601 West 162 Street

Manhattan, NY

BBL 1-02137-0032BIN 1063356Plain-text version

Concern level2 of 4

Moderate

014 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 9 apartments
023 of those issued in the last 3 years
031 open rent-impairing violation(s)
043 active DOB violation(s)

How this is set: open hazardous violations measured against the building's size, then raised by strong distress signals — HPD's enforcement program, court harassment findings, recent evictions, unpaid OATH/ECB fines, open housing-court cases, and a sold tax lien. Neighborhood noise and crime are not part of it. It describes the public record, not the condition of any one apartment, and a quiet record is not proof of a good building.

Rent regulation

Likely rent-stabilized

The owner registered 31 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 35 apartments.

2018 — 31 units registered2023 — 31

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

Registration counts apply to the building, not to unit numbers. To confirm your own apartment, request your rent history from New York State Homes and Community Renewal — it is free and takes a few weeks.

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Rent regulation

The building

1911

Built

Floors

Residential units

Elevator apartments

Type

Energy-efficiency grade

Grade D — least efficient

ENERGY STAR score 9 of 100

Posted at the entrance of buildings over 25,000 sq ft (Local Law 33). It rates energy efficiency — a proxy for comfort and utility cost — not the landlord's upkeep.

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building39 others linked to the same owner

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

318

On record

Open Class C

Open Class B

Open Class A

Class C is immediately hazardous, Class B is hazardous, Class A is non-hazardous. A violation stays open until HPD certifies the repair, so some open items may already be fixed. HPD writes a separate violation for each room or spot, so one inspection can produce several near-identical entries; those are grouped below by apartment and date.

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 5FIssued 2026-10-192 violations

§ 27-2056.6 ADM CODE - CORRECT THE LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD-PAINT THAT IS PEELING OR ON A DETERIORATED SUBSURFACE AND EITHER TESTED INCONCLUSIVE FOR LEAD CONTENT AT 0.5MG/CM2 OR TESTED POSITIVE FOR LEAD CONTENT ON A METAL OR CERAMIC SUBSTRATE AS SET FORTH IN (28 RCNY §11-07(b)) USING WORK PRACTICES SET FORTH IN 28 RCNY §11-06(b)(2). EAST WALL IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 5F, 5th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH
HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF MICE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 5F, 5th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2026-10-19

§ 27-2005, 27-2007, 27-2041.1 HMC, §238, § 309; § 107 (2) ( C) MDL AND 28 RCNY §25-171: REPLACE OR REPAIR THE SELF-CLOSING DOORS THAT IS MISSING OR DEFECTIVE HINGES AT EAST 1 DOOR AT PUBLIC HALL, 5th STORY

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 6AIssued 2020-02-135+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... EAST WINDOW FRAME, EAST WALL AND CEILING, APPROXIMATELY 30 SQUARE FEET IN THE 1st ROOM FROM EAST AT CENTER LOCATED AT APT 6A, 6th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST

Status: Defect letter issued

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSIssued 2026-10-19RENT-IMPAIRING

§ 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE REMOVE ALL ENCUMBRANCES CONSISTING OF WOOD CABINETS AND WASHING MACHINE AT PUBLIC HALL, 5th STORY

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water28

Paint/Plaster15

Unsanitary Condition14

General7

Door/Window7

Water Leak6

Electric5

Plumbing4

Complaints record what a tenant reported, not a finding by the city. "Closed" often means the inspector could not gain access.

311 complaints from tenants

Neighborhood noise

Much higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

2532

Noise reports · last 12 mo

211

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Street/Sidewalk1366

Residential644

Vehicle346

Commercial111

Unspecified64

Helicopter1

311 noise complaints within about 1,000 ft (a few blocks) in the last year. Most reports here are about outdoor noise (mostly street/sidewalk) — street life and traffic more than neighbors. This counts how often people call 311, which tracks how densely populated and busy an area is as much as how loud it is — it is not a sound measurement.

Neighborhood noise

Neighborhood crime

Much higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

592

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony227

Misdemeanor288

Violation77

NYPD complaints reported within about 1,000 ft (a few blocks) in the last year, by severity. This reflects what gets reported and where police are active as much as actual safety, and busier, denser, higher-foot-traffic blocks log more. Locations are approximate — the NYPD shifts each report to the nearest corner for privacy — so read this as rough context, not a safety score.

