# 626 West 165 Street, Manhattan, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/1021370174/626-west-165-street-manhattan).
BBL 1021370174 · BIN 1079891 · Generated 2026-10-23

## Concern level: high

- 5 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 17 apartments
- 5 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 79 stabilized units for 2023, of about 85 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 79, 2019: 79, 2020: 79, 2021: 79, 2022: 79, 2023: 79.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1930, 5 floors, 85 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

6 open (class C immediately hazardous: 5, class B hazardous: 0, class A non-hazardous: 1); 86 on record.
5 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
This tax lot has 2 buildings; these counts are for this building only.

## DOB building violations

0 active (0 issued in the last 3 years); 1 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

3 active of 5 on record; 0 decided by default; $0 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

0 in the last 12 months; 7 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (2), PAINT/PLASTER (2), SAFETY (1), UNSANITARY CONDITION (1), WATER LEAK (1).

## Bedbugs

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

## Evictions

0 executed in the last 3 years; 0 on record.

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

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

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: ROYAL CHARTER PROPERTIES INC
- Agent: CUSHMAN & WAKEFIELD INC.
- HeadOfficer: KENRICK OU
- Officer: JOHN MCADAMS
- SiteManager: JOSE ANDRES

The same owner is linked to 28 other buildings (KENRICK OU at 405 EAST 71 STREET).

## 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/1021370174/626-west-165-street-manhattan