1,349 recorded events, 1970–2026, from 20 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 585 311 service requests, 199 HPD complaints, 192 HPD housing violations.
Full record, year by year Support this site
A modest record — below the level that usually signals systemic problems. More recorded distress than 71% 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 13.5. In ZIP 10025, 70% of residential buildings hold an A and 2% grade D or F. How grades work
Among 4,677 100+-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more
| Open HPD violations | 7 total — 0 class C (immediately hazardous), 6 class B, 1 class A. Oldest open since 2020-10-27. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
60 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 40 · winter 2024–25: 12 · winter 2025–26: 8). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
9 bedbug-infested unit(s) reported in filings over the last three years.
$15,000 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.
115 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (35) · HEAT/HOT WATER (30) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (7) · PLUMBING (5) · Illegal Parking (4) · DOOR/WINDOW (4).
$14,330,706 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (22 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 (1967) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (121) |
| 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) | IH ASSOCIATES LLC. |
| Head officer | PAUL R FREITAG |
| Managing agent | WEST SIDE FEDERATION FOR SENIOR AND SUPPORTIVE HOU |
| Last registered | 2025-07-16 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $16,121,000 | $7,254,450 |
| 2026 | $16,528,000 | $7,437,600 |
| 2027 | $17,288,000 | $7,779,600 |
The city's market estimate has risen 7% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Tax exemptions on the roll: MITCHELL-LAMA
For property tax, the Department of Finance values this co-op as if it were a rental building. Its 2022 estimate: gross income $3,263,523 a year ($33.93 per sq ft), operating expenses $1,468,730 ($15.27 per sq ft), net operating income $1,794,793. These are the city's estimates from comparable rentals, not the building's actual budget, rents or maintenance charges.
| Energy grade (LL33) | D — ENERGY STAR score 43/100, posted at the entrance by law (2022 disclosure cycle) |
| Facade (Local Law 11) | SAFE (cycle 9) |
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.
1 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2022 (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 | 96 St — 1 2 3 · 550 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: full 96 St — B C · 0.3 mi straight-line (about an 8-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Amsterdam Av / W 93 St — M7 M11 · 150 ft |
| Citi Bike | W 95 St & Broadway · 550 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 075 Emily Dickinson. 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.
168 West 94 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 |
115 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 30 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 WEST SIDE FEDERATION SENIOR — 21 buildings, 1,059 units. Grades across the portfolio: A9 · B8. See the whole portfolio
| Building | Borough | Units | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 145 West 108th Street | MN | 199 | B |
| 570 East 137 Street | BX | 159 | A |
| 2689 Broadway | MN | 135 | B |
| 168 West 94 Street | MN | 121 | B |
| 1421 College Avenue | BX | 115 | B |
| 50 West 107 Street | MN | 84 | A |
| 109 West 129 Street | MN | 59 | A |
| 17 West 102 Street | MN | 54 | A |
| 951 Prospect Avenue | BX | 51 | A |
| 208 West 84 Street | MN | 20 | B |
| 206 West 84 Street | MN | 18 | A |
| 29 West 126 Street | MN | 8 | B |
| 459 West 147 Street | MN | 8 | B |
| 66 West 126 Street | MN | 8 | B |
| 134 West 123 Street | MN | 7 | A |
| 44 West 87 Street | MN | 7 | A |
| 152 West 123 Street | MN | 6 | A |
| 2749 Broadway | MN | 0 | — |
| 233 West 120 Street | MN | 0 | — |
| 443 West 22 Street | MN | 0 | — |
| 2341 Broadway | MN | 0 | — |
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $250,000 on 2022-07-21 (lender: New York City Housing Development Corporation). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-07-21 | Mortgage $250,000 — from IH ASSOCIATES LLC; INDEPENDENCE HOUSE CORPORATION I to NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPOR | $250,000 | |
| 2017-10-31 | Mortgage $8,273,137 — from IH ASSOCIATES LLC (BORROWER); INDEPENDENCE HOUSE CORPORATION I (MORTGA to NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPOR | $8,273,137 | |
| 2017-10-31 | Mortgage $7,260,000 — from IH ASSOCIATES LLC (BORROWER); INDEPENDENCE HOUSE CORPORATION I (MORTGA to NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPOR | $7,260,000 | |
| 2017-10-31 | Mortgage $25,000,000 — from IH ASSOCIATES LLC; INDEPENDENCE HOUSE CORPORATION I to NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPOR | $25,000,000 | |
| 2017-10-31 | Deed $28,000,000 — from RR 94 HOUSING CORP.; INDEPENDENCE OWNERS LLC; HP INDEPENDENCE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND to IH ASSOCIATES LLC; INDEPENDENCE HOUSE CORPORATION I | $28,000,000 | |
| 2017-10-26 | Sold for $28,000,000 | $28,000,000 | $231,405 |
| 2013-12-19 | RPTT&RET $13,800,000 — from INDEPENDENCE HOUSE ASSOCIATES, L.P. to HP INDEPENDENCE HDFC AS NOMINEE FOR INDE | $13,800,000 | |
| 2011-03-16 | LEAS $21,000 — from GREEN FIGUE LLC to SG 64TH STREET LLC | $21,000 | |
| 2006-05-31 | RPTT&RET $35,000 — from LEAFSTORM CORPORATION to GREEN FIGUE, LLC | $35,000 | |
| 1995-07-24 | Mortgage $401,362 — from RR 94 HOUSING CORP. to NYC HPD | $401,362 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 8 | 4 | 23 | 11 | 4 | 50 |
| 2018 | 3 | 15 | 66 | 0 | 17 | 101 |
| 2019 | 8 | 10 | 88 | 0 | 4 | 110 |
| 2020 | 7 | 4 | 81 | 0 | 3 | 95 |
| 2021 | 13 | 1 | 112 | 0 | 6 | 132 |
| 2022 | 15 | 7 | 103 | 2 | 17 | 144 |
| 2023 | 13 | 10 | 92 | 0 | 7 | 122 |
| 2024 | 7 | 9 | 50 | 0 | 5 | 71 |
| 2025 | 4 | 1 | 68 | 0 | 1 | 74 |
| 2026 | 3 | 0 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 65 |
Every one of the 1,349 recorded events, 1970–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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