# 448 West 163 Street, Manhattan, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/1021100008/448-west-163-street-manhattan).
BBL 1021100008 · BIN 1084315 · Generated 2026-10-23

## Concern level: severe

- 18 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 2 apartments
- 9 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 2 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 5 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 40 stabilized units for 2023, of about 40 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 40, 2019: 40, 2020: 40, 2023: 40.
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, 40 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

22 open (class C immediately hazardous: 15, class B hazardous: 3, class A non-hazardous: 4); 217 on record.
6 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
2 open violations are rent-impairing.
This tax lot has 2 buildings; these counts are for this building only.

## DOB building violations

5 active (1 issued in the last 3 years); 5 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

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

## 311 housing complaints

30 in the last 12 months; 143 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (48), PAINT/PLASTER (20), UNSANITARY CONDITION (17), PLUMBING (13), GENERAL (12).

## 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)

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

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: MILFORD REALTY, L.L.C
- Agent: RENTAL & MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATES
- HeadOfficer: LEONARD SCHWARTZ
- SiteManager: DUANE STEPHEN
- Officer: HILDA SCHWARTZ

The same owner is linked to 9 other buildings (LEONARD SCHWARTZ at 1060 SHERMAN AVENUE).

## 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/1021100008/448-west-163-street-manhattan