780 recorded events, 1900–2026, from 18 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 180 ACRIS deeds & mortgages, 144 DOB permits, 144 311 service requests.
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The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less recorded distress than 100% of 100+-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 100+-unit residential buildings is 3.7 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 0. In ZIP 10011, 68% of residential buildings hold an A and 5% grade D or F. How grades work
Among 4,677 100+-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more
No current HPD flags in the latest weekly snapshot: no open violations, no pending litigation, no active vacate orders, and not in the Alternative Enforcement Program.
No heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
17 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Illegal Parking (4) · For Hire Vehicle Complaint (3) · Lead (2) · Noise (2) · Abandoned Vehicle (2) · Hazardous Materials (1).
$5,216,151 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (63 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 (1910) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (105) |
| 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) | CENTRENTSET CORP |
| Head officer | PHILIP BOOK |
| Managing agent | BUCHBINDER & WARREN LLC |
| Last registered | 2025-08-26 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $14,700,000 | $6,615,000 |
| 2026 | $14,823,000 | $6,670,350 |
| 2027 | $17,587,000 | $7,914,150 |
The city's market estimate has risen 20% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Tax exemptions on the roll: COLD WAR VETERAN - DISABILITY · SENIOR CITIZEN HOMEOWNER
For property tax, the Department of Finance values this co-op as if it were a rental building. Its 2022 estimate: gross income $2,424,168 a year ($46.44 per sq ft), operating expenses $667,116 ($12.78 per sq ft), net operating income $1,757,052. These are the city's estimates from comparable rentals, not the building's actual budget, rents or maintenance charges.
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
| Facade (Local Law 11) | SWARMP — "Safe With A Repair and Maintenance Program": known facade conditions that must be repaired (cycle 9) |
Not in the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary maps).
Hurricane evacuation zone 5 of 6 — zone 1 evacuates first.
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 — 1 2 3 F L M · 350 ft straight-line (about a 2-minute walk) · station accessibility: full 14 St — A C E L · 0.3 mi straight-line (about a 7-minute walk) · station accessibility: full |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: 7 Av / W 12 St — M20 · 500 ft |
| Citi Bike | W 13 St & 7 Ave · 400 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| 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.
137 West 12 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 |
17 311 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 BUCHBINDER & WARREN LLC — 106 buildings, 2,394 units. Grades across the portfolio: A90 · B8 · C2 · D3. See the whole portfolio
showing 60 of 106 buildings
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $350,000 on 2024-02-21 (lender: National Consumer Cooperative 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-02 | RPTT&RET $879,000 — from FAMA, ARTHUR F JR; BOOK, PHILIP A to NATALE-RYAN, ANGELA | $879,000 | |
| 2026-06-17 | Sold for $879,000 | $879,000 | $8,371 |
| 2026-04-13 | RPTT&RET $895,000 — from IGLESIAS, ALBERTO DANIEL; LUBAVSKY, NADINE to 145 W 12TH STREET #4/5 LLC | $895,000 | |
| 2026-04-08 | Sold for $895,000 | $895,000 | $8,524 |
| 2025-09-02 | RPTT&RET $402,000 — from STAFFORD, FIONA C; OLIVER, OMAR to STAINES, HEDDA; HAGEN, MICHAEL | $402,000 | |
| 2025-08-26 | Sold for $402,000 | $402,000 | $3,829 |
| 2025-05-23 | RPTT&RET $825,000 — from ZIP721 LLC to BABAOGLU, ELIF | $825,000 | |
| 2025-05-09 | Sold for $825,000 | $825,000 | $7,857 |
| 2025-02-20 | RPTT&RET $770,000 — from COVINGTON, PRESTON to MARIA ANGELICA LLC | $770,000 | |
| 2025-02-14 | Sold for $770,000 | $770,000 | $7,333 |
| 2024-10-03 | RPTT&RET $670,000 — from CHMELA, CLEA; GATES, GUILBERT to WICKE, ROBERT WAYNE; DE FREITAS, JEANE MARIA; WICKE, ROBERT HENRY | $670,000 | |
| 2024-09-30 | Sold for $670,000 | $670,000 | $6,381 |
| 2024-06-21 | RPTT&RET $800,000 — from HARDT, OLIVER to LUKE, JUAN GREGORY; KNOX, LYNDA MARIE | $800,000 | |
| 2024-06-14 | Sold for $800,000 | $800,000 | $7,619 |
| 2024-06-04 | RPTT&RET $388,888 — from ROBERTS, KRISTEN LINDSAY; ROBERTS, JASON MANN to SPINELLO, DANIEL | $388,888 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 21 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 46 |
| 2018 | 45 | 9 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 83 |
| 2019 | 15 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 9 | 50 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 3 | 2 | 39 |
| 2021 | 6 | 1 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 35 |
| 2022 | 9 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 30 |
| 2023 | 39 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 66 |
| 2024 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 20 | 4 | 47 |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 17 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 16 |
Every one of the 780 recorded events, 1900–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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