120 West 228 Street

Manhattan, NY

BBL 1-02215-0591BIN 1064686

Concern level3 of 4

High

015 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 11 apartments
025 of those issued in the last 3 years
031 active DOB violation(s)
042 evictions executed in the last 3 years

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 DOB 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 60 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — essentially all of the building's 56 apartments.

2018 — 60 units registered2023 — 60

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

Registration counts apply to the building, not to unit numbers. To confirm your own apartment, request your rent history from New York State Homes and Community Renewal — it is free and takes a few weeks.

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Rent regulation

The building

1930

Built

Floors

Residential units

Elevator apartments

Type

Energy-efficiency grade

Grade C — below average

ENERGY STAR score 67 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 building17 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.

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 4IIssued 2024-04-08

§ 27-2056.6 ADM CODE - CORRECT THE LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD-PAINT THAT IS XRF TESTED INCONCLUSIVE FOR LEAD CONTENT AT 0.5MG/CM2 AND IS PRESUMED LEAD PAINT AS SET FORTH IN (28 RCNY §11-07(b)) AND THAT IS PEELING OR ON A DETERIORATED SUBSURFACE-USING WORK PRACTICES SET FORTH IN 28 RCNY §11-06(b)(2) NORTH WALL, 1st WINDOW FRAME FROM WEST AT NORTH WALL IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 4I, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST

Status: Defect letter issued

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 6EIssued 2024-04-02

§ 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 = 0, WG TO REPLACE = 1, WG TO REPAIR = 0 IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 6E, 6th STORY, 3rd APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 1FIssued 2023-12-21

§ 27-2005, 27-2007, 27-2041.1 HMC, §238, § 309; § 107 (2) ( C) MDL AND 28 RCNY §25-171: REPLACE OR REPAIR THE SELF-CLOSING DOORS THAT IS MISSING OR DEFECTIVE HINGES IN THE ENTRANCE LOCATED AT APT 1F, 1st STORY, 3rd APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST

Status: Certification rejected by HPD

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 2FIssued 2023-12-14

§ 27-2056.7 ADM CODE: CORRECT FAILURE TO PROVIDE TO THE DEPARTMENT WITHIN 45 DAYS OF DEMAND ALL RECORDS REQUIRED TO BE MAINTAINED BY OWNER PURSUANT TO LOCAL LAW 1 OF 2004 RELATED TO LEAD-BASED PAINT NOTICES, INSPECTIONS AND REMEDIATION/ABATEMENT ACTIVITIES.

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water29

Unsanitary Condition8

Safety3

Paint/Plaster2

Elevator2

Water Leak2

Door/Window1

Complaints record what a tenant reported, not a finding by the city. "Closed" often means the inspector could not gain access.

311 complaints from tenants

Neighborhood noise

Much higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

1922

Noise reports · last 12 mo

160

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential1104

Street/Sidewalk636

Vehicle86

Unspecified81

Commercial15

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

Much higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

831

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony116

Misdemeanor613

Violation102

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

2024–20250 infested · 0 eradicated

2023–20240 infested · 0 eradicated

2022–20231 infested · 1 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

ACTIVE · FISPNRF-NO REPORT AND / OR LATE FILING (FACADE) FACADE REQUIRED2022-02-22

FAILED TO FILE FISP CYCLE 9A TECHNICAL REPORT BY 02/21/2022

DOB building violations

Evictions

Executed, all time

Last 3 years

2026-04-01Apt 5Eresidential

2026-01-20Apt 5Hresidential

2017-02-21Apt STOREcommercial

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

No HPD housing-court cases on record for this building.

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

PK EQUITIES, LLC

Head officer

RUBIN PIKUS

Managing agent

MILBROOK PROPERTIES LTD

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

1 AUDUBON AVENUEMANHATTAN 108 WEST 227 STREETMANHATTAN 1325 EDWARD L GRANT HIGHWAYBRONX 1332 ST NICHOLAS AVENUEMANHATTAN 1337 EDWARD L GRANT HIGHWAYBRONX

Landlord and related buildings

Unpaid city fines

Balance due (active)

Active violations

Lost by default

DOB violations adjudicated by OATH carry money penalties. "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.

ConstructionClass 22022-12-27$1,250 penalty

Local LawClass 22022-12-09$1,250 penalty

Unpaid city fines

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale1991-08-20 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2020-10-20 · $280,895.78

Mortgage2020-10-20$280,895.78

borrower P.K. EQUITIES LLC · lender SYMETRA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

Mortgage2018-07-03$337,159.5

borrower PK EQUITIES LLC · lender CAPITAL ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

Mortgage2012-03-28$564,548.41

borrower P.K. EQUITIES LLC C/O MILLBROOK PROPERTIES LTD. - · lender CAPITAL ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

Mortgage2002-06-10$527,855.79

borrower P.K. EQUITIES LLC · lender ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS & LOAN ASSOCIATION

Mortgage1994-05-04$250,000

borrower PK EQUITIES, PK EQUITIES, A NEW YORK LIMITED PARTNERSHIP · lender LEXINGTON MORTGAGE COMPANY

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