870 West 181 Street

Manhattan, NY

BBL 1-02177-0170BIN 1064322Plain-text version

Concern level3 of 4

High

0110 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 6 apartments
023 of those issued in the last 3 years
031 open rent-impairing violation(s)
042 active DOB violation(s)

How this is set: open hazardous violations measured against the building's size, then raised by strong distress signals — HPD's enforcement program, court harassment findings, recent evictions, unpaid OATH/ECB fines, open housing-court cases, and a sold tax lien. Neighborhood noise and crime are not part of it. It describes the public record, not the condition of any one apartment, and a quiet record is not proof of a good building.

Rent regulation

Likely rent-stabilized

The owner registered 2 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 61 apartments.

2018 — 5 units registered2023 — 2

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1923

Built

Floors

Residential units

Elevator apartments

Type

Energy-efficiency grade

Grade A — most efficient

ENERGY STAR score 91 of 100

Posted at the entrance of buildings over 25,000 sq ft (Local Law 33). It rates energy efficiency — a proxy for comfort and utility cost — not the landlord's upkeep.

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building1 others linked to the same owner

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

On record

Open Class C

Open Class B

Open Class A

Class C is immediately hazardous, Class B is hazardous, Class A is non-hazardous. A violation stays open until HPD certifies the repair, so some open items may already be fixed. HPD writes a separate violation for each room or spot, so one inspection can produce several near-identical entries; those are grouped below by apartment and date.

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2024-02-21

§ 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE REMOVE DEVICE PREVENTING DOOR FROM BEING SELF-CLOSING KICKSTAND AT FIRE DOOR LEADING TO WEST COURT AT BASEMENT

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 49Issued 2024-02-21

§ 27-2043.1 HMC INSTALL THE MISSING OR REPAIR/REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE WINDOW GUARD(S) IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SPECIFICATIONS OF THE NEW YORK CITY HEALTH CODE SECTION 24 RCNY CHAPTER 12. WG TO INSTALL = 1; WG TO REPLACE = 0; WG TO REPAIR = 0; IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 49, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 57Issued 2024-02-21

§ 27-2043.1 HMC INSTALL THE MISSING OR REPAIR/REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE WINDOW GUARD(S) IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SPECIFICATIONS OF THE NEW YORK CITY HEALTH CODE SECTION 24 RCNY CHAPTER 12. WG TO INSTALL = 2; WG TO REPLACE = 0; WG TO REPAIR = 0; IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 57, 5th STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 8Issued 2010-01-042 violations5+ YRS OLDRENT-IMPAIRING

§ 27-2026 ADM CODE REMOVE ALL OBSTRUCTIONS FROM WATER CLOSET IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 8, 1st STORY, 3rd APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST
§ 27-2026 ADM CODE REPAIR THE LEAKY AND/OR DEFECTIVE FAUCETS WASBASIN IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 8, 1st STORY, 3rd APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST

Status: HPD couldn't get in to re-inspect

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

No 311 housing complaints on record for this building.

311 complaints from tenants

Neighborhood noise

Higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

655

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential404

Street/Sidewalk129

Unspecified61

Vehicle53

Commercial4

Helicopter4

311 noise complaints within about 1,000 ft (a few blocks) in the last year. Most reports here are about noise from inside buildings — neighbors, not the street. This counts how often people call 311, which tracks how densely populated and busy an area is as much as how loud it is — it is not a sound measurement.

Neighborhood noise

Neighborhood crime

About averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

153

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony45

Misdemeanor85

Violation23

NYPD complaints reported within about 1,000 ft (a few blocks) in the last year, by severity. This reflects what gets reported and where police are active as much as actual safety, and busier, denser, higher-foot-traffic blocks log more. Locations are approximate — the NYPD shifts each report to the nearest corner for privacy — so read this as rough context, not a safety score.

