# 506 West 173 Street, Manhattan, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/1021290041/506-west-173-street-manhattan).
BBL 1021290041 · BIN 1063103 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: severe

- 15 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 20 apartments
- 14 of those issued 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 19 stabilized units for 2023, of about 20 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 21, 2019: 19, 2020: 19, 2021: 19, 2022: 19, 2023: 19.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1906, 5 floors, 20 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

35 open (class C immediately hazardous: 15, class B hazardous: 14, class A non-hazardous: 6); 766 on record.
14 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.

## DOB building violations

0 active (0 issued in the last 3 years); 7 on record.

## 311 housing complaints

53 in the last 12 months; 324 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (183), PAINT/PLASTER (25), PLUMBING (24), FLOORING/STAIRS (23), DOOR/WINDOW (16).

## Bedbugs

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

## Evictions

0 executed in the last 3 years; 2 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 2025 (10-day notice), water/sewer debt only.

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: 173 HEIGHTS LLC.
- Agent: 173 HEIGHTS LLC.
- HeadOfficer: JOSEPH SOLEIMANI
- SiteManager: JOSEPH SOLEIMANI

The same owner is linked to 60 other buildings (JOSEPH SOLEIMANI at 11 GRACE 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/1021290041/506-west-173-street-manhattan