# 509 West 161 Street, Manhattan, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/1021200044/509-west-161-street-manhattan).
BBL 1021200044 · BIN 1062871 · Generated 2026-10-23

## Concern level: severe

- 13 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 25 apartments
- 13 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 7 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 2 active DOB violation(s)
- 6 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 25 stabilized units for 2023, of about 25 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 25, 2019: 25, 2020: 25, 2021: 25, 2022: 25, 2023: 25.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1920, 5 floors, 25 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

32 open (class C immediately hazardous: 13, class B hazardous: 11, class A non-hazardous: 8); 340 on record.
13 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
7 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

2 active (0 issued in the last 3 years); 16 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

6 active of 18 on record; 6 decided by default; $0 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

63 in the last 12 months; 190 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (112), PAINT/PLASTER (23), UNSANITARY CONDITION (14), WATER LEAK (9), DOOR/WINDOW (7).

## Bedbugs

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

## Evictions

0 executed in the last 3 years; 4 on record.

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

28 cases on record, 0 open, 20 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: PASKAL 1, LLC
- Agent: ALMA REALTY CORP
- HeadOfficer: EFSTATHIOS VALIOTIS
- SiteManager: NICHOLAS CONWAY

The same owner is linked to 29 other buildings (EFSTATHIOS VALIOTIS at 31-10 37TH 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/1021200044/509-west-161-street-manhattan