# 527 West 162 Street, Manhattan, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/1021220011/527-west-162-street-manhattan).
BBL 1021220011 · BIN 1062915 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: severe

- 14 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 8 apartments
- 1 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 10 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 1 active DOB violation(s)
- 1 OATH/ECB fine 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 8 stabilized units for 2018, of about 8 apartments.
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, 3 floors, 8 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

46 open (class C immediately hazardous: 14, class B hazardous: 31, class A non-hazardous: 1); 207 on record.
1 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
10 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

1 active (0 issued in the last 3 years); 5 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

5 active of 15 on record; 1 decided by default; $8,125 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

35 in the last 12 months; 135 on record.
Most common: PLUMBING (28), UNSANITARY CONDITION (26), PAINT/PLASTER (17), ELECTRIC (14), APPLIANCE (11).

## 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)

9 cases on record, 0 open, 7 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## City debt and tax-lien sale

On a tax-lien sale list in 2019 (10-day notice).

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: 527 W 162 LLC
- Agent: NATE RUBY
- HeadOfficer: DAVID FREIER

The same owner is linked to 1 other building (DAVID FREIER at 209 EMPIRE BLVD).

## 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/1021220011/527-west-162-street-manhattan