955 recorded events, 1900–2026, from 17 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 319 311 service requests, 247 HPD housing violations, 230 HPD complaints.
Full record, year by year Support this site
A modest record — below the level that usually signals systemic problems. More recorded distress than 82% 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 99.4. In ZIP 10027, 43% of residential buildings hold an A and 14% 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 | 140 total — 45 class C (immediately hazardous), 69 class B, 26 class A. Oldest open since 1984-03-29. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
12 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 4 · winter 2025–26: 8). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
4 bedbug-infested unit(s) reported in filings over the last three years.
44 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (25) · HEAT/HOT WATER (5) · Food Establishment (2) · Homeless Person Assistance (2) · Graffiti (2) · PLUMBING (1).
$15,500 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (2 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 (1905) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (22) |
| 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) | 393 LENOX AVE. INC |
| Head officer | BAROUKH SASOUSNESS |
| Managing agent | BAROUKH SASOUSNESS |
| Last registered | 2025-09-05 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $2,069,000 | $931,050 |
| 2026 | $2,200,000 | $990,000 |
| 2027 | $2,690,000 | $1,210,500 |
The city's market estimate has risen 30% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Heating fuel | NO2FUEL |
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Ocean | Chinese | A | — |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
1 restaurant · 0 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map
1 food-poisoning report to 311 at this address in the last three years (0 with three or more people sick)
2 Food Establishment complaints to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Rodents/Insects/Garbage) · 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.
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 | 125 St — 2 3 · 0.2 mi straight-line (about a 6-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Malcolm X Blvd / W 129 St — M7 M102 · 150 ft |
| Citi Bike | Lenox Ave & W 130 St · 150 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.
389 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 |
| Food poisoning | Food poisoning |
| Food safety complaint | Food safety complaint |
| Anything else | Anything else |
44 311 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.
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $6,198,600 on 2012-11-16 (lender: Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas), covering 60 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-11-16 | Mortgage $6,198,601 — from GLP CELL SITE A, LLC; GLP CELL SITE IV, LLC; CELL TOWER LEASE ACQUISITION LLC; FKA T3 UNIS to DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS | $6,198,601 | |
| 2010-03-08 | RPTT&RET $26,446,314 — from CELL TOWER LEASE ACQUISITION, LLC to CELL TOWER LEASE ACQUISITION, LLC | $26,446,314 | |
| 2005-03-21 | Mortgage $300,000 — from CELL TOWER LEASE ACQUISITION LLC to CELL TOWER LEASE FUNDING LLC | $300,000 | |
| 2005-03-02 | EASE $244,380 — from 393 LENOX INC. to UNISON SITE MANAGEMENT, LLC | $244,380 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 10 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2019 | 0 | 2 | 49 | 0 | 51 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 44 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 46 | 0 | 47 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 1 | 54 |
| 2023 | 0 | 6 | 60 | 1 | 67 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 50 | 2 | 53 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 3 | 31 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 16 |
Every one of the 955 recorded events, 1900–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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