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144 West 125 Street

561Records
16City systems
0Open violations
—Penalty rate
Manhattan · ZIP 10027 · Neighborhood: Harlem (South)
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561 recorded events, 1969–2026, from 16 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 144 DOB permits, 110 DOB job filings, 76 311 service requests.

BoroughManhattan 10027
Built2023
Floors6
Res. units0
ClassP7
Owner (PLUTO)NYC DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS
BBL1019090009
BIN1057819, 1091054

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Patterns

No heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years.

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

What 311 hears from this address

6 service requests in the last three years. Most common: WATER LEAK (1) · Dirty Condition (1) · Missed Collection (1) · Illegal Parking (1) · Street Condition (1) · Illegal Dumping (1).

Filed construction activity

$871,885 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (51 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.

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$2,598,000 $1,169,100
2026$2,598,000 $1,169,100
2027$31,073,000 $13,982,850

The city's market estimate has risen 1096% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Building systems

Heating fuelNO2FUEL

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Studio CafeCoffee/TeaNot yet graded—

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

1 restaurant · 0 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map

Flood exposure

Not in the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary maps).

Hurricane evacuation zone 6 of 6 — zone 1 evacuates first.

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

Subway125 St — 2 3 · 550 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
125 St — A B C D · 0.3 mi straight-line (about an 8-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
BusNearest boarding stop: W 125 St / Adam C Powell Blvd — M101 M125 · 200 ft
Citi BikeAdam Clayton Powell Blvd & W 126 St · 450 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 154 Harriet Tubman. 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

144 West 125 Street

Rats or miceRats or mice
Food poisoningFood poisoning
Food safety complaintFood safety complaint
Anything elseAnything else

6 311 service requests from this address in the last three years.

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.

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $17,795 on 1986-07-10 (lender: City Of New York). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
1986-07-10Mortgage $17,795 — from STUDIO MUSEUM/HALEM,INC. to CITY OF NEW YORK $17,795
1982-04-22Mortgage $77,694 — from STUDIO MUSEUM/HARLEM,INC to CITY OF NEW YORK $77,694

Ten-year activity

100500
2017
66
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
2017140016
2018300192666
201919667240
2020158170141
2021711180036
2022305110551
2023411240461
202433830549
202518230528
20267110514
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The full timeline

Construction 263Enforcement 109Housing & tenants 77Ownership & money 51Health & systems 61

Every one of the 561 recorded events, 1969–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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