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196 West 10 Street

MANHATTAN, NY 10014 BBL 1006190064 20 units · 5 floors · 1885

While historically clean, our model detects a rising risk of severe maintenance issues in the next 12 months.

HPD violations vs. neighborhood
Class B/C violations on record vs. a typical building in West Village
At or below average
avg 6.6
3
Fewer violations More violations

This building has 3 recorded HPD violations, at or below the West Village average of 6.6.

Rent & eviction protection

Is 196 West 10 Street rent-stabilized?

Rent stabilization caps how much your rent can rise and protects your right to renew. Here's how this building scores on the four signals that usually point to it.

Built before 1974
Built 1885
6 or more units
20 units
Registered with RGB
Not found
421-A / J-51 abatement
None found
Potential rent stabilization. Building age and size suggest eligibility — confirm with the DHCR (Division of Housing and Community Renewal) or request a rent history.

Based on public NYC records. Not legal advice — verify with the DHCR (Division of Housing and Community Renewal) at apps.hcr.ny.gov.

Augrented Insights
AI summary · updated June 2026

196 West 10th Street is a 5-story, 20-unit Old Law Tenement building in the West Village, constructed in 1885 and currently owned by Pds Properties LLC. The building has experienced recurring maintenance issues over the past few years, particularly in 2022, with multiple complaints regarding appliance malfunctions including refrigerators and electric/gas ranges. Most of these complaints were resolved through HPD inspections, which found no violations in some cases, while in others conditions were corrected to the department's satisfaction. The building's bedbug reporting history shows consistent compliance with the annual filing requirement from 2018 through 2024, with no reported infestations in any of the filing periods. Recent rodent inspections have generally yielded positive results, with the most recent inspections in 2023, 2024, and 2025 all passing, though there were instances of rat activity noted in 2020 and July 2021. The building has maintained regular compliance with housing maintenance code requirements, with no open violations currently on record, following the resolution of two bedbug reporting violations noted in 2021 and 2022.

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How 196 West 10 Street's risk score is calculated

We trained a model on 7 years of city inspection data — HPD violation filings, tenant complaints, and owner track records across their entire portfolio. It estimates the probability that HPD inspectors will find serious or dangerous violations at this address in the next 12 months. Lower % = safer.

What the score means for you

Neighborhood percentile
41th percentile

Out of 944 buildings in this neighborhood, 387 have a higher predicted risk.

RiskiestSafest
Predicted violation outcome
45.1%
No serious
violations
44.9%
Some violations
(1–9)
10.0%
Many violations
(10+)
Risk factors

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Tenant HPD complaints (past 7 years)

Formal complaints tenants filed with HPD about this address over the last 7 years.

Number of apartments

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Complaint rate, landlord's portfolio

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What's in the 196 West 10 Street report

Building characteristics
Total units20
Floors5
Year built1885
Gross area9,365 sq ft
Building class
Tax abatementNone
Issue trend & model projection

Violations & complaints per year — solid line is historical record, dashed line is AI projection.

Who's behind the building

196 West 10 Street's landlord & ownership

The people and companies registered to this building, the other properties they run, and their court record. A landlord's wider portfolio is often the best predictor of how your building will be treated.

Corporate Owner

Registered contact for this building.

Name
Pds Properties LLC
Address
224 West 4Th Street suite
New York, NY 10014
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The story over time

196 West 10 Street event timeline

Violations, complaints, fines, and permits — the most recent records on file, in order.

2026
Bedbug Filing May 04
Bedbug report filed
0 infested · 0 eradicated
HPD Violation Apr 29
Class A violation

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