# 278 West 117 Street, Manhattan, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/1019220060/278-west-117-street-manhattan).
BBL 1019220060 · BIN 1058383 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: high

- 4 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 4 apartments
- 3 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 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 12 stabilized units for 2023, of about 15 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 12, 2019: 12, 2020: 12, 2021: 12, 2022: 12, 2023: 12.
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, 15 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

7 open (class C immediately hazardous: 4, class B hazardous: 0, class A non-hazardous: 3); 30 on record.
3 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.

## DOB building violations

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

## 311 housing complaints

10 in the last 12 months; 43 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (18), PLUMBING (8), UNSANITARY CONDITION (5), DOOR/WINDOW (4), ELECTRIC (4).

## Bedbugs

7 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)

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

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: 2162-68 8TH AVENUE REALTY LLC
- Agent: 2162-68 8TH AVENUE REALTY LLC
- HeadOfficer: MICHAEL ARYEH
- Officer: BRIAN NEWMAN
- SiteManager: KENNI RAMOS

The same owner is linked to 21 other buildings (MICHAEL ARYEH at 579 5TH 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/1019220060/278-west-117-street-manhattan