# 608 West 191 Street, Manhattan, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/1021690006/608-west-191-street-manhattan).
BBL 1021690006 · BIN 1064023 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: severe

- 25 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 24 apartments
- 17 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 2 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 2023, of about 24 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 22, 2020: 22, 2023: 25.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1914, 5 floors, 24 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

107 open (class C immediately hazardous: 25, class B hazardous: 54, class A non-hazardous: 28); 315 on record.
17 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
2 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

0 active (0 issued in the last 3 years); 11 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

0 active of 2 on record; 0 decided by default; $0 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

45 in the last 12 months; 188 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (82), PAINT/PLASTER (18), ELECTRIC (17), UNSANITARY CONDITION (17), PLUMBING (14).

## Bedbugs

6 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)

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

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: RH 608 WEST 191 STREET LLC
- Agent: EXCLUSIVE MANAGEMENT LLC
- HeadOfficer: BARUCH HIRSCH
- Officer: BARUCH HIRSCH
- SiteManager: BARUCH HIRSCH

The same owner is linked to 3 other buildings (BARUCH HIRSCH at 35 WEST 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/1021690006/608-west-191-street-manhattan