# 181 Vermilyea Avenue, Manhattan, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/1022280018/181-vermilyea-avenue-manhattan).
BBL 1022280018 · BIN 1064862 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: severe

- 34 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 40 apartments
- 9 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 6 active DOB 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 42 stabilized units for 2023, of about 40 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 41, 2019: 41, 2020: 42, 2021: 42, 2022: 42, 2023: 42.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1916, 5 floors, 40 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

125 open (class C immediately hazardous: 34, class B hazardous: 64, class A non-hazardous: 27); 413 on record.
9 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

6 active (0 issued in the last 3 years); 10 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

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

## 311 housing complaints

12 in the last 12 months; 91 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (39), PLUMBING (12), UNSANITARY CONDITION (10), WATER LEAK (7), DOOR/WINDOW (5).

## Bedbugs

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

## Evictions

4 executed in the last 3 years; 5 on record.

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

6 cases on record, 0 open, 4 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: 181 Realty Corp
- Agent: Besnik Celaj
- HeadOfficer: Besnik Celaj
- Officer: Haxhe Celaj
- SiteManager: Besnik Celaj

The same owner is linked to 21 other buildings (Besnik Celaj at 754 Mace Avenue).

## 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/1022280018/181-vermilyea-avenue-manhattan