# 540 West 189 Street, Manhattan, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/1021590043/540-west-189-street-manhattan).
BBL 1021590043 · BIN 1063853 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: severe

- 23 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 30 apartments
- 18 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 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 22 stabilized units for 2023, of about 30 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 23, 2019: 21, 2020: 21, 2021: 21, 2022: 22, 2023: 22.
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, 6 floors, 30 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

63 open (class C immediately hazardous: 23, class B hazardous: 25, class A non-hazardous: 15); 781 on record.
18 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.

## DOB building violations

0 active (0 issued in the last 3 years); 4 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

0 active of 17 on record; 0 decided by default; $0 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

31 in the last 12 months; 397 on record.
Most common: UNSANITARY CONDITION (62), PAINT/PLASTER (62), PLUMBING (54), HEAT/HOT WATER (44), DOOR/WINDOW (44).

## Bedbugs

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

## Evictions

2 executed in the last 3 years; 5 on record.

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

10 cases on record, 0 open, 9 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: 540 WEST 189TH GROUP LLC
- Agent: PLAZA MANAGEMENT
- HeadOfficer: JEFF GDANSKI
- Officer: DAVID EISELT
- SiteManager: CHAIM COHEN

The same owner is linked to 1 other building (JEFF GDANSKI at 50 RUTLEDGE 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/1021590043/540-west-189-street-manhattan