# 296 West 147 Street, Manhattan, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/1020320061/296-west-147-street-manhattan).
BBL 1020320061 · BIN 1060516 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: severe

- 41 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 30 apartments
- 41 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 8 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 1 active DOB violation(s)
- 3 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 30 stabilized units for 2023, of about 30 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 30, 2019: 30, 2020: 30, 2021: 30, 2022: 30, 2023: 30.
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, 5 floors, 30 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

97 open (class C immediately hazardous: 41, class B hazardous: 50, class A non-hazardous: 6); 163 on record.
41 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
8 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

1 active (0 issued in the last 3 years); 18 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

0 active of 12 on record; 0 decided by default; $0 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

82 in the last 12 months; 151 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (49), WATER LEAK (26), PAINT/PLASTER (23), UNSANITARY CONDITION (19), PLUMBING (14).

## Bedbugs

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

## Evictions

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

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

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

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: CENTRAL HARLEM ASSOCIATES LLC
- Agent: METROPOLITAN PROPERTY SERVICES
- HeadOfficer: Keith Gordon
- SiteManager: TONY DOBBINSON

The same owner is linked to 11 other buildings (Keith Gordon at 141-50 85TH ROAD).

## 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/1020320061/296-west-147-street-manhattan