# 650 West 173 Street, Manhattan, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/1021420115/650-west-173-street-manhattan).
BBL 1021420115 · BIN 1063498 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: high

- 7 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 4 apartments
- 3 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 10 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 9 active DOB violation(s)
- 2 evictions 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 30 stabilized units for 2023, of about 30 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 31, 2019: 30, 2020: 30, 2021: 30, 2023: 30.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1917, 5 floors, 30 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

46 open (class C immediately hazardous: 7, class B hazardous: 36, class A non-hazardous: 2); 310 on record.
3 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
10 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

9 active (0 issued in the last 3 years); 9 on record.

## 311 housing complaints

7 in the last 12 months; 70 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (30), UNSANITARY CONDITION (13), PAINT/PLASTER (7), GENERAL (5), APPLIANCE (4).

## Bedbugs

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

## Evictions

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

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

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

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: 650 W 173 LLC
- Agent: EDEL FAMILY MANAGEMENT
- HeadOfficer: FLORENCE EDELSTEIN
- Officer: FLORENCE EDELSTEIN
- Shareholder: DAVID EDELSTEIN
- Shareholder: FLORENCE EDELSTEIN
- SiteManager: JOSEPH HONIG

The same owner is linked to 13 other buildings (FLORENCE EDELSTEIN at 2207 CONEY ISLAND AVE).

## 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/1021420115/650-west-173-street-manhattan