183 recorded events, 1967–2026, from 14 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 75 311 service requests, 29 ACRIS deeds & mortgages, 12 DOB permits.
Full record, year by year Support this site
The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less recorded distress than 100% 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 0. In ZIP 10016, 71% 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 | 3 total — 0 class C (immediately hazardous), 2 class B, 1 class A. Oldest open since 1999-10-20. |
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.
13 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Dirty Condition (3) · Homeless Person Assistance (2) · Noise (2) · Encampment (1) · Overgrown Tree/Branches (1) · Illegal Parking (1).
$224,000 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (8 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 (1920) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (11) |
| 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) | PR 151 EAST 38 LLC |
| Head officer | NATHANIEL RAHAV |
| Managing agent | CHELSMORE UNIVERSAL INC |
| Last registered | 2025-07-24 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,686,000 | $758,700 |
| 2026 | $1,859,000 | $836,550 |
| 2027 | $1,876,000 | $844,200 |
The city's market estimate has risen 11% 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.
| Subway | Grand Central-42 St — 4 5 6 7 S · 900 ft straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: full |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: 3 Av / E 37 St — M101 M102 M103 · 250 ft |
| Citi Bike | E 39 St & Lexington Ave · 350 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 116 Mary Lindley Murray 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.
151 East 38 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.
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 CHELSMORE UNIVERSAL INC — 32 buildings, 1,040 units. Grades across the portfolio: A25 · B4 · C1. See the whole portfolio
| Building | Borough | Units | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 245 Wadsworth Avenue | MN | 131 | C |
| 78 7 Avenue | MN | 112 | A |
| 312 West 93 Street | MN | 109 | B |
| 351 West 44 Street | MN | 79 | A |
| 360 West 45 Street | MN | 76 | A |
| 231 West 25 Street | MN | 69 | A |
| 131 West 15 Street | MN | 34 | A |
| 559 West 188 Street | MN | 32 | B |
| 565 West 188 Street | MN | 30 | A |
| 315 West 14 Street | MN | 30 | A |
| 251 West 15 Street | MN | 29 | A |
| 351 West 29 Street | MN | 27 | A |
| 317 West 30 Street | MN | 26 | A |
| 562 West 189 Street | MN | 23 | A |
| 139 West 14 Street | MN | 23 | A |
| 78 West Washington Plce | MN | 20 | A |
| 325 West 30 Street | MN | 20 | A |
| 321 West 30 Street | MN | 20 | A |
| 140 West 15 Street | MN | 20 | A |
| 188 Wadsworth Avenue | MN | 20 | B |
| 190 Wadsworth Avenue | MN | 20 | A |
| 315 West 30 Street | MN | 16 | A |
| 147 West 14 Street | MN | 15 | A |
| 319 West 30 Street | MN | 12 | A |
| 151 East 38 Street | MN | 11 | A |
| 145 West 14 Street | MN | 8 | A |
| 149 West 14 Street | MN | 8 | A |
| 139 West 15 Street | MN | 8 | A |
| 137 West 15 Street | MN | 7 | A |
| 141 West 15 Street | MN | 5 | B |
| 307 West 93 Street | MN | 0 | — |
| 341 West 30 Street | MN | 0 | — |
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $2,900,000 on 2016-12-16 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-12-16 | Deed $6,052,000 — from 151 EAST 38 STREET, LLC to PR 151 EAST 38 LLC | $6,052,000 | |
| 2016-12-16 | Mortgage $2,900,000 — from PR 151 EAST 38 LLC to SIGNATURE BANK | $2,900,000 | |
| 2016-12-16 | AL&R $2,900,000 — from PR 151 EAST 38 LLC to SIGNATURE BANK | $2,900,000 | |
| 2016-12-05 | Sold for $6,052,000 | $6,052,000 | $550,182 |
| 1982-11-04 | Mortgage $234,938 — from MCCONVILLE, DOROTHYH. to MAZZELLA, ANNE J. | $234,938 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 2019 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| 2020 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 18 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 23 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| 2026 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Every one of the 183 recorded events, 1967–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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