816 recorded events, 1900–2026, from 19 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 129 311 service requests, 120 HPD complaints, 119 DOB permits.
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The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. More recorded distress than 51% of 6-24-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 6-24-unit residential buildings is 16.3 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 17.2. In ZIP 10006, 84% of residential buildings hold an A and 4% grade D or F. How grades work
Among 46,798 6-24-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more
| Open HPD violations | 7 total — 6 class C (immediately hazardous), 0 class B, 1 class A. Oldest open since 2022-07-13. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
6 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2025–26: 6).
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
13 service requests in the last three years. Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (3) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (2) · Vendor Enforcement (2) · Traffic (1) · DOOR/WINDOW (1) · Rodent (1).
$1,954,850 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (47 filings with a declared cost) — a rough measure of how actively the owner maintains the building. Permit costs cover filed construction work only — they do not capture routine maintenance or repairs done without a permit.
| Yes | Built before 1974 (1900) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (21) |
| No | 421-a / J-51 tax benefit on the current tax roll |
2 of 3 signals present. This is the classic profile of a rent-stabilized building (pre-1974, 6+ units) — many units in such buildings remain stabilized. The definitive answer for any unit: request its rent history from NYS Homes & Community Renewal (free, at hcr.ny.gov).
| Registered owner(s) | 120 LIBERTY STREET LLC |
| Head officer | BRIAN MCCARTHY |
| Managing agent | SAMSON MANAGEMENT LLC |
| Last registered | 2026-07-22 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $8,057,000 | $3,625,650 |
| 2026 | $8,276,000 | $3,724,200 |
| 2027 | $8,088,000 | $3,639,600 |
The city's market estimate has risen 0% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Energy grade (LL33) | C — ENERGY STAR score 65/100 (2022 disclosure cycle) |
| Heating fuel | NO4FUEL |
| Facade (Local Law 11) | SAFE (cycle 9) |
Not in the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary maps).
Hurricane evacuation zone 2 of 6 — zone 1 evacuates first.
Not in the city's stormwater (cloudburst) flood maps under any modeled scenario.
2 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2011 (0 in the last three years).
Sources: FEMA flood maps (coastal), NYC DEP Stormwater Flood Maps (cloudburst), NYC hurricane evacuation zones, and 311 records for this address.
| Subway | Chambers St — 2 3 A C E R W · 250 ft straight-line (about a 1-minute walk) · station accessibility: partial WTC Cortlandt — 1 · 400 ft straight-line (about a 2-minute walk) · station accessibility: full |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Church St / Liberty St — M55 · 300 ft |
| Citi Bike | Albany St & Greenwich St · 300 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: Battery Park City School Middle: M.S. 297. Confirm with the DOE's school search. |
Distances are straight-line, not walking routes. Transit locations from the MTA and Citi Bike, bike facilities from NYC DOT, school zones from the DOE's 2024–25 maps.
120 Liberty Street
| Heat or hot water | Heat or hot water |
| Apartment maintenance | Apartment maintenance |
| Bed bugs | Bed bugs |
| Residential pests | Residential pests |
| Rats or mice | Rats or mice |
| Anything else | Anything else |
13 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 3 of them about heat or hot water.
311 will ask for the address, the apartment if the problem is inside, and what's wrong. Contact details are optional for most complaints; food-poisoning reports can be anonymous. Complaints appear in the city's public 311 data, usually within a day or two, and then in the Live from 311 box on this page.
Managed by SAMSON MANAGEMENT LLC — 20 buildings, 1,422 units. Grades across the portfolio: A11 · B7 · C2. See the whole portfolio
| Building | Borough | Units | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 700 Victory Boulevard | SI | 228 | C |
| 144-67 41 Avenue | QN | 208 | B |
| 15 Park Avenue | MN | 100 | A |
| 51-15 Van Kleeck Street | QN | 88 | B |
| 610 Victory Boulevard | SI | 72 | A |
| 299 St Marks Place | SI | 70 | C |
| 94-01 64 Road | QN | 66 | A |
| 156 Front Street | MN | 63 | B |
| 101-01 Booth Street | QN | 62 | A |
| 650 Victory Boulevard | SI | 61 | B |
| 630 Victory Boulevard | SI | 60 | B |
| 47-50 41 Street | QN | 60 | A |
| 220 West 93 Street | MN | 58 | A |
| 3555 Oxford Avenue | BX | 57 | A |
| 45-54 41 Street | QN | 49 | A |
| 499 Ft Washington Avenue | MN | 47 | B |
| 203 West 94 Street | MN | 24 | A |
| 317 West 89 Street | MN | 24 | B |
| 120 Liberty Street | MN | 21 | A |
| 54 Pine Street | MN | 4 | A |
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $2,417,405 on 2019-04-29 (lender: Signature Bank). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-04-29 | Agreement $9,000,000 — from 120 LIBERTY STREET LLC to SIGNATURE BANK | $9,000,000 | |
| 2019-04-29 | AL&R $9,000,000 — from 120 LIBERTY STREET LLC to SIGNATURE BANK | $9,000,000 | |
| 2019-04-29 | Mortgage $2,417,405 — from 120 LIBERTY STREET LLC to SIGNATURE BANK | $2,417,405 | |
| 2014-05-01 | Agreement $7,000,000 — from 120 LIBERTY STREET LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $7,000,000 | |
| 2014-05-01 | Mortgage $2,000,000 — from 120 LIBERTY STREET LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $2,000,000 | |
| 2009-05-01 | AL&R $5,000,000 — from 120 LIBERTY STREET LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $5,000,000 | |
| 2009-05-01 | Agreement $5,000,000 — from 120 LIBERTY STREET LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $5,000,000 | |
| 2009-05-01 | Mortgage $2,744,114 — from 120 LIBERTY STREET LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $2,744,114 | |
| 2004-05-14 | Agreement $2,255,886 — from INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK to 120 LIBERTY STREET, LLC. | $2,255,886 | |
| 1999-02-22 | Mortgage $1,402,345 — from FOURTH GENERATION LLC; SAMSON MATAWAN PARTNERS, L.P.; SAMSON NEPTUNE PARTNERS, L.P. to INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK, A BANKING C | $1,402,345 | |
| 1995-10-04 | Mortgage $201,027 — from 120 LIBERTY STREET FOUNDATION COMPANY to APPLE BANK FOR SAVINGS | $201,027 | |
| 1988-10-20 | Mortgage $1,277,037 — from 120 LIBERTY ST FNDTNCO to EAST RIVER SAVINGS BANK | $1,277,037 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 22 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 39 |
| 2018 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 18 |
| 2019 | 18 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 34 |
| 2020 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 16 |
| 2021 | 15 | 2 | 30 | 0 | 6 | 53 |
| 2022 | 1 | 4 | 141 | 0 | 1 | 147 |
| 2023 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 13 |
| 2024 | 15 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 37 |
| 2025 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 27 |
| 2026 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 27 |
Every one of the 816 recorded events, 1900–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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