# 606 West 137 Street, Manhattan, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/1020020052/606-west-137-street-manhattan).
BBL 1020020052 · BIN 1059965 · Generated 2026-10-23

## Concern level: severe

- 22 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 26 apartments
- 7 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 1 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 1 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.

## HPD Alternative Enforcement Program

Previously on AEP, discharged 2021-07-22.

## Rent stabilization

Likely rent-stabilized. The owner registered 14 stabilized units for 2023, of about 26 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 16, 2019: 14, 2020: 14, 2021: 14, 2022: 14, 2023: 14.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1905, 6 floors, 26 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

31 open (class C immediately hazardous: 22, class B hazardous: 9, class A non-hazardous: 0); 426 on record.
7 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
1 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

1 active (0 issued in the last 3 years); 21 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

2 active of 22 on record; 0 decided by default; $1,250 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

20 in the last 12 months; 53 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (19), ELECTRIC (9), PAINT/PLASTER (9), WATER LEAK (7), FLOORING/STAIRS (3).

## Bedbugs

6 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)

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

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: JEMS NEW YORK REALTY LLC
- Agent: BROWNSTONE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CORP
- HeadOfficer: SION MISRAHI
- SiteManager: SHAZAD ALI

The same owner is linked to 6 other buildings (SION MISRAHI at 88 RIVINGTON 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/1020020052/606-west-137-street-manhattan