Neighborhood crime

Bedbug history

No bedbugs reported

The owner filed 6 annual bedbug reports and reported no infested units. Filing with zero infestations is the compliant, reassuring case.

Bedbug history

DOB building violations

Active

On record

Active, last 3 yrs

Violations issued by the Department of Buildings that the owner must correct. Most don't carry a fine on their own; summonses that go to a hearing and can be fined are listed separately under OATH/ECB.

ACTIVE · FISPNRF-NO REPORT AND / OR LATE FILING (FACADE) FACADE REQUIRED2018-07-31

FAILED TO FILE FISP CYCLE 8B TECHNICAL REPORT BY 02/21/2018

ACTIVE · FISPNRF-NO REPORT AND / OR LATE FILING (FACADE) FACADE REQUIRED2013-08-30

FAILED TO FILE FISP CYCLE 7B TECHNICAL REPORT BY 08/21/2012

ACTIVE · E-ELEVATOR ELEVATORREQUIRED1992-06-22

DOB building violations

OATH/ECB violations and fines

Balance due (active)

Active violations

Lost by default

These are separate from DOB violations. They are summonses written by DOB inspectors and decided at a hearing before OATH, the city's administrative court (formerly the Environmental Control Board), and they can carry a fine. "Lost by default" means the owner never appeared at the hearing. An unpaid balance is a stronger "ignoring the city" signal than a raw violation count.

OATH/ECB violations and fines

Evictions

Executed, all time

Last 3 years

2023-05-09Apt STORE 10commercial

Executed by a city marshal. An eviction can be lawful; a high or rising count is a displacement signal, not proof of wrongdoing.

Evictions

Housing court: repair & harassment cases

Cases on record

Open now

Tenant-brought

Harassment found

With a judgment

Most cases are tenants taking the owner to court to force repairs. A case is not proof of wrongdoing; a harassment finding or judgment is a court ruling against the owner.

CLOSEDOpened 2019-02-26

Comprehensive

CLOSEDOpened 2019-01-15

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2015-03-25

Harassment case

CLOSEDOpened 2014-06-18

Tenant action

These are cases HPD is a party to, mostly tenants suing to force repairs or stop harassment. Eviction cases landlords file against tenants are not in the city's open data, so they don't appear here; the Evictions section shows only evictions a marshal carried out.

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

601 W 162 ASSOC L P C/O SDG MANAGEMENT C

Head officer

STUART GOLDSTEIN

Managing agent

SDG MANAGEMENT CORP.

39 other buildings share this owner's registration contacts. Shared contacts suggest common control, but they are not proof of ownership.

1220 ST NICHOLAS AVENUEMANHATTAN 130 FT WASHINGTON AVENUEMANHATTAN 1340 ST NICHOLAS AVENUEMANHATTAN 1386 NELSON AVENUEBRONX 145 VERMILYEA AVENUEMANHATTAN

Landlord and related buildings

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale1993-08-11 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2014-04-28 · $822,667.21

Mortgage2014-04-28$822,667.21

borrower 601 WEST 162 ASSOCIATES, L.P. · lender SIGNATURE BANK, N.A.

Mortgage2011-02-16$142,397.23

borrower 601 WEST 162 ASSOCIATES, L.P. · lender JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.

Mortgage2006-08-31$2,608,470.15

borrower 601 WEST 162 ASSOCIATES, L.P. · lender WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK

Mortgage1997-03-19$466,495.63

borrower 601 WEST 162 ASSOCIATES, L.P. · lender CITIBANK, NA

Mortgage1994-06-08$499,000

borrower 601 WEST 162 ASSOCIATES, L.P. · lender FOURTH FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK

From ACRIS recorded documents. Amounts are often $0 or nominal for transfers between related parties, and LLCs can obscure who is really involved — treat this as public-record context, not a valuation.

Ownership & money

City debt & tax-lien sale

Not on the city's tax-lien sale list (2019–2025). The owner has not fallen far enough behind on property tax or water charges to be flagged for a lien sale.

City debt & tax-lien sale