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5 West 103 Street

964Records
15City systems
34Open violations
279.2Penalty rate
Manhattan · ZIP 10025 · Neighborhood: Upper West Side-Manhattan Valley
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964 recorded events, 1900–2026, from 15 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 296 HPD complaints, 241 311 service requests, 215 HPD housing violations.

BoroughManhattan 10025
Built1925
Floors5
Res. units10
ClassC4
Owner (PLUTO)3-5 WEST 103RD LLC
BBL1018390027
BIN1055478

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GRADE C

A meaningful record of code violations or complaints relative to its peers. More recorded distress than 94% 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 279.2. In ZIP 10025, 70% of residential buildings hold an A and 2% grade D or F. How grades work

this building
A
B
C

Among 46,798 6-24-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more

Open with the city right now

Open HPD violations34 total — 7 class C (immediately hazardous), 23 class B, 4 class A. Oldest open since 2023-06-18.

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

Patterns

14 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 8 · winter 2024–25: 6). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.

8
’23–24
6
’24–25

No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.

$46,250 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.

What 311 hears from this address

44 service requests in the last three years. Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (7) · Noise (6) · WATER LEAK (5) · DOOR/WINDOW (5) · PLUMBING (4) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (3).

Filed construction activity

$15,000 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (1 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.

Rent-stabilization signals

YesBuilt before 1974 (1925)
YesSix or more residential units (10)
No421-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 with HPD — the names behind the building

Registered owner(s)3-5 WEST 103rd LLC
Head officerSTEVEN CROMAN
Managing agent740
Last registered2025-09-29

as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$1,200,000 $540,000
2026$1,440,000 $648,000
2027$1,728,000 $777,600

The city's market estimate has risen 44% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Building systems

Heating fuelNO2FUEL

Flood exposure

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.

Getting around

Subway103 St — B C · 100 ft straight-line (about a 1-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: Central Park West / W 104 St — M10 · 150 ft
Citi BikeCentral Park W & W 103 St · 350 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 145, The Bloomingdale School. 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.

Report a problem to 311

5 West 103 Street

Heat or hot waterHeat or hot water
Apartment maintenanceApartment maintenance
Bed bugsBed bugs
Residential pestsResidential pests
Rats or miceRats or mice
Anything elseAnything else

44 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 7 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.

The landlord's report card

Managed by 740 — 3 buildings, 38 units. Grades across the portfolio: A1 · B1 · C1. See the whole portfolio

BuildingBoroughUnitsGrade
436 West 52 Street MN14 B
434 West 52 Street MN14 A
5 West 103 Street MN10 C

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $9,398,818 on 2015-06-24 (lender: New York Community Bank), covering 6 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.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2015-06-24Mortgage $9,398,818 — from 3-5 WEST 103RD LLC; 9 WEST 103RD LLC; 72 WEST 108TH ASSOCIATES LLC; 15 WEST 103RD LLC; 17 to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK $9,398,818
2015-06-24Agreement $25,250,000 — from 3-5 WEST 103RD LLC; 17 WEST 103RD LLC; 15 WEST 103RD LLC; 72 WEST 108TH ASSOCIATES LLC; 9 to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK $25,250,000
2013-06-20Deed $7,380,000 — from NY HAMILTON I LLC to 3-5 WEST 103RD LLC $7,380,000
2013-06-20Agreement $15,375,000 — from 15 WEST 103RD LLC; 9 WEST 103RD LLC; 72 WEST 108TH ASSOCIATES LLC; 3-5 WEST 103RD LLC; 17 to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK $15,375,000
2013-06-20AL&R $15,375,000 — from 15 WEST 103RD LLC; 9 WEST 103RD LLC; 3-5 WEST 103RD LLC; 72 WEST 108TH ASSOCIATES LLC; 17 to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK $15,375,000
2013-06-20Mortgage $1,100,000 — from 17 WEST 103RD LLC; 72 WEST 108TH ASSOCIATES LLC; 9 WEST 103RD LLC; 15 WEST 103RD LLC; 3-5 to 99 ASSOCIATES, INC. $1,100,000
2013-06-20Mortgage $9,451,268 — from 9 WEST 103RD LLC; 15 WEST 103RD LLC; 72 WEST 108TH ASSOCIATES LLC; 3-5 WEST 103RD LLC; 17 to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK $9,451,268
2012-01-04Agreement $36,100,000 — from NY HAMILTON I LLC, F/K/A PINNACLE HAMILT to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK $36,100,000
2012-01-04Agreement $31,361,672 — from NY HAMILTON I LLC, F/K/A PINNACLE HAMILT to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK $31,361,673
2012-01-04Mortgage $276,293 — from NY HAMILTON I LLC, F/K/A PINNACLE HAMILT to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK $276,293
2012-01-04Agreement $2,105,000 — from NY HAMILTON I LLC, F/K/A PINNACLE HAMILT to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK $2,105,000
2012-01-04Mortgage $1,828,707 — from NY HAMILTON I LLC, F/K/A PINNACLE HAMILT to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK $1,828,707
2011-04-25RPTT $48,722,587 — from PINNACLE HAMILTON NY LLC to NY HAMILTON HOLDINGS LLC $48,722,587
2005-11-07AL&R $32,000,000 — from LEHMAN BROTHERS HOLDINGS INC. to PINNACLE HAMILTON LLC $32,000,000
2005-11-07Agreement $32,000,000 — from PINNACLE HAMILTON LLC to LEHMAN BROTHERS HOLDINGS INC. $32,000,000

Ten-year activity

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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
20172450314
201821220227
201901840287
202002140117
202100380240
202200160319
202300240832
202400611264
202508500563
202603270030
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The full timeline

Construction 50Enforcement 60Housing & tenants 772Ownership & money 45Health & systems 37

Every one of the 964 recorded events, 1900–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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