# 454 West 148 Street, Manhattan, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/1020620054/454-west-148-street-manhattan).
BBL 1020620054 · BIN 1061466 · Generated 2026-10-23

## Concern level: high

- 5 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 13 apartments
- 3 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 2 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 2 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 61 stabilized units for 2023, of about 63 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 60, 2019: 61, 2020: 61, 2021: 61, 2022: 61, 2023: 61.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1922, 5 floors, 63 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

12 open (class C immediately hazardous: 5, class B hazardous: 7, class A non-hazardous: 0); 901 on record.
3 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
2 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

0 active (0 issued in the last 3 years); 4 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

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

## 311 housing complaints

31 in the last 12 months; 376 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (200), UNSANITARY CONDITION (34), PAINT/PLASTER (33), PLUMBING (30), DOOR/WINDOW (19).

## Bedbugs

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

## Evictions

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

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

24 cases on record, 0 open, 21 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## Landlord

- SiteManager: ERNESTO ESPARZA
- CorporateOwner: W 148 LLC
- Agent: W 148 LLC
- HeadOfficer: Michael Laub

The same owner is linked to 7 other buildings (Michael Laub at 109 Montgomery 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/1020620054/454-west-148-street-manhattan