398 recorded events, 1974–2026, from 16 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 144 HPD complaints, 102 311 service requests, 49 HPD housing 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 62% 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 9.6. In ZIP 10037, 35% of residential buildings hold an A and 13% 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 | 1 total — 0 class C (immediately hazardous), 1 class B, 0 class A. Oldest open since 2019-09-05. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
4 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2025–26: 4).
1 bedbug-infested unit(s) reported in filings over the last three years.
10 service requests in the last three years. Most common: UNSANITARY CONDITION (2) · ELECTRIC (2) · HEAT/HOT WATER (2) · Illegal Parking (1) · Noise (1) · DOOR/WINDOW (1).
$112,994 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (6 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 (1900) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (14) |
| 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) | 36 WEST 131ST STREET HDFC |
| Head officer | PRINCESS M PALMER |
| Managing agent | PRESTIGE MANAGEMENT INC |
| Last registered | 2025-10-17 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $911,000 | $409,950 |
| 2026 | $906,000 | $407,700 |
| 2027 | $1,014,000 | $456,300 |
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).
Hurricane evacuation zone 6 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 | 135 St — 2 3 · 0.2 mi straight-line (about a 6-minute walk) · station accessibility: full |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Malcolm X Blvd / W 129 St — M7 M102 · 500 ft |
| Citi Bike | Lenox Ave & W 130 St · 500 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 133 Fred R Moore. 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.
36 West 131 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 |
10 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 2 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 PRESTIGE MANAGEMENT INC — 77 buildings, 8,758 units. Grades across the portfolio: A8 · B36 · C24 · D5. See the whole portfolio
showing 60 of 77 buildings
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $342,969 on 1999-01-12 (lender: Dime Savings Bank Ofnew York). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999-01-12 | Mortgage $21,031 — from 36 WEST 131ST STREETHOUSING DVPMNT FUND to DIME SAVINGS BANK OFNEW YORK | $21,031 | |
| 1999-01-12 | Mortgage $411,012 — from 36 WEST 131ST STREETHOUSING DVPMNT FUND to DIME SAVINGS BANK OFNEW YORK | $411,012 | |
| 1999-01-12 | Mortgage $25,203 — from 36 WEST 131ST STREETHOUSING DVPMNT FUND to DIME SAVINGS BANK OFNEW YORK | $25,203 | |
| 1999-01-12 | Mortgage $405,990 — from 36 WEST 131ST STREETHOUSING DVPMNT FUND to DIME SAVINGS BANK OFNEW YORK | $405,990 | |
| 1999-01-12 | Mortgage $24,895 — from 36 WEST 131ST STREETHOUSING DVPMNT FUND to DIME SAVINGS BANK OFNEW YORK | $24,895 | |
| 1999-01-12 | Mortgage $342,969 — from 36 WEST 131ST STREETHOUSING DVPMNT FUND to DIME SAVINGS BANK OFNEW YORK | $342,969 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 18 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 12 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 19 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 2022 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 19 |
| 2023 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2025 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 30 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 10 |
Every one of the 398 recorded events, 1974–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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