# 561 West 179 Street, Manhattan, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/1021530029/561-west-179-street-manhattan).
BBL 1021530029 · BIN 1079911 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: high

- 1 open class-C HPD violation (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 56 apartments
- 1 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 16 active DOB violation(s)
- 7 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 56 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 30, 2019: 30, 2020: 30, 2021: 30, 2022: 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 1905, 5 floors, 56 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

10 open (class C immediately hazardous: 1, class B hazardous: 8, class A non-hazardous: 1); 169 on record.
1 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.

## DOB building violations

16 active (4 issued in the last 3 years); 19 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

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

## 311 housing complaints

26 in the last 12 months; 106 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (56), PAINT/PLASTER (12), APPLIANCE (9), PLUMBING (7), ELECTRIC (5).

## Bedbugs

6 annual bedbug filings by the owner; latest reports 1 infested unit.

## Evictions

7 executed in the last 3 years; 11 on record.

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

2 cases on record, 0 open, 2 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## City debt and tax-lien sale

On a tax-lien sale list in 2025 (30-day notice), water/sewer debt only.

## Landlord

- HeadOfficer: Rick Herman
- SiteManager: Josh Spitzer
- CorporateOwner: 561 West 179 St. NYC LLC
- Agent: Josh Spitzer

The same owner is linked to 66 other buildings (Rick Herman at 261 Lenox Road OFFICE).

## 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/1021530029/561-west-179-street-manhattan