# 499 Ft Washington Avenue, Manhattan, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/1021790099/499-ft-washington-avenue-manhattan).
BBL 1021790099 · BIN 1064340 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: moderate

- 4 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 12 apartments
- 4 of those issued 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 47 stabilized units for 2023, of about 47 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 47, 2019: 47, 2020: 47, 2021: 47, 2022: 47, 2023: 47.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1920, 6 floors, 47 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

10 open (class C immediately hazardous: 4, class B hazardous: 6, class A non-hazardous: 0); 55 on record.
4 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.

## DOB building violations

0 active (0 issued in the last 3 years); 16 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

0 active of 11 on record; 0 decided by default; $0 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

31 in the last 12 months; 52 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (18), ELECTRIC (8), UNSANITARY CONDITION (5), GENERAL (4), FLOORING/STAIRS (4).

## 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)

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

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: 499 FT WASHINGTON AVENUE ASSOCIATES LLC
- Agent: SAMSON MANAGEMENT LLC
- HeadOfficer: BRIAN MCCARTHY
- Officer: DAVID KERSHNER
- SiteManager: BUJA BERISHA

The same owner is linked to 16 other buildings (BRIAN MCCARTHY at 118-35 QUEENS BOULEVARD).

## 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/1021790099/499-ft-washington-avenue-manhattan