Jonathan Ruhl
Jonathan Ruhl 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 14 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. 540 Ft Washington Avenue alone carries 5 of them — 45% of everything open across the buildings with a current record — and two buildings hold half of the total. Behind it sit 21 Magaw Place with 3 and 13 Magaw Place with 2.
Violations per apartment Across 312 apartments the portfolio runs 0.04 open violations per unit. No single building in the portfolio averages a full open violation per apartment.
The split inside the portfolio 10 of the 14 buildings with a current record have nothing open against them today, while 4 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 171 complaints against these buildings in the last 12 months, or 0.55 per apartment. The heaviest was 21 Magaw Place with 89. 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 1915, and 14 of 14 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 21 Magaw Place and has been open 3.0 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 81 violations were written against these buildings in the last 24 months. 74 of them — 91% — have since been cleared, and 7 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 14 NYC buildings linked to Jonathan Ruhl, including 33 West 8 Street in Manhattan.