1,412 recorded events, 1977–2026, from 17 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 460 311 service requests, 393 HPD complaints, 318 HPD housing violations.
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A meaningful record of code violations or complaints relative to its peers. More recorded distress than 92% 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 243.9. In ZIP 10026, 38% 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 | 11 total — 5 class C (immediately hazardous), 2 class B, 4 class A. Oldest open since 2025-01-04. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
10 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 2 · winter 2024–25: 2 · winter 2025–26: 6). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
91 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (11) · DOOR/WINDOW (9) · Food Establishment (8) · Illegal Parking (8) · Dirty Condition (6) · GENERAL (6).
$17,500 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.
| Yes | Built before 1974 (1896) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (13) |
| Yes | 421-a / J-51 tax benefit on the current tax roll |
3 of 3 signals present. Buildings receiving 421-a or J-51 benefits are generally required to register their units as rent-stabilized for the duration of the benefit. The definitive answer for any unit: request its rent history from NYS Homes & Community Renewal (free, at hcr.ny.gov).
| Registered owner(s) | NORTHERN MAN EQUITIES |
| Head officer | CRAIG LIVINGSTON |
| Managing agent | WAVECREST MGMT GROUP |
| Last registered | 2025-10-14 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,070,000 | $481,500 |
| 2026 | $1,138,000 | $512,100 |
| 2027 | $1,133,000 | $509,850 |
The city's market estimate has risen 6% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Tax exemptions on the roll: ARTICLE XI · J51
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
Not in the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary maps).
Hurricane evacuation zone 5 of 6 — zone 1 evacuates first.
Not in the city's stormwater (cloudburst) flood maps under any modeled scenario.
2 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2011 (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 | 116 St — 2 3 · 550 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: none 116 St — B C · 0.3 mi straight-line (about an 8-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Malcolm X Blvd / W 119 St — M7 M102 · 100 ft |
| Citi Bike | Lenox Ave & W 117 St · 400 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 242 - The Young Diplomats Magnet Academy. 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.
161 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 |
91 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 5 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 WAVECREST MGMT GROUP — 362 buildings, 31,199 units. Grades across the portfolio: A86 · B145 · C84 · D33 · F13. See the whole portfolio
showing 60 of 362 buildings
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $25,350,000 on 2018-12-31 (lender: Merchants Bank Of Indiana), covering 22 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-12-31 | AL&R $25,350,000 — from NME HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND COMPANY, IN; NORTHERN MANHATTAN EQUITIES LLC to MERCHANTS BANK OF INDIANA | $25,350,000 | |
| 2018-12-31 | Mortgage $25,350,000 — from NME HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND COMPANY, IN; NORTHERN MANHATTAN EQUITIES LLC to MERCHANTS BANK OF INDIANA | $25,350,000 | |
| 2018-12-14 | Agreement $27,543,507 — from NME HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND COMPANY, IN; NORTHERN MANHATTAN EQUITIES LLC to NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPOR | $27,543,507 | |
| 2015-03-03 | AL&R $18,027,204 — from NME HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND COMPANY, IN; NORTHERN MANHATTAN EQUITIES LLC to TDBANK, N.A. | $18,027,204 | |
| 2015-03-03 | Mortgage $18,027,204 — from NORTHERN MANHATTAN EQUITIES LLC; NME HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND COMPANY, IN to TDBANK, N.A. | $18,027,204 | |
| 2015-03-03 | AL&R $1,613,937 — from NME HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND COMPANY, IN; NORTHERN MANHATTAN EQUITIES LLC to TDBANK, N.A. | $1,613,937 | |
| 2015-03-03 | Mortgage $1,613,937 — from NORTHERN MANHATTAN EQUITIES LLC; NME HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND COMPANY, IN to TDBANK, N.A. | $1,613,937 | |
| 2015-03-03 | Mortgage $3,438,859 — from NME HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND COMPANY, IN; NORTHERN MANHATTAN EQUITIES LLC to TDBANK, N.A. | $3,438,859 | |
| 2015-03-03 | AL&R $3,438,859 — from NORTHERN MANHATTAN EQUITIES LLC; NME HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND COMPANY, IN to TDBANK, N.A. | $3,438,859 | |
| 2014-12-30 | Deed $3,132,216 — from CREATIONS ASSOCIATES, L.P. to NME HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND COMPANY, IN; NORTHERN MANHATTAN EQUITIES LLC | $3,132,216 | |
| 1999-10-01 | Mortgage $250,000 — from CREATIONS ASSOCIATES, L.P. to NYC HPD | $250,000 | |
| 1999-10-01 | Mortgage $240,000 — from CREATIONS ASSOCIATES, L.P. to NYC HPD | $240,000 | |
| 1994-08-31 | Mortgage $2,379,266 — from CREATIONS ASSOCIATES, L.P. to CITY OF NEW YORK HPD | $2,379,266 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 4 | 94 | 0 | 3 | 101 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 12 | 3 | 82 |
| 2019 | 4 | 3 | 63 | 0 | 5 | 75 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 187 | 0 | 2 | 190 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 184 | 1 | 2 | 187 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 60 | 0 | 3 | 64 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 1 | 8 | 84 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 0 | 10 | 78 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 | 52 | 0 | 18 | 71 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 0 | 14 | 82 |
Every one of the 1,412 recorded events, 1977–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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