Ira Lifshutz
Ira Lifshutz is listed in NYC building registrations or deeds for the buildings below. How buildings are linked: by HPD registration, deed, or a confirmed parent company. Being named as a head officer or managing agent is not the same as owning.
What the record shows
Where the buildings are All 20 buildings sit in Manhattan. A single-borough portfolio means one set of inspectors, one housing court, and one local complaint pattern behind every number on this page.
How the violations are distributed Open violations are not spread evenly across these buildings. 8 Beach Street alone carries 31 of them — 30% of everything open across the buildings with a current record — and two buildings hold half of the total. Behind it sit 529 West 187 Street with 22 and 318 West 20 Street with 12.
Violations per apartment Across 116 apartments the portfolio runs 0.90 open violations per unit. six buildings average at least one open violation for every apartment in them.
The split inside the portfolio 9 of the 20 buildings with a current record have nothing open against them today, while 11 do. Portfolio-level averages hide that split, which is why the list is worth reading one row at a time.
What tenants called in Tenants filed 102 complaints against these buildings in the last 12 months, or 0.88 per apartment. The heaviest was 8 Beach Street with 53. Complaints and violations are separate records — a complaint that closed without an inspector getting inside leaves no violation behind it.
Age of the stock The median building here went up in 1898, and 20 of 20 predate 1960. Pre-1960 buildings carry lead-paint and window-guard obligations that newer stock does not, which shapes what turns up in an inspection.
How long things stay open The longest-standing open item in the portfolio is at 318 West 20 Street and has been open 4.0 years. An old open violation is not a paperwork lag — it is a condition the city recorded and has not been shown to be corrected.
What has moved in the last two years 131 violations were written against these buildings in the last 24 months. 76 of them — 58% — have since been cleared, and 55 are still open. That ratio moves between city sweeps, which is why a standing total on its own says less than it looks like it does.
Brix tracks 20 NYC buildings linked to Ira Lifshutz, including 112 West 15 Street in Manhattan.