# 305 Convent Avenue, Manhattan, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/1020500015/305-convent-avenue-manhattan).
BBL 1020500015 · BIN 1060929 · Generated 2026-10-23

## Concern level: high

- 13 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 3 apartments
- 10 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 1 open rent-impairing 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.

## Rent stabilization

Likely rent-stabilized. The owner registered 39 stabilized units for 2023, of about 43 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 38, 2019: 40, 2020: 40, 2021: 40, 2022: 40, 2023: 39.
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, 43 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

33 open (class C immediately hazardous: 13, class B hazardous: 17, class A non-hazardous: 3); 353 on record.
10 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); 21 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

1 active of 45 on record; 0 decided by default; $1,280 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

52 in the last 12 months; 176 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (68), UNSANITARY CONDITION (30), PAINT/PLASTER (19), WATER LEAK (15), PLUMBING (13).

## Bedbugs

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

## Evictions

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

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

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

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: 289 & 305 ASSOCIATES LP
- Agent: 289 & 305 ASSOCIATES LP
- HeadOfficer: MARK SCHARFMAN
- SiteManager: DIO DEL ROSARIO

The same owner is linked to 113 other buildings (MARK SCHARFMAN at 111 N CENTRAL PARK 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/1020500015/305-convent-avenue-manhattan