134 recorded events, 1966–2026, from 11 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 38 ACRIS deeds & mortgages, 38 HPD complaints, 14 HPD housing violations.
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A modest record — below the level that usually signals systemic problems. More recorded distress than 81% of 1-5-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 1-5-unit residential buildings is 0 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 6. How grades work
Among 699,345 1-5-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more
| Open HPD violations | 4 total — 0 class C (immediately hazardous), 4 class B, 0 class A. Oldest open since 2000-09-27. |
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No heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
3 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (2) · Building/Use (1).
No permitted work with a declared cost filed in the last decade. Permit costs cover filed construction work only — they do not capture routine maintenance or repairs done without a permit.
| Yes | Built before 1974 (1892) |
| No | Six or more residential units (5) |
| No | 421-a / J-51 tax benefit on the current tax roll |
1 of 3 signals present. Only a partial profile — stabilization is possible but less likely. The definitive answer for any unit: request its rent history from NYS Homes & Community Renewal (free, at hcr.ny.gov).
| Registered owner(s) | 120 37th Owner LLC |
| Head officer | Alex Kaskel |
| Managing agent | Apex Management Group |
| Last registered | 2025-08-15 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $2,975,000 | $1,338,750 |
| 2026 | $3,173,000 | $1,427,850 |
| 2027 | $0 | $0 |
The city's market estimate has fallen 100% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
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.
120 East 37 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 |
3 311 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 APEX MANAGEMENT GROUP — 88 buildings, 882 units. Grades across the portfolio: A34 · B31 · C16 · D5 · F2. See the whole portfolio
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Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $3,000,000 on 2024-03-22 (lender: Djf Management, LLC). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-03-22 | Deed $4,250,000 — from DJF MANAGEMENT, LLC to 120 37TH OWNER LLC | $4,250,000 | |
| 2024-03-22 | Mortgage $3,000,000 — from 120 37TH OWNER LLC to DJF MANAGEMENT, LLC | $3,000,000 | |
| 2024-03-15 | Sold for $4,250,000 | $4,250,000 | $850,000 |
| 2000-12-21 | Mortgage $350,000 — from FLEISHAKER, DONALD J. to INTERBANK OF NEW YROK | $350,000 | |
| 1982-05-14 | Mortgage $176,681 — from FLEISHAKER, DONALD J. to URBANO, PAULA J.; URBANO, ARMAND P.; URBANO, NATALIE M.; DWYER, GLORIA; URBANO, GEORGIA M. | $176,681 |
| Year | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2022 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2023 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2024 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 2025 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 2026 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Every one of the 134 recorded events, 1966–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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