# 79 St Nicholas Place, Manhattan, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/1020690008/79-st-nicholas-place-manhattan).
BBL 1020690008 · BIN 1061701 · Generated 2026-10-23

## Concern level: high

- 5 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 5 apartments
- 1 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 3 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 1 active DOB violation(s)
- 1 OATH/ECB fine lost by default (unpaid)

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 26 stabilized units for 2022, of about 27 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 25, 2019: 26, 2020: 26, 2021: 26, 2022: 26.
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, 27 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

20 open (class C immediately hazardous: 5, class B hazardous: 8, class A non-hazardous: 7); 594 on record.
1 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
3 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

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

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

1 active of 8 on record; 1 decided by default; $4,122 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

6 in the last 12 months; 46 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (17), UNSANITARY CONDITION (7), PAINT/PLASTER (7), WATER LEAK (5), PLUMBING (4).

## Bedbugs

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

## Evictions

0 executed in the last 3 years; 1 on record.

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

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

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: 79 S N LTD
- Agent: 79 S N LTD
- HeadOfficer: ANGEL ORTIZ
- SiteManager: JULIO HERNANDEZ

The same owner is linked to 15 other buildings (ANGEL ORTIZ at 2562 BRIGGS 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/1020690008/79-st-nicholas-place-manhattan