# 222 West 144 Street, Manhattan, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/1020290039/222-west-144-street-manhattan).
BBL 1020290039 · BIN 1060437 · Generated 2026-10-23

## Concern level: high

- 4 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 6 apartments
- 4 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 4 evictions 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 25 stabilized units for 2023, of about 25 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 26, 2019: 25, 2020: 25, 2021: 25, 2022: 25, 2023: 25.
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 1920, 6 floors, 25 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

2 open (class C immediately hazardous: 0, class B hazardous: 0, class A non-hazardous: 2); 2 on record.
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); 10 on record.

## 311 housing complaints

25 in the last 12 months; 165 on record.
Most common: UNSANITARY CONDITION (37), PLUMBING (25), APPLIANCE (22), HEAT/HOT WATER (20), DOOR/WINDOW (16).

## Bedbugs

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

## Evictions

4 executed in the last 3 years; 5 on record.

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

3 cases on record, 0 open, 3 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## Landlord

- SiteManager: ANDREW KLEIMAN
- CorporateOwner: AZURE HOLDING II LP
- Agent: LEMLE & WOLFF, INC
- HeadOfficer: JOSEPH ZITOLO

The same owner is linked to 183 other buildings (JOSEPH ZITOLO at 5925 BROADWAY).

## 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/1020290039/222-west-144-street-manhattan