# 870 West 181 Street, Manhattan, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/1021770170/870-west-181-street-manhattan).
BBL 1021770170 · BIN 1064322 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: high

- 10 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 6 apartments
- 3 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 1 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 2 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 2 stabilized units for 2023, of about 61 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 5, 2019: 5, 2020: 4, 2021: 4, 2022: 4, 2023: 2.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1923, 6 floors, 61 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

38 open (class C immediately hazardous: 10, class B hazardous: 19, class A non-hazardous: 9); 46 on record.
3 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
1 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

2 active (0 issued in the last 3 years); 9 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

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

## 311 housing complaints

0 in the last 12 months; 0 on record.

## 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; 2 on record.

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

2 cases on record, 0 open, 2 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: WEST GATE HOUSE INC
- Agent: SIREN MANAGEMENT CORP
- HeadOfficer: KARLA NEILSON
- Officer: MELISSA STRADA
- SiteManager: BASHKIM DJONBALAJ

The same owner is linked to 1 other building (KARLA NEILSON at 40 EXCHANGE PLACE).

## 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/1021770170/870-west-181-street-manhattan