# 539 West 179 Street, Manhattan, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/1021530055/539-west-179-street-manhattan).
BBL 1021530055 · BIN 1063633 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: severe

- 19 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 26 apartments
- 3 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 5 open rent-impairing 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 25 stabilized units for 2018, of about 26 apartments.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1922, 5 floors, 26 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

86 open (class C immediately hazardous: 19, class B hazardous: 53, class A non-hazardous: 14); 549 on record.
3 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
5 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

0 active (0 issued in the last 3 years); 2 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

1 active of 10 on record; 0 decided by default; $0 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

52 in the last 12 months; 163 on record.
Most common: UNSANITARY CONDITION (36), PAINT/PLASTER (26), PLUMBING (23), HEAT/HOT WATER (22), WATER LEAK (17).

## Bedbugs

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

## Evictions

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

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

10 cases on record, 0 open, 8 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).

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: 175 REALTY ASSOCIATES II LLC
- Agent: 175 REALTY ASSOCIATES II LLC
- HeadOfficer: FRAIDY RUBIN
- Officer: YOEL SCHWEID
- Shareholder: FRAIDY RUBIN
- Shareholder: JENO GUTTMAN
- Shareholder: YOEL SCHWEID
- SiteManager: RAMON PEREZ

The same owner is linked to 11 other buildings (FRAIDY RUBIN at 61 HARRISON 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/1021530055/539-west-179-street-manhattan