# 251 West 116 Street, Manhattan, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/1019220006/251-west-116-street-manhattan).
BBL 1019220006 · BIN 1058368 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: severe

- 13 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 16 apartments
- 11 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 7 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 1 eviction executed in the last 3 years

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 16 stabilized units for 2023, of about 16 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 16, 2019: 19, 2020: 16, 2021: 16, 2022: 16, 2023: 16.
Receives the J-51 tax benefit.
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

54 open (class C immediately hazardous: 6, class B hazardous: 23, class A non-hazardous: 22); 231 on record.
5 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
2 open violations are rent-impairing.
This tax lot has 2 buildings; these counts are for this building only.

## DOB building violations

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

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

0 active of 1 on record; 0 decided by default; $0 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

15 in the last 12 months; 91 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (24), WATER LEAK (19), UNSANITARY CONDITION (19), DOOR/WINDOW (8), PLUMBING (8).

## Bedbugs

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

## Evictions

1 executed in the last 3 years; 2 on record.

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

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

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: 247-253 WEST 116TH OWNER, LLC
- Agent: TRIHILL MANAGEMENT LLC
- HeadOfficer: SCOTT CASTELLANO
- SiteManager: LAUREN WHITEHEAD

The same owner is linked to 2 other buildings (SCOTT CASTELLANO at 22 WEST 21 STREET).

## 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/1019220006/251-west-116-street-manhattan