# 503 West 167 Street, Manhattan, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/1021230101/503-west-167-street-manhattan).
BBL 1021230101 · BIN 1062985 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: severe

- 15 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 2 apartments
- 10 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 1 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 1 eviction 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 28 stabilized units for 2023, of about 30 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 28, 2019: 28, 2020: 28, 2021: 28, 2023: 28.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1925, 5 floors, 30 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

30 open (class C immediately hazardous: 15, class B hazardous: 12, class A non-hazardous: 3); 472 on record.
10 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
1 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

0 active (0 issued in the last 3 years); 4 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

0 active of 4 on record; 0 decided by default; $0 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

15 in the last 12 months; 71 on record.
Most common: PAINT/PLASTER (13), PLUMBING (13), FLOORING/STAIRS (13), UNSANITARY CONDITION (12), GENERAL (7).

## Bedbugs

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

## Evictions

1 executed in the last 3 years; 1 on record.

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

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

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: 505 WEST 167TH ST ASSOCIATES, LLC
- HeadOfficer: ROBERT RAPHAEL
- SiteManager: TONY ROMAN
- Agent: GILMAN MANAGEMENT CORP

The same owner is linked to 36 other buildings (ROBERT RAPHAEL at 55 WATER MILL LANE).

## 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/1021230101/503-west-167-street-manhattan