# 540 West 158 Street, Manhattan, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/1021160015/540-west-158-street-manhattan).
BBL 1021160015 · BIN 1062731 · Generated 2026-10-23

## Concern level: severe

- 12 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 3 apartments
- 7 of those issued 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.

## Rent stabilization

Likely rent-stabilized. The owner registered 29 stabilized units for 2021, of about 30 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 29, 2019: 29, 2020: 29, 2021: 29.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1925, 6 floors, 30 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

41 open (class C immediately hazardous: 12, class B hazardous: 15, class A non-hazardous: 14); 549 on record.
7 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.

## DOB building violations

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

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

1 active of 7 on record; 0 decided by default; $0 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

51 in the last 12 months; 317 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (88), PLUMBING (55), PAINT/PLASTER (50), FLOORING/STAIRS (29), WATER LEAK (22).

## Bedbugs

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

## Evictions

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

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

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

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: WEST 158TH 536, LLC
- Agent: DOV SCHREIBER
- HeadOfficer: SHAUL KOPLOWITZ
- SiteManager: RUFINO REVERA

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/1021160015/540-west-158-street-manhattan