1,378 recorded events, 1900–2026, from 16 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 480 311 service requests, 400 HPD complaints, 256 HPD housing violations.
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A meaningful record of code violations or complaints relative to its peers. More recorded distress than 94% 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 282.4. In ZIP 10025, 70% of residential buildings hold an A and 2% grade D or F. How grades work
Among 17,252 25-99-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more
| Open HPD violations | 29 total — 4 class C (immediately hazardous), 22 class B, 3 class A. Oldest open since 2023-08-05. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
21 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2024–25: 4).
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
165 service requests in the last three years. Most common: UNSANITARY CONDITION (22) · Rodent (21) · Noise (18) · PLUMBING (18) · PAINT/PLASTER (17) · WATER LEAK (14).
$191,000 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 (1910) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (25) |
| 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 | $5,083,000 | $2,287,350 |
| 2026 | $5,110,000 | $2,299,500 |
| 2027 | $5,215,000 | $2,346,750 |
The city's market estimate has risen 3% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Tax exemptions on the roll: ARTICLE XI
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
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 · 500 ft straight-line (about a 2-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Cathedral Pkwy / Amsterdam Av — M4 · 300 ft |
| Citi Bike | Cathedral Pkwy & Broadway · 600 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.
223 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 |
165 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 10 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 $8,928,303 — from 109TH AFFORDABLE HOUSING LLC; HP MORNINGSIDE HEIGHTS PORTFOLIO HOUSING to SIGNATURE BANK | $8,928,303 | |
| 2020-11-05 | Deed $9,385,612 — from BEACON 109 223-225 LLC to 109TH AFFORDABLE HOUSING LLC; HP MORNINGSIDE HEIGHTS PORTFOLIO HOUSING | $9,385,613 | |
| 2020-10-16 | Sold for $9,385,613 | $9,385,613 | $375,425 |
| 2016-09-29 | AL&R $9,440,000 — from BEACON 109 223-225 LLC to SIGNATURE BANK | $9,440,000 | |
| 2016-09-29 | Mortgage $2,926,754 — from BEACON 109 223-225 LLC to SIGNATURE BANK | $2,926,754 | |
| 2016-09-29 | Agreement $9,440,000 — from BEACON 109 223-225 LLC to SIGNATURE BANK | $9,440,000 | |
| 2016-01-25 | Mortgage $844,323 — from BEACON 109 223-225 LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $844,323 | |
| 2016-01-25 | Agreement $1,925,000 — from BEACON 109 223-225 LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $1,925,000 | |
| 2015-01-22 | AL&R $1,100,000 — from BEACON 109 223-225 LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $1,100,000 | |
| 2015-01-22 | Mortgage $1,100,000 — from BEACON 109 223-225 LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $1,100,000 | |
| 2013-11-26 | Agreement $4,875,000 — from BEACON 109 223-225 LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $4,875,000 | |
| 2013-11-26 | Mortgage $756,482 — from BEACON 109 223-225 LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $756,482 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 4 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 3 | 40 |
| 2018 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 19 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 28 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 1 | 3 | 52 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 126 | 3 | 9 | 138 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 0 | 6 | 75 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 183 | 6 | 5 | 194 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 169 | 0 | 8 | 177 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 1 | 3 | 93 |
Every one of the 1,378 recorded events, 1900–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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