# 681 West 193 Street, Manhattan, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/1021700560/681-west-193-street-manhattan).
BBL 1021700560 · BIN 1079927 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: severe

- 81 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 125 apartments
- 77 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 3 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 14 active DOB violation(s)
- 3 OATH/ECB fines lost by default (unpaid)

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 122 stabilized units for 2023, of about 125 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 120, 2019: 120, 2020: 120, 2021: 120, 2022: 120, 2023: 122.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1927, 6 floors, 125 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

191 open (class C immediately hazardous: 81, class B hazardous: 94, class A non-hazardous: 16); 1,318 on record.
77 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
3 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

14 active (3 issued in the last 3 years); 60 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

7 active of 54 on record; 3 decided by default; $6,875 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

269 in the last 12 months; 681 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (158), UNSANITARY CONDITION (135), PAINT/PLASTER (98), DOOR/WINDOW (64), WATER LEAK (62).

## Bedbugs

8 annual bedbug filings by the owner; latest reports 0 infested units. A filing has reported re-infestation.

## Evictions

0 executed in the last 3 years; 4 on record.

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

9 cases on record, 0 open, 6 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## Landlord

- SiteManager: Jose Torres
- HeadOfficer: Estefania Knight
- Agent: REM Residential
- CorporateOwner: FLGSP 671-681 W 193 St LLC

The same owner is linked to 20 other buildings (Estefania Knight at 1350 6 Avenue).

## 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/1021700560/681-west-193-street-manhattan