# 546 West 165 Street, Manhattan, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/1021220082/546-west-165-street-manhattan).
BBL 1021220082 · BIN 1062932 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: severe

- On HPD's Alternative Enforcement Program — the city's most-distressed-buildings list
- 20 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 5 apartments
- 3 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 15 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 12 active DOB violation(s)
- Tax lien sold at the city's lien sale — a sign of financial distress

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

Currently on AEP, the city's most-distressed-buildings program, since 2020-01-31.

## Rent stabilization

Not on the rent-stabilized lists (DOF tax-bill records, DHCR building list). Absence is not proof a unit is unregulated.
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, 5 floors, 5 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

194 open (class C immediately hazardous: 20, class B hazardous: 105, class A non-hazardous: 68); 361 on record.
3 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
15 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

12 active (2 issued in the last 3 years); 12 on record.

## 311 housing complaints

40 in the last 12 months; 64 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (13), GENERAL (11), PLUMBING (9), PAINT/PLASTER (5), UNSANITARY CONDITION (5).

## Bedbugs

1 annual bedbug filing 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, 2 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## City debt and tax-lien sale

The tax lien was sold at the city's lien sale in 2021.

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: 546 W 165 LLC
- Agent: Brooklyn Brownstone Management LLC
- SiteManager: Lakuan Ebanks
- HeadOfficer: Lakuan Ebanks

The same owner is linked to 1 other building (Lakuan Ebanks at 980 Greene 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/1021220082/546-west-165-street-manhattan