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174 West 136 Street

1,157Records
17City systems
51Open violations
262.4Penalty rate
Manhattan · ZIP 10030 · Neighborhood: Harlem (North)
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1,157 recorded events, 1967–2026, from 17 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 362 311 service requests, 308 HPD complaints, 273 HPD housing violations.

BoroughManhattan 10030
Built1920
Floors6
Res. units16
ClassD7
Owner (PLUTