# 535 West 144 Street, Manhattan, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/1020760118/535-west-144-street-manhattan).
BBL 1020760118 · BIN 1061923 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: severe

- 4 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 5 apartments
- 4 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 3 active DOB violation(s)
- 1 eviction executed in the last 3 years
- 2 OATH/ECB fines 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 5 stabilized units for 2019, of about 5 apartments.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1910, 5 floors, 5 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

33 open (class C immediately hazardous: 4, class B hazardous: 24, class A non-hazardous: 5); 81 on record.
4 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

3 active (0 issued in the last 3 years); 12 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

2 active of 3 on record; 2 decided by default; $25,000 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

5 in the last 12 months; 31 on record.
Most common: UNSANITARY CONDITION (7), HEAT/HOT WATER (6), DOOR/WINDOW (4), PLUMBING (4), APPLIANCE (3).

## Bedbugs

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

## Evictions

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

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

2 cases on record, 0 open, 2 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: WHGA RENAISSANCE APARTMENTS LP
- Agent: WEST HARLEM GROUP ASSISTANCE, INC.
- HeadOfficer: GENEVIEVE OUTLAW
- Officer: LENORE BROWNE
- SiteManager: DONALD NOTICE

## 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/1020760118/535-west-144-street-manhattan