# 521 West 156 Street, Manhattan, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/1021150047/521-west-156-street-manhattan).
BBL 1021150047 · BIN 1079862 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: severe

- 20 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 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.

## HPD Alternative Enforcement Program

Previously on AEP, discharged 2018-04-26.

## Rent stabilization

Likely rent-stabilized. The owner registered 12 stabilized units for 2023, of about 46 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 28, 2019: 28, 2020: 28, 2021: 28, 2023: 12.
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, 46 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

10 open (class C immediately hazardous: 6, class B hazardous: 3, class A non-hazardous: 1); 243 on record.
2 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
This tax lot has 2 buildings; these counts are for this building only.

## DOB building violations

0 active (0 issued in the last 3 years); 11 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

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

## 311 housing complaints

117 in the last 12 months; 406 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (67), UNSANITARY CONDITION (55), PAINT/PLASTER (48), APPLIANCE (43), PLUMBING (42).

## Bedbugs

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

## Evictions

5 executed in the last 3 years; 6 on record.

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

27 cases on record, 0 open, 19 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: 521 W 156, LLC
- Agent: DOV SCHREIBER
- HeadOfficer: SHAUL KOPLOWITZ
- SiteManager: ANEDY TAPIA

The same owner is linked to 29 other buildings (SHAUL KOPLOWITZ at 1499 CONEY ISLAND 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/1021150047/521-west-156-street-manhattan