# 221 West 139 Street, Manhattan, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/1020250020/221-west-139-street-manhattan).
BBL 1020250020 · BIN 1060364 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: severe

- 16 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 6 apartments
- 15 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 2 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 14 active DOB violation(s)
- 1 OATH/ECB fine 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.

## HPD Alternative Enforcement Program

Previously on AEP, discharged 2018-09-11.

## Rent stabilization

Not on the rent-stabilized lists (DOF tax-bill records, DHCR building list). Absence is not proof a unit is unregulated.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1891, 4 floors, 6 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

28 open (class C immediately hazardous: 16, class B hazardous: 8, class A non-hazardous: 4); 242 on record.
15 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
2 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

14 active (0 issued in the last 3 years); 15 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

2 active of 5 on record; 1 decided by default; $0 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

6 in the last 12 months; 71 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (34), UNSANITARY CONDITION (11), PAINT/PLASTER (7), GENERAL (7), APPLIANCE (4).

## Bedbugs

4 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)

11 cases on record, 0 open, 10 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## City debt and tax-lien sale

On a tax-lien sale list in 2021 (90-day notice).

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: 221 WEST 139 LLC
- Agent: 221 WEST 139 LLC
- HeadOfficer: DAVID HAKAKIAN
- SiteManager: ALEX RODRIGEZ

The same owner is linked to 9 other buildings (DAVID HAKAKIAN at 525 7 AVE).

## 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/1020250020/221-west-139-street-manhattan