363 recorded events, 1972–2026, from 17 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 117 311 service requests, 71 HPD complaints, 47 HPD housing violations.
Full record, year by year Support this site
A sustained record of distress well beyond its peers. More recorded distress than 99% of 1-5-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 1-5-unit residential buildings is 0 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 402. In ZIP 10027, 43% of residential buildings hold an A and 14% grade D or F. How grades work
Among 699,345 1-5-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more
| Open HPD violations | 33 total — 11 class C (immediately hazardous), 18 class B, 4 class A. Oldest open since 2023-12-02. |
| Pending HPD litigation | 1 case(s) pending in housing court |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
29 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 4 · winter 2024–25: 12 · winter 2025–26: 12). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
55 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (14) · HEAT/HOT WATER (12) · WATER LEAK (5) · Food Establishment (4) · Street Condition (3) · DOOR/WINDOW (3).
$35,000 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (3 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) |
| No | Six or more residential units (5) |
| Yes | 421-a / J-51 tax benefit on the current tax roll |
2 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) | West 128th Street LP |
| Head officer | Francis Synmoie |
| Managing agent | Dwelling Place Properties LLC |
| Last registered | 2025-10-14 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,339,000 | $602,550 |
| 2026 | $1,071,000 | $481,950 |
| 2027 | $1,285,000 | $578,250 |
The city's market estimate has fallen 4% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Tax exemptions on the roll: J51
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jacob Soul Food Restaurant | Soul Food | A | — |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
1 restaurant · 0 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map
2 food-poisoning reports to 311 at this address in the last three years (1 with three or more people sick)
4 Food Establishment complaints to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Rodents/Insects/Garbage, Allergy Information, Food Contaminated) · complaints filed by the public; DOHMH investigates, outcomes aren't published.
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.
2 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2013 (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 | 125 St — 2 3 · 950 ft straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Malcolm X Blvd / W 129 St — M7 M102 · 100 ft |
| Citi Bike | Lenox Ave & W 130 St · 300 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.
102 West 129 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 |
| Food poisoning | Food poisoning |
| Food safety complaint | Food safety complaint |
| Anything else | Anything else |
55 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 12 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 DWELLING PLACE PROPERTIES LLC — 31 buildings, 464 units. Grades across the portfolio: A9 · B17 · C2 · D2 · F1. See the whole portfolio
| Building | Borough | Units | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 27 West 129 Street | MN | 35 | B |
| 46 West 129 Street | MN | 29 | B |
| 2471 Fredrick Douglass Bl | MN | 27 | B |
| 103 West 127 Street | MN | 25 | B |
| 14 West 127 Street | MN | 24 | B |
| 22 West 128 Street | MN | 20 | A |
| 153 West 132 Street | MN | 20 | A |
| 51 West 128 Street | MN | 20 | B |
| 141 West 127 Street | MN | 18 | B |
| 267 West 144 Street | MN | 18 | A |
| 2479 Fredrick Douglass Bl | MN | 18 | A |
| 2211 Adam C Powell Blvd | MN | 18 | B |
| 2508 Adam C Powell Blvd | MN | 17 | A |
| 60 West 128 Street | MN | 16 | C |
| 64 West 128 Street | MN | 15 | B |
| 79 West 128 Street | MN | 15 | A |
| 2014 Adam C Powell Blvd | MN | 14 | B |
| 238 West 146 Street | MN | 13 | B |
| 8 West 132 Street | MN | 10 | A |
| 156 West 131 Street | MN | 10 | B |
| 305 West 146 Street | MN | 10 | A |
| 1983 Adam C Powell Blvd | MN | 9 | B |
| 408 Lenox Avenue | MN | 9 | B |
| 412 Lenox Avenue | MN | 9 | C |
| 305 West 138 Street | MN | 8 | B |
| 2550 8 Avenue | MN | 8 | B |
| 2695 Fredrick Douglass Bl | MN | 8 | B |
| 2703 Fredrick Douglass Bl | MN | 8 | A |
| 102 West 129 Street | MN | 5 | F |
| 73 West 128 Street | MN | 5 | D |
| 347 Lenox Avenue | MN | 3 | D |
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $10,476,200 on 2003-09-29 (lender: The City Of New York Through Its Department Of), covering 7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006-11-22 | SPRD $18,636,105 — from THE CITY OF NEW YORK-DEPARTMENT OF HOUSI to WEST 128TH STREET L.P. | $18,636,105 | |
| 2003-09-29 | Mortgage $10,476,200 — from NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERSHIP HOUSING DEVELOP to THE CITY OF NEW YORK THROUGH ITS DEPARTM | $10,476,200 | |
| 2001-06-22 | Mortgage $654,308 — from T&M MANAGEMENT, INC.; NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERSHIP HOUSING DVLPMNT to CITIBANK, NA | $654,308 | |
| 2001-06-22 | Mortgage $9,556,477 — from T&M REALTY MANAGEMENT, INC.; NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERSHIP HOUSING DVLPMNT to CITIBANK, NA | $9,556,477 | |
| 2001-06-22 | Mortgage $910,391 — from T&M REALTY MANAGEMENT, INC.; NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERSHIP HOUSING DVLPMNT to CITIBANK, NA | $910,391 | |
| 2001-06-22 | Mortgage $9,300,394 — from NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERSHIP HOUSING DVLPMNT; T&M REALTY MANAGEMENT, INC. to CITIBANK, NA | $9,300,394 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 16 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 13 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 18 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 20 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 5 | 37 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 27 |
| 2026 | 0 | 1 | 71 | 3 | 75 |
Every one of the 363 recorded events, 1972–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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