# 259 Bennett Avenue, Manhattan, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/1021800633/259-bennett-avenue-manhattan).
BBL 1021800633 · BIN 1085394 · Generated 2026-10-31

## Concern level: high

- 63 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 6 apartments
- 22 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 4 evictions executed 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 22 stabilized units for 2023, of about 350 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 25, 2019: 29, 2020: 26, 2021: 26, 2022: 25, 2023: 22.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1951, 5 floors, 350 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

78 open (class C immediately hazardous: 11, class B hazardous: 55, class A non-hazardous: 10); 96 on record.
7 open violations are rent-impairing.
This tax lot has 6 buildings; these counts are for this building only.

## DOB building violations

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

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

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

## 311 housing complaints

3 in the last 12 months; 11 on record.
Most common: UNSANITARY CONDITION (4), HEAT/HOT WATER (3), GENERAL (2), APPLIANCE (1), WATER LEAK (1).

## Bedbugs

50 annual bedbug filings by the owner; latest reports 0 infested units.

## Evictions

4 executed in the last 3 years; 6 on record.

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

5 cases on record, 0 open, 5 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: Fort Tryon Apartments Corp.
- Agent: Century Management Services INC.
- HeadOfficer: Erald Ramaj
- Officer: John Guglielmo
- SiteManager: Juan Sanchez

The same owner is linked to 5 other buildings (Erald Ramaj at 1430 BROADWAY).

## 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/1021800633/259-bennett-avenue-manhattan