# 539 West 163 Street, Manhattan, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/1021220130/539-west-163-street-manhattan).
BBL 1021220130 · BIN 1062940 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: high

- 8 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 4 apartments
- 2 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 3 evictions 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 29 stabilized units for 2023, of about 30 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 29, 2019: 29, 2020: 29, 2021: 29, 2023: 29.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1900, 5 floors, 30 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

8 open (class C immediately hazardous: 8, class B hazardous: 0, class A non-hazardous: 0); 142 on record.
2 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.

## DOB building violations

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

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

0 active of 2 on record; 0 decided by default; $0 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

7 in the last 12 months; 41 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (19), PAINT/PLASTER (5), ELECTRIC (3), UNSANITARY CONDITION (3), GENERAL (3).

## Bedbugs

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

## Evictions

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

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

1 cases on record, 0 open, 1 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: 539 HOLDING LTD
- Agent: 539 HOLDING LTD
- HeadOfficer: LEON LOVINGER
- Officer: LEON LOVINGER
- SiteManager: DIEGO CRIOLLO

The same owner is linked to 5 other buildings (LEON LOVINGER at 105 EAST 198 STREET).

## 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/1021220130/539-west-163-street-manhattan