Neighborhood crime

Bedbug history

Infested, latest filing

Annual filings

Re-infestation reported

2024–20250 infested · 0 eradicated

2023–20240 infested · 0 eradicated

2022–20230 infested · 0 eradicated

Self-reported by the owner for the year ending each filing. Counts are building-wide and do not say which apartment was affected.

Bedbug history

DOB building violations

Active

On record

Active, last 3 yrs

Violations issued by the Department of Buildings that the owner must correct. Most don't carry a fine on their own; summonses that go to a hearing and can be fined are listed separately under OATH/ECB.

ACTIVE · C-CONSTRUCTION OTHER OPTIONAL2021-05-08

AT TIME OF ISNOECTION OBSERVED THE FLOOR IN A¢PARTMENT 6A IS SLOPPING FROM THE DOORWAY TOWARD THE MIDDLE OF THE LIVINGROOM AND FROM THE MIDDLE OF THE ROOM IS SLOPPING TOWARDS THE LEF SIDE OF THE SPACE.THERE IS SLOPES IN DOOR FRAMES AND CRACKING IN THE WALL IN THE KITCHEN

ACTIVE · LBLVIO-LOW PRESSURE BOILER BOILER REQUIRED2014-05-15

VIOLATION ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO FILE ANNUAL BOILER 2012 INSPECTION REPORT

DOB building violations

OATH/ECB violations and fines

Balance due (active)

Active violations

Lost by default

These are separate from DOB violations. They are summonses written by DOB inspectors and decided at a hearing before OATH, the city's administrative court (formerly the Environmental Control Board), and they can carry a fine. "Lost by default" means the owner never appeared at the hearing. An unpaid balance is a stronger "ignoring the city" signal than a raw violation count.

OATH/ECB violations and fines

Evictions

Executed, all time

Last 3 years

2017-02-28Apt 6residential

Executed by a city marshal. An eviction can be lawful; a high or rising count is a displacement signal, not proof of wrongdoing.

Evictions

Housing court: repair & harassment cases

Cases on record

Open now

Tenant-brought

Harassment found

With a judgment

Most cases are tenants taking the owner to court to force repairs. A case is not proof of wrongdoing; a harassment finding or judgment is a court ruling against the owner.

CLOSEDOpened 2015-12-22

Heat / hot water

CLOSEDOpened 2007-12-19

Tenant action

These are cases HPD is a party to, mostly tenants suing to force repairs or stop harassment. Eviction cases landlords file against tenants are not in the city's open data, so they don't appear here; the Evictions section shows only evictions a marshal carried out.

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

WEST GATE HOUSE INC

Head officer

KARLA NEILSON

Managing agent

SIREN MANAGEMENT CORP

1 other building share this owner's registration contacts. Shared contacts suggest common control, but they are not proof of ownership.

860 WEST 181 STREETMANHATTAN

Landlord and related buildings

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale1985-03-18 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2017-03-28 · $500,000

Mortgage2017-03-28$500,000

borrower WEST GATE HOUSE, INC. · lender NATIONAL CONSUMER COOPERATIVE BANK

Mortgage2017-03-28$4,000,000

borrower WEST GATE HOUSE, INC. · lender NATIONAL CONSUMER COOPERATIVE BANK

Mortgage2010-09-15$500,000

borrower WEST GATE HOUSE, INC · lender NCB, NATIONAL CONSUMER COOPERATIVE BANK

Mortgage2007-03-28$1,341,996.98

borrower WEST GATE HOUSE, INC. · lender NATIONAL CONSUMER COOPERATIVE BANK

Mortgage2007-03-28$1,000,000

borrower WEST GATE HOUSE, INC. · lender NATIONAL CONSUMER COOPERATIVE BANK

From ACRIS recorded documents. Amounts are often $0 or nominal for transfers between related parties, and LLCs can obscure who is really involved — treat this as public-record context, not a valuation.

Ownership & money

City debt & tax-lien sale

Not on the city's tax-lien sale list (2019–2025). The owner has not fallen far enough behind on property tax or water charges to be flagged for a lien sale.

City debt & tax-lien sale