# 176 West 137 Street, Manhattan, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/1019210057/176-west-137-street-manhattan).
BBL 1019210057 · BIN 1058352 · Generated 2026-10-23

## Concern level: severe

- 33 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 16 apartments
- 26 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 14 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 6 active DOB violation(s)
- 6 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 15 stabilized units for 2023, of about 16 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 15, 2019: 15, 2020: 15, 2021: 15, 2023: 15.
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, 16 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

249 open (class C immediately hazardous: 33, class B hazardous: 147, class A non-hazardous: 68); 294 on record.
26 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
14 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

6 active (0 issued in the last 3 years); 14 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

6 active of 6 on record; 6 decided by default; $37,500 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

6 in the last 12 months; 95 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (52), PLUMBING (13), PAINT/PLASTER (7), GENERAL (6), WATER LEAK (4).

## Bedbugs

2 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)

6 cases on record, 0 open, 5 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## Landlord

- Officer: DALIANA SANTIAGO
- HeadOfficer: KIUMARZ GEULA
- SiteManager: BRIE SESSION
- 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/1019210057/176-west-137-street-manhattan