# 515 West 168 Street, Manhattan, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/1021250053/515-west-168-street-manhattan).
BBL 1021250053 · BIN 1063013 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: high

- 7 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 12 apartments
- 6 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 2 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 2 active DOB 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 80 stabilized units for 2023, of about 84 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 82, 2019: 81, 2020: 80, 2021: 80, 2022: 80, 2023: 80.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1929, 6 floors, 84 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

24 open (class C immediately hazardous: 7, class B hazardous: 16, class A non-hazardous: 1); 465 on record.
6 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
2 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

2 active (1 issued in the last 3 years); 28 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

0 active of 31 on record; 0 decided by default; $0 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

68 in the last 12 months; 306 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (147), UNSANITARY CONDITION (43), PAINT/PLASTER (24), PLUMBING (22), WATER LEAK (15).

## Bedbugs

9 annual bedbug filings by the owner; latest reports 0 infested units. A filing has reported re-infestation.

## Evictions

1 executed in the last 3 years; 8 on record.

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

17 cases on record, 0 open, 11 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: 515W168 LP
- HeadOfficer: MICHAEL KOHN
- Officer: Fausto Diaz
- Agent: BRG MANAGEMENT LLC
- SiteManager: MICHAEL KOHN

The same owner is linked to 3 other buildings (MICHAEL KOHN at 711 STEWART 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/1021250053/515-west-168-street-manhattan