2,533 recorded events, 1966–2026, from 20 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 1,271 311 service requests, 610 HPD complaints, 115 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 80% 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 25.9. In ZIP 10037, 35% of residential buildings hold an A and 13% 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 | 20 total — 8 class C (immediately hazardous), 5 class B, 7 class A. Oldest open since 2019-06-27. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
146 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 2 · winter 2024–25: 28 · winter 2025–26: 116). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
3 bedbug-infested unit(s) reported in filings over the last three years.
133 service requests in the last three years. Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (70) · Noise (15) · Illegal Parking (7) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (7) · PAINT/PLASTER (5) · FLOORING/STAIRS (4).
$409,400 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 (1940) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (105) |
| 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) | HARLEN HOUSING PRESERVATION LLC |
| Head officer | FRED LAMBERT |
| Managing agent | FAIRSTEAD MANAGEMENT |
| Last registered | 2025-07-24 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $15,587,000 | $7,014,150 |
| 2026 | $17,721,000 | $7,974,450 |
| 2027 | $17,748,000 | $7,986,600 |
The city's market estimate has risen 14% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Tax exemptions on the roll: ARTICLE XI
| 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 2 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 2015 (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 | 135 St — 2 3 · 850 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: full |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: W 139 St / Malcolm X Blvd — M1 · 100 ft |
| Citi Bike | Lenox Ave & W 140 St · 400 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 197 John B. Russwurm. 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.
560 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 |
133 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 70 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 FAIRSTEAD MANAGEMENT — 207 buildings, 6,649 units. Grades across the portfolio: A51 · B80 · C51 · D16 · F6. See the whole portfolio
showing 60 of 207 buildings
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $74,986,900 on 2019-10-28 (lender: Greystone Funding Company LLC), covering 2 lots — the amount covers all of them. Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-10-09 | Sold for $533,786 | $533,786 | $5,084 |
| 2020-08-13 | Sold for $533,786 | $533,786 | $5,084 |
| 2020-05-28 | Sold for $465,381 | $465,381 | $4,432 |
| 2020-05-28 | Sold for $465,381 | $465,381 | $4,432 |
| 2020-04-20 | Sold for $465,381 | $465,381 | $4,432 |
| 2020-03-09 | Sold for $533,786 | $533,786 | $5,084 |
| 2020-02-19 | Sold for $533,786 | $533,786 | $5,084 |
| 2020-02-14 | Sold for $635,749 | $635,749 | $6,055 |
| 2020-01-13 | Sold for $533,786 | $533,786 | $5,084 |
| 2019-12-30 | Sold for $608,755 | $608,755 | $5,798 |
| 2019-12-23 | Sold for $608,755 | $608,755 | $5,798 |
| 2019-12-20 | Sold for $465,381 | $465,381 | $4,432 |
| 2019-12-11 | Sold for $533,786 | $533,786 | $5,084 |
| 2019-11-26 | Sold for $946,055 | $946,055 | $9,010 |
| 2019-10-28 | Agreement $74,986,900 — from HARLEN HOUSING PRESERVATION LLC; HARLEN HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND CORPORAT to U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEV | $74,986,900 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 5 | 15 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 51 |
| 2018 | 6 | 5 | 32 | 21 | 5 | 69 |
| 2019 | 8 | 4 | 70 | 31 | 7 | 120 |
| 2020 | 12 | 4 | 50 | 26 | 6 | 98 |
| 2021 | 2 | 4 | 52 | 0 | 4 | 62 |
| 2022 | 1 | 4 | 32 | 0 | 3 | 40 |
| 2023 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 18 |
| 2024 | 0 | 3 | 71 | 0 | 6 | 80 |
| 2025 | 0 | 3 | 111 | 0 | 3 | 117 |
| 2026 | 0 | 1 | 87 | 0 | 3 | 91 |
Every one of the 2,533 recorded events, 1966–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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