# 320 St Nicholas Avenue, Manhattan, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/1019520043/320-st-nicholas-avenue-manhattan).
BBL 1019520043 · BIN 1059317 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: high

- 15 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 3 apartments
- 8 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 7 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 3 active DOB 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

Likely rent-stabilized. The owner registered 41 stabilized units for 2023, of about 47 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 40, 2019: 41, 2020: 41, 2021: 41, 2023: 41.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1900, 7 floors, 47 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

77 open (class C immediately hazardous: 15, class B hazardous: 39, class A non-hazardous: 23); 926 on record.
8 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
7 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

3 active (1 issued in the last 3 years); 37 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

1 active of 69 on record; 0 decided by default; $0 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

45 in the last 12 months; 595 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (218), UNSANITARY CONDITION (113), PLUMBING (54), PAINT/PLASTER (54), WATER LEAK (35).

## Bedbugs

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

## Evictions

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

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

30 cases on record, 0 open, 25 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: NEW WEST HARLEM OWNER LLC
- Agent: Moredcahi Applebaum
- HeadOfficer: Mordechai Applebaum

The same owner is linked to 8 other buildings (Mordechai Applebaum at 85 DELANCEY ST).

## 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/1019520043/320-st-nicholas-avenue-manhattan