# 259 West 144 Street, Manhattan, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/1020300010/259-west-144-street-manhattan).
BBL 1020300010 · BIN 1060447 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: high

- 3 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 28 apartments
- 3 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 1 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 5 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 83 stabilized units for 2023, of about 83 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 83, 2019: 84, 2020: 83, 2021: 83, 2023: 83.
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 1921, 6 floors, 83 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

26 open (class C immediately hazardous: 3, class B hazardous: 19, class A non-hazardous: 4); 391 on record.
3 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
1 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

0 active (0 issued in the last 3 years); 28 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

1 active of 18 on record; 0 decided by default; $0 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

61 in the last 12 months; 371 on record.
Most common: PLUMBING (75), UNSANITARY CONDITION (67), HEAT/HOT WATER (64), FLOORING/STAIRS (62), PAINT/PLASTER (25).

## Bedbugs

8 annual bedbug filings by the owner; latest reports 3 infested units. A filing has reported re-infestation.

## Evictions

5 executed in the last 3 years; 10 on record.

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

8 cases on record, 0 open, 8 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: Azure 144th, LLC
- Agent: Jay Newhouse
- HeadOfficer: Jay Newhouse

The same owner is linked to 71 other buildings (Jay Newhouse at 2259 7th 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/1020300010/259-west-144-street-manhattan