# 519 West 189 Street, Manhattan, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/1021590067/519-west-189-street-manhattan).
BBL 1021590067 · BIN 1063854 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: high

- 10 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 5 apartments
- 10 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 4 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 1 active DOB violation(s)

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 49 stabilized units for 2023, of about 45 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 49, 2019: 49, 2020: 49, 2021: 49, 2022: 49, 2023: 49.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1925, 6 floors, 45 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

23 open (class C immediately hazardous: 10, class B hazardous: 11, class A non-hazardous: 2); 493 on record.
10 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
4 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

1 active (0 issued in the last 3 years); 5 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

0 active of 7 on record; 0 decided by default; $0 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

10 in the last 12 months; 79 on record.
Most common: UNSANITARY CONDITION (26), HEAT/HOT WATER (16), PAINT/PLASTER (11), GENERAL (6), DOOR/WINDOW (5).

## Bedbugs

8 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)

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

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: 519-521 WEST 189TH LLC
- Agent: HAMILTON TOWERS LLC
- HeadOfficer: ALEX KOHEN
- Officer: MOSES MIZRAHI
- Shareholder: Moses Mizrahi
- SiteManager: NICOLAS BRAVO

The same owner is linked to 10 other buildings (ALEX KOHEN at 514 WEST 184 ST).

## 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/1021590067/519-west-189-street-manhattan