591 recorded events, 1966–2026, from 14 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 179 311 service requests, 107 ACRIS deeds & mortgages, 106 HPD complaints.
Full record, year by year Support this site
The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. More recorded distress than 56% 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 21.2. In ZIP 10025, 70% of residential buildings hold an A and 2% 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 | 14 total — 3 class C (immediately hazardous), 9 class B, 2 class A. Oldest open since 2021-08-06. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
14 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 4 · winter 2024–25: 8 · winter 2025–26: 2). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
48 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Rodent (13) · Noise (8) · HEAT/HOT WATER (7) · Maintenance or Facility (5) · APPLIANCE (3) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (3).
$181,500 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 (1910) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (17) |
| 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) | 109TH AFFORDABLE HOUSING LLC |
| Head officer | JOSHUA GOTLIB |
| Managing agent | NIEUW AMSTERDAM PROPERTY MANAGEMENT |
| Last registered | 2025-07-09 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,813,000 | $815,850 |
| 2026 | $1,965,000 | $884,250 |
| 2027 | $2,006,000 | $902,700 |
The city's market estimate has risen 11% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Tax exemptions on the roll: ARTICLE XI
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.
| Subway | Cathedral Pkwy (110 St) — 1 · 200 ft straight-line (about a 1-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Cathedral Pkwy / Broadway — M4 · 150 ft |
| Citi Bike | Cathedral Pkwy & Broadway · 350 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 165 Robert E. Simon. 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.
251 West 109 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 |
48 311 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.
Managed by NIEUW AMSTERDAM PROPERTY MANAGEMENT — 194 buildings, 6,794 units. Grades across the portfolio: A6 · B43 · C72 · D58 · F15. See the whole portfolio
showing 60 of 194 buildings
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $24,217,952 on 2022-05-03 (lender: Signature Bank), covering 48 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-05-03 | Agreement $189,382,048 — from COLUMBUS AFFORDABLE HOUSING LLC; 115TH AFFORDABLE HOUSING LLC; 109TH AFFORDABLE HOUSING LL to SIGNATURE BANK | $189,382,048 | |
| 2022-05-03 | AL&R $24,217,952 — from AMSTERDAM AFFORDABLE HOUSING LLC; HP MORNINGSIDE HEIGHTS PORTFOLIO HOUSING; COLUMBUS AFFOR to SIGNATURE BANK | $24,217,952 | |
| 2022-05-03 | Mortgage $24,217,952 — from AMSTERDAM AFFORDABLE HOUSING LLC; HP MORNINGSIDE HEIGHTS PORTFOLIO HOUSING; 114TH AFFORDAB to SIGNATURE BANK | $24,217,952 | |
| 2021-01-27 | ASPM $16,456,702 — from 109TH AFFORDABLE HOUSING LLC; HP MORNINGSIDE HEIGHTS PORTFOLIO HOUSING to SIGNATURE BANK | $16,456,702 | |
| 2021-01-27 | ASPM $960,548 — from HP MORNINGSIDE HEIGHTS PORTFOLIO HOUSING; 109TH AFFORDABLE HOUSING LLC to SIGNATURE BANK | $960,548 | |
| 2020-11-05 | Deed $18,368,625 — from BEACON 109 245-251 LLC to 109TH AFFORDABLE HOUSING LLC; HP MORNINGSIDE HEIGHTS PORTFOLIO HOUSING | $18,368,625 | |
| 2020-10-16 | Sold for $18,368,625 | $18,368,625 | $1,080,507 |
| 2018-04-04 | AL&R $1,000,000 — from BEACON 109 245-251 LLC to SIGNATURE BANK | $1,000,000 | |
| 2018-04-04 | Mortgage $1,000,000 — from BEACON 109 245-251 LLC to SIGNATURE BANK | $1,000,000 | |
| 2016-09-29 | AL&R $17,400,000 — from BEACON 109 245-251 LLC to SIGNATURE BANK | $17,400,000 | |
| 2016-09-29 | Agreement $17,400,000 — from BEACON 109 245-251 LLC to SIGNATURE BANK | $17,400,000 | |
| 2016-09-29 | Mortgage $3,257,434 — from BEACON 109 245-251 LLC to SIGNATURE BANK | $3,257,434 | |
| 2015-11-13 | Agreement $3,850,000 — from BEACON 109 245-251 LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $3,850,000 | |
| 2015-11-13 | Mortgage $2,967,272 — from BEACON 109 245-251 LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $2,967,272 | |
| 2014-10-07 | Mortgage $900,000 — from BEACON 109 245-251 LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $900,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 6 | 2 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 35 |
| 2018 | 5 | 14 | 28 | 2 | 2 | 51 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 16 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 2 | 1 | 38 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 3 | 11 | 57 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 7 | 39 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 22 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 7 | 43 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 19 |
Every one of the 591 recorded events, 1966–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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