# 541 West 158 Street, Manhattan, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/1021170059/541-west-158-street-manhattan).
BBL 1021170059 · BIN 1062781 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: severe

- 26 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 24 apartments
- 11 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 1 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 1 active DOB violation(s)

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 2010-01-19.

## Rent stabilization

Likely rent-stabilized: on the DHCR 2024 registered building list.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1909, 6 floors, 24 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

59 open (class C immediately hazardous: 26, class B hazardous: 25, class A non-hazardous: 8); 593 on record.
11 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
1 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

1 active (0 issued in the last 3 years); 31 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

0 active of 17 on record; 0 decided by default; $0 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

10 in the last 12 months; 121 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (50), PAINT/PLASTER (25), UNSANITARY CONDITION (16), PLUMBING (9), WATER LEAK (7).

## Bedbugs

6 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)

23 cases on record, 0 open, 16 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: 158 MANAGEMENT LLC
- Agent: 158 MANAGEMENT
- HeadOfficer: DAVID HAKAKIAN
- SiteManager: DAVID HAKAKIAN

The same owner is linked to 9 other buildings (DAVID HAKAKIAN at 525 7 AVE).

## 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/1021170059/541-west-158-street-manhattan