1,831 recorded events, 1971–2026, from 20 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 763 311 service requests, 374 HPD complaints, 115 ECB/OATH violations.
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 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. In ZIP 10026, 38% of residential buildings hold an A and 13% grade D or F. How grades work
Among 17,252 25-99-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.
190 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Illegal Parking (145) · Noise (17) · For Hire Vehicle Complaint (5) · Derelict Vehicles (5) · Air Quality (4) · Illegal Dumping (2).
$2,808,094 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (20 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 (1902) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (34) |
| 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) | LENOX COURT HDFC |
| Head officer | CHARLEs BEACHAm |
| Managing agent | VERITAS PROPERTY MANAGEMENT LLC |
| Last registered | 2025-06-30 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $5,921,000 | $2,664,450 |
| 2026 | $6,295,000 | $2,832,750 |
| 2027 | $6,339,000 | $2,852,550 |
The city's market estimate has risen 7% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Tax exemptions on the roll: ARTICLE XI
For property tax, the Department of Finance values this co-op as if it were a rental building. Its 2022 estimate: gross income $1,417,625 a year ($20.62 per sq ft), operating expenses $724,625 ($10.54 per sq ft), net operating income $693,000. These are the city's estimates from comparable rentals, not the building's actual budget, rents or maintenance charges.
| Energy grade (LL33) | A — ENERGY STAR score 98/100 (2022 disclosure cycle) |
| Heating fuel | NO2FUEL |
| 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.
1 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2023 (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 | 116 St — 2 3 · 650 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Malcolm X Blvd / W 119 St — M7 M102 · 150 ft |
| Citi Bike | Lenox Ave & W 117 St · 500 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 242 - The Young Diplomats Magnet Academy. 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.
170 Lenox Avenue
| 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 |
190 311 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 VERITAS PROPERTY MANAGEMENT LLC — 140 buildings, 5,208 units. Grades across the portfolio: A120 · B18. See the whole portfolio
showing 60 of 140 buildings
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $255,682 on 2020-10-22 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-08 | RPTT&RET $753,949 — from MADDEN, KELLIE to MARKHAM, KAREN P; MARKHAM, MICHAEL JOSEPH | $753,949 | |
| 2026-06-02 | Sold for $753,949 | $753,949 | $22,175 |
| 2023-11-24 | RPTT $83,835 — from LENOX COURT HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND COR to RUBINOS, MARIA | $83,835 | |
| 2023-11-24 | RPTT $83,834 — from LENOX COURT HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND COR to SHARRARD, SCOTT; SHARRARD, ALBANE | $83,834 | |
| 2023-10-31 | RPTT&RET $2,512 — from LENOX COURT HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND COR to JOYLES, ANDRE; ELLIS, JANE | $2,512 | |
| 2023-10-12 | RPTT&RET $2,512 — from LENOX COURT HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND COR to SCOTT, ERIC G | $2,512 | |
| 2022-08-31 | RPTT&RET $545,000 — from ESTATE OF WILLIAM BOWLES to BIESIADECKA-MANN, AGATA; MANN, ETHAN | $545,000 | |
| 2022-08-22 | Sold for $545,000 | $545,000 | $16,029 |
| 2022-05-19 | RPTT&RET $520,000 — from STERLING, NIKKI to BEACHAM, HADLEY; BEACHAM, CHARLES | $520,000 | |
| 2022-05-04 | Sold for $520,000 | $520,000 | $15,294 |
| 2021-08-24 | RPTT&RET $485,000 — from MOON, NYALA ADMN; THE ESTATE OF RONALD B. PATTERSON to OGHEDO, NGOZICHUKWU | $485,000 | |
| 2021-08-06 | Sold for $485,000 | $485,000 | $14,265 |
| 2020-10-22 | Mortgage $255,682 — from LENOX COURT HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND COR to NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPOR | $255,682 | |
| 2020-10-22 | Agreement $2,518,568 — from LENOX COURT HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND COR to NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPOR | $2,518,568 | |
| 2020-10-22 | Agreement $255,615 — from LENOX COURT HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND COR to NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPOR | $255,615 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 2 | 123 | 0 | 2 | 128 |
| 2018 | 1 | 4 | 155 | 0 | 2 | 162 |
| 2019 | 1 | 4 | 67 | 0 | 5 | 77 |
| 2020 | 13 | 2 | 40 | 12 | 6 | 73 |
| 2021 | 12 | 1 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 41 |
| 2022 | 11 | 5 | 40 | 4 | 4 | 64 |
| 2023 | 3 | 4 | 81 | 4 | 4 | 96 |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 94 | 0 | 3 | 99 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 0 | 3 | 61 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 2 | 6 | 34 |
Every one of the 1,831 recorded events, 1971–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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