783 recorded events, 1976–2026, from 20 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 218 311 service requests, 166 HPD complaints, 120 HPD housing violations.
Full record, year by year Support this site
The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less recorded distress than 51% 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 15.6. In ZIP 10030, 33% of residential buildings hold an A and 16% 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 | 1 total — 0 class C (immediately hazardous), 1 class B, 0 class A. Oldest open since 2023-07-27. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
4 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
36 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (12) · Illegal Parking (4) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (3) · GENERAL (3) · DOOR/WINDOW (2) · WATER LEAK (2).
$1,812,800 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (11 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 (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) | WEST 135TH APTS OWNER, LLC |
| Head officer | SCOTT JAFFEE |
| Managing agent | METROPOLITAN REALTY GROUP, LLC |
| Last registered | 2025-10-08 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,899,000 | $854,550 |
| 2026 | $2,019,000 | $908,550 |
| 2027 | $2,114,000 | $951,300 |
The city's market estimate has risen 11% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Tax exemptions on the roll: 420C
| 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.
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 | 135 St — 2 3 · 350 ft straight-line (about a 2-minute walk) · station accessibility: full 135 St — B C · 0.3 mi straight-line (about a 9-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: W 135 St / Malcolm X Blvd — Bx33 · 250 ft |
| Citi Bike | Lenox Ave & W 133 St · 700 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 175 Henry H Garnet. 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.
123 West 135 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 |
36 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 2 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 METROPOLITAN REALTY GROUP, LLC — 46 buildings, 1,728 units. Grades across the portfolio: A31 · B14. See the whole portfolio
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $64,725,000 on 2024-09-12 (lender: Greystone Servicing Company LLC), covering 10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-09-12 | Agreement $5,940,000 — from HP WEST 135 HOUSING DEVELPMENT FUND COMP; WEST 135TH APARTMENTS, LLC to WEST 135TH APTS OWNER LLC; HP WEST 135 HOUSING DEVELPMENT FUND COMP | $5,940,000 | |
| 2024-09-12 | Mortgage $64,725,000 — from HP WEST 135 HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND COM; WEST 135TH APTS OWNER LLC to GREYSTONE SERVICING COMPANY LLC | $64,725,000 | |
| 2024-09-12 | Deed $64,000,000 — from HP WEST 135 HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND COM; WEST 135TH APARTMENTS, LLC to WEST 135TH APTS OWNER LLC; HP WEST 135 HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND COM | $64,000,000 | |
| 2024-09-06 | Sold for $64,000,000 | $64,000,000 | $2,909,091 |
| 2019-05-20 | Mortgage $2,859,598 — from WEST 135TH APARTMENTS, LLC; HP WEST 135 HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND COM to NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPOR | $2,859,598 | |
| 2019-05-20 | Mortgage $8,425,402 — from HP WEST 135 HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND COM; WEST 135TH APARTMENTS, LLC to NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPOR | $8,425,403 | |
| 2011-03-30 | Agreement $5,940,000 — from WEST 135TH APARTMENTS, LLC to NYC PARTNERSHIP HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND; THE CITY OF NEW YORK, ACTING THROUGH ITS | $5,940,000 | |
| 2010-03-11 | Agreement $3,615,300 — from WEST 135TH APARTMENTS LLC to SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPME | $3,615,300 | |
| 2010-01-15 | Mortgage $4,814,968 — from NYC PARTNERSHIP HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND; WEST 135TH APARTMENTS, LLC to RSGF 135TH STREET LLC | $4,814,968 | |
| 2010-01-15 | Mortgage $3,615,300 — from WEST 135TH APARTMENTS, LLC to SEC. OF HOUSING & URBAN DEV., WASHINGTON | $3,615,300 | |
| 2010-01-15 | Mortgage $1,342,775 — from WEST 135TH APARTMENTS, LLC; NYC PARTNERSHIP HOUSING DEV. FUND COMPAN to NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPOR | $1,342,775 | |
| 2010-01-15 | Mortgage $3,165,132 — from WEST 135TH APARTMENTS, LLC; NYC PARTNERSHIP HOUSING DEV. FUND COMPAN to NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPOR | $3,165,132 | |
| 2010-01-15 | Mortgage $1,432,093 — from WEST 135TH APARTMENTS, LLC; NYC PARTNERSHIP HOUSING DEV. FUND COMPAN to NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPOR | $1,432,093 | |
| 2010-01-15 | Mortgage $2,801,241 — from NYC PARTNERSHIP HOUSING DEV. FUND COMPAN; WEST 135TH APARTMENTS, LLC to NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPOR | $2,801,241 | |
| 2010-01-15 | Mortgage $114,614 — from NYC PARTNERSHIP HOUSING DEV. FUND COMPAN; WEST 135TH APARTMENTS, LLC to NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPOR | $114,614 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 44 | 0 | 3 | 48 |
| 2018 | 4 | 1 | 37 | 0 | 3 | 45 |
| 2019 | 2 | 7 | 55 | 12 | 4 | 80 |
| 2020 | 9 | 3 | 74 | 3 | 1 | 90 |
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 14 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 7 | 34 |
| 2023 | 0 | 4 | 70 | 0 | 3 | 77 |
| 2024 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 21 | 3 | 47 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 26 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 14 |
Every one of the 783 recorded events, 1976–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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