# 44 Bennett Avenue, Manhattan, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/1021800069/44-bennett-avenue-manhattan).
BBL 1021800069 · BIN 1064403 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: high

- 21 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 3 apartments
- 7 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 1 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 5 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 60 stabilized units for 2023, of about 66 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 64, 2019: 58, 2021: 60, 2022: 58, 2023: 60.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1928, 6 floors, 66 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

39 open (class C immediately hazardous: 21, class B hazardous: 15, class A non-hazardous: 3); 289 on record.
7 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
1 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

5 active (1 issued in the last 3 years); 16 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

3 active of 18 on record; 0 decided by default; $1,250 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

1 in the last 12 months; 203 on record.
Most common: UNSANITARY CONDITION (43), PAINT/PLASTER (34), PLUMBING (28), DOOR/WINDOW (26), ELECTRIC (22).

## Bedbugs

6 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)

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

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: CHIZUK ASSOCIATES
- Agent: EK REALTY LLC
- HeadOfficer: MOSHE KATZENSTEIN
- SiteManager: PAT HARNETT

The same owner is linked to 3 other buildings (MOSHE KATZENSTEIN at 939 EIGHTH AVE).

## 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/1021800069/44-bennett-avenue-manhattan