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44 West 128 Street

MANHATTAN, NY 10027 BBL 1017250057 8 units · 5 floors · 2018

This building has a severe track record, and our model predicts major ongoing maintenance failures.

HPD violations vs. neighborhood
Class B/C violations on record vs. a typical building in Harlem
At or below average
avg 48.5
2
Fewer violations More violations

This building has 2 recorded HPD violations, at or below the Harlem average of 48.5.

Rent & eviction protection

Is 44 West 128 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 2018
6 or more units
8 units
Registered with RGB
Not found
421-A / J-51 abatement
None found
Likely not rent stabilized. This building doesn't show the typical signals — but confirm with the DHCR (Division of Housing and Community Renewal) if you suspect otherwise.

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

44 West 128th Street is a modern 5-story, 8-unit residential building located in Harlem, constructed in 2018 and currently owned by Maurice Kohan. The building experienced significant regulatory activity in its early years, particularly throughout 2019, with multiple Department of Buildings (DOB) complaints and violations. These included several construction safety compliance actions, with one instance requiring an Oath Violation to be served in September 2019, and another resulting in a Stop Work Order that was fully rescinded. During this period, there were also complaints regarding illegal activity and construction work contrary to approved plans, though inspections found no violations at that time. The building received multiple violations for failing to certify corrections on immediately hazardous conditions throughout 2018-2019, though these were subsequently dismissed between January and July 2020.

More recent records from 2022 through 2025 show no significant resident health or safety issues, with the bedbug reports indicating zero infestation cases during the past three reporting periods from November 2022 through October 2024. The most recent inspection period (2023-2024) confirms the absence of bedbug issues in any units, continuing a pattern of pest-free conditions established in previous years. While the building's early history showed considerable regulatory scrutiny and required multiple corrections, the property has maintained compliance with health and safety regulations in recent years, with no recorded 311 complaints or bedbug incidents since 2019.

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How 44 West 128 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
66th percentile

Out of 2807 buildings in this neighborhood, 1853 have a higher predicted risk.

RiskiestSafest
Predicted violation outcome
52.5%
No serious
violations
38.7%
Some violations
(1–9)
8.7%
Many violations
(10+)
Risk factors

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Number of apartments

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Building size

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What's in the 44 West 128 Street report

Building characteristics
Total units8
Floors5
Year built2018
Gross area7,804 sq ft
Building class
Tax abatementNone
Issue trend & model projection

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Who's behind the building

44 West 128 Street's landlord & ownership

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Corporate Owner

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Name
W 128 Enterprises Group LLC
Address
40 Buchanan Place 3f
Bronx, NY 10453
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The story over time

44 West 128 Street event timeline

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2025
Bedbug Filing Dec 15
Bedbug report filed
0 infested · 0 eradicated
Bedbug Filing Jan 29
Bedbug report filed

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