enforcement Program — the city's most-distressed-buildings list
- 31 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 14 apartments
- 22 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 3 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 2 active DOB violation(s)
- 1 eviction executed in the last 3 years
- 1 OATH/ECB fine 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 16 stabilized units for 2021, of about 14 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2019: 16, 2020: 16, 2021: 16.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1910, 5 floors, 14 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

179 open (class C immediately hazardous: 31, class B hazardous: 116, class A non-hazardous: 31); 545 on record.
22 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
3 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

2 active (0 issued in the last 3 years); 9 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

1 active of 1 on record; 1 decided by default; $6,250 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

74 in the last 12 months; 333 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (98), UNSANITARY CONDITION (47), DOOR/WINDOW (35), GENERAL (33), PLUMBING (26).

## Bedbugs

2 annual bedbug filings by the owner; latest reports 0 infested units.

## Evictions

1 executed in the last 3 years; 1 on record.

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

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

## Landlord

- SiteManager: BRIE SESSION
- Officer: DALIANA SANTIAGO
- HeadOfficer: KIUMARZ GEULA
- CorporateOwner: BUFNY II ASSOCIATES, L.P.
- Agent: PILLAR PROPERTY MANAGEMENT LLC

The same owner is linked to 38 other buildings (KIUMARZ GEULA at 3251 THIRD AVENUE).

## 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/1019210007/163-west-136-street-manhattan