# 605 West 156 Street, Manhattan, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/1021340100/605-west-156-street-manhattan).
BBL 1021340100 · BIN 1063257 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: severe

- 19 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 2 apartments
- 19 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 3 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 7 active DOB violation(s)
- 1 eviction executed in the last 3 years
- 1 OATH/ECB fine lost by default (unpaid)

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

Previously on AEP, discharged 2024-06-11.

## Rent stabilization

Likely rent-stabilized. The owner registered 36 stabilized units for 2023, of about 44 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 36, 2019: 36, 2020: 36, 2021: 36, 2022: 36, 2023: 36.
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, 6 floors, 44 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

76 open (class C immediately hazardous: 19, class B hazardous: 42, class A non-hazardous: 15); 776 on record.
19 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
3 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

7 active (2 issued in the last 3 years); 23 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

9 active of 50 on record; 1 decided by default; $14,275 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

122 in the last 12 months; 728 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (282), UNSANITARY CONDITION (89), PLUMBING (80), WATER LEAK (69), PAINT/PLASTER (45).

## Bedbugs

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

## Evictions

1 executed in the last 3 years; 2 on record.

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

5 cases on record, 0 open, 3 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: WEST 156 STREET 605 REALTY LLC
- Agent: US REALTY CORP
- HeadOfficer: JONATHAN SAMET
- Officer: SANEL CEKIC
- SiteManager: SANEL CEKIC

The same owner is linked to 4 other buildings (JONATHAN SAMET at 1360 EAST 14TH ST).

## 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/1021340100/605-west-156-street-manhattan