# 551 West 157 Street, Manhattan, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/1021160061/551-west-157-street-manhattan).
BBL 1021160061 · BIN 1062745 · Generated 2026-10-23

## Concern level: high

- 7 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 4 apartments
- 3 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 3 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 7 active DOB violation(s)
- 1 eviction 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.

## Rent stabilization

Likely rent-stabilized. The owner registered 30 stabilized units for 2020, of about 31 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 30, 2019: 30, 2020: 30.
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, 6 floors, 31 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

58 open (class C immediately hazardous: 7, class B hazardous: 42, class A non-hazardous: 9); 297 on record.
3 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
3 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

7 active (0 issued in the last 3 years); 25 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

3 active of 10 on record; 0 decided by default; $0 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

40 in the last 12 months; 145 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (93), PAINT/PLASTER (9), PLUMBING (9), DOOR/WINDOW (7), UNSANITARY CONDITION (7).

## 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: THE 551 HDFC INC.
- Agent: U.H.O. MANAGEMENT CORPORATION
- HeadOfficer: PAUL MOORE
- SiteManager: JOSEPHINE DOMINGUEZ

The same owner is linked to 1 other building (PAUL MOORE at 420 FIFTH 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/1021160061/551-west-157-street-manhattan