# 159 West 136 Street, Manhattan, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/1019210009/159-west-136-street-manhattan).
BBL 1019210009 · BIN 1058313 · Generated 2026-10-23

## Concern level: high

- 2 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 6 apartments
- 1 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

Not on the rent-stabilized lists (DOF tax-bill records, DHCR building list). Absence is not proof a unit is unregulated.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 2000, 4 floors, 11 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

16 open (class C immediately hazardous: 2, class B hazardous: 1, class A non-hazardous: 10); 31 on record.
1 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

0 active (0 issued in the last 3 years); 4 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

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

## 311 housing complaints

0 in the last 12 months; 0 on record.

## Evictions

0 executed in the last 3 years; 0 on record.

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

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

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: JJPB 159 W136 LLC
- Agent: JUDE BERNARD
- HeadOfficer: JUDE BERNARD

The same owner is linked to 3 other buildings (JUDE BERNARD at 182 WASHINGTON 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/1019210009/159-west-136-street-manhattan