# 539 West 155 Street, Manhattan, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/1021140068/539-west-155-street-manhattan).
BBL 1021140068 · BIN 1062696 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: high

- 7 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 3 apartments
- 4 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 1 active DOB violation(s)
- 2 evictions 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 19 stabilized units for 2023, of about 21 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 13, 2019: 12, 2020: 19, 2021: 19, 2022: 19, 2023: 19.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1906, 5 floors, 21 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

18 open (class C immediately hazardous: 7, class B hazardous: 10, class A non-hazardous: 1); 99 on record.
4 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.

## DOB building violations

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

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

3 active of 6 on record; 2 decided by default; $0 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

2 in the last 12 months; 41 on record.
Most common: PLUMBING (8), PAINT/PLASTER (6), HEAT/HOT WATER (6), UNSANITARY CONDITION (5), WATER LEAK (4).

## Bedbugs

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

## Evictions

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

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

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

## Landlord

- HeadOfficer: David Wallace
- Agent: ESTATE REALTY GROUP INC
- CorporateOwner: 535-539 WEST 155 BCR LLC

The same owner is linked to 10 other buildings (David Wallace at 24 Church Street).

## 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/1021140068/539-west-155-street-manhattan