850 recorded events, 1900–2026, from 17 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 342 311 service requests, 102 HPD complaints, 67 rodent inspections.
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The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less recorded distress than 92% of 25-99-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 25-99-unit residential buildings is 23.6 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 0.6. In ZIP 10003, 67% of residential buildings hold an A and 4% grade D or F. How grades work
Among 17,252 25-99-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more
| Open HPD violations | 2 total — 0 class C (immediately hazardous), 1 class B, 1 class A. Oldest open since 1991-03-04. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
No heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
$2,500 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.
51 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (17) · For Hire Vehicle Complaint (9) · Illegal Parking (7) · Dirty Condition (6) · Real Time Enforcement (2) · Non (1).
$636,320 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (17 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 (1959) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (92) |
| 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) | UNIVERSITY PLACE ASSOCIATES, LLC |
| Head officer | ROBERT M GERSHON |
| Managing agent | C. GERSHON CO. |
| Last registered | 2025-07-14 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $15,995,000 | $7,197,750 |
| 2026 | $17,040,000 | $7,668,000 |
| 2027 | $18,231,000 | $8,203,950 |
The city's market estimate has risen 14% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
| Facade (Local Law 11) | SWARMP — "Safe With A Repair and Maintenance Program": known facade conditions that must be repaired (cycle 10) |
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lenwich | Sandwiches/Salads/Mixed Buffet | A | — |
| Little Italy Pizza Iii | Pizza | A | Mice evidence |
| Luke's Lobster | Seafood | A | Mice evidence |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
3 restaurants · 2 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map
Not in the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary maps).
Not in a hurricane evacuation zone.
Not in the city's stormwater (cloudburst) flood maps under any modeled scenario.
No street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints on record at this address.
Sources: FEMA flood maps (coastal), NYC DEP Stormwater Flood Maps (cloudburst), NYC hurricane evacuation zones, and 311 records for this address.
| Subway | 14 St-Union Sq — 4 5 6 L N Q R W · 300 ft straight-line (about a 2-minute walk) · station accessibility: partial 14 St — 1 2 3 F L M · 0.3 mi straight-line (about a 7-minute walk) · station accessibility: full |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: E 14 St / University Pl — M14A-SBS M14D-SBS · 200 ft · Select Bus Service |
| Citi Bike | University Pl & E 14 St · 100 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| Bike facility | Protected bike path mapped within 75 ft |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: Sixth Avenue Elementary School Middle: J.H.S. 104 Simon Baruch. 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 University Place
| 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 |
| Food poisoning | Food poisoning |
| Food safety complaint | Food safety complaint |
| Anything else | Anything else |
51 311 service requests from this address in the last three years.
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 C. GERSHON CO. — 14 buildings, 535 units. Grades across the portfolio: A11 · B2. See the whole portfolio
| Building | Borough | Units | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 120 University Place | MN | 92 | A |
| 454 Ft Washington Avenue | MN | 83 | B |
| 110 Bank Street | MN | 61 | A |
| 2476 Broadway | MN | 57 | A |
| 1229 Avenue Y | BK | 55 | A |
| 360 Smith Street | BK | 48 | A |
| 455 Ft Washington Avenue | MN | 41 | A |
| 461 Ft Washington Avenue | MN | 34 | A |
| 309 West 55 Street | MN | 20 | A |
| 311 West 55 Street | MN | 20 | A |
| 766 9 Avenue | MN | 8 | B |
| 768 9 Avenue | MN | 8 | A |
| 764 9 Avenue | MN | 8 | A |
| 215 East 23 Street | MN | 0 | — |
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $100,000 on 2020-06-17 (lender: Apple Bank For Savings). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-06-17 | AL&R $6,100,000 — from UNIVERSITY PLACE ASSOCIATES, LLC to APPLE BANK FOR SAVINGS | $6,100,000 | |
| 2020-06-17 | Agreement $6,100,000 — from UNIVERSITY PLACE ASSOCIATES, LLC to APPLE BANK FOR SAVINGS | $6,100,000 | |
| 2020-06-17 | Mortgage $100,000 — from UNIVERSITY PLACE ASSOCIATES, LLC to APPLE BANK FOR SAVINGS | $100,000 | |
| 2015-04-07 | Agreement $6,000,000 — from UNIVERSITY PLACE ASSOCIATES, LLC; UNIVERSITY PLACE ASSOCIATES, LLC to FIRST REPUBLIC BANK; FIRST REPUBLIC BANK | $6,000,000 | |
| 2015-04-07 | Agreement $6,000,000 — from UNIVERSITY PLACE ASSOCIATES, LLC; UNIVERSITY PLACE ASSOCIATES, LLC to FIRST REPUBLIC BANK; FIRST REPUBLIC BANK | $6,000,000 | |
| 2015-04-07 | AL&R $6,000,000 — from UNIVERSITY PLACE ASSOCIATES, LLC to FIRST REPUBLIC BANK | $6,000,000 | |
| 2015-04-07 | Mortgage $3,113,389 — from UNIVERSITY PLACE ASSOCIATES, LLC to FIRST REPUBLIC BANK | $3,113,389 | |
| 2006-09-08 | Agreement $3,300,000 — from INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK to UNIVERSITY PLACE ASSOCIATES, LLC, | $3,300,000 | |
| 2006-09-08 | Mortgage $14,647 — from UNIVERSITY PLACE ASSOCIATES, LLC, to INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK | $14,647 | |
| 2001-06-21 | Mortgage $1,960,300 — from UNIVERSITY PLACE ASSOCIATES, LLC to HSBC BANK USA | $1,960,300 | |
| 1994-03-30 | Mortgage $40,853 — from UNIVERSITY PLACE ASSOCIATES to REPUBLIC BANK FOR SAVINGS | $40,853 | |
| 1987-06-26 | Mortgage $519,807 — from UNIVERSITY PL ASOCS to MANHATTAN SAVINGS BANK | $519,807 | |
| 1985-01-07 | Mortgage $276,949 — from UNIVERSITY PLACE ASSOC. to GREATER NEW YORK SVGS BK | $276,949 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 31 |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 19 |
| 2019 | 8 | 1 | 32 | 0 | 16 | 57 |
| 2020 | 7 | 0 | 34 | 6 | 5 | 52 |
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 5 | 51 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 0 | 13 | 64 |
| 2023 | 0 | 3 | 31 | 0 | 29 | 63 |
| 2024 | 0 | 22 | 24 | 0 | 5 | 51 |
| 2025 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 24 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 12 |
Every one of the 850 recorded events, 1900–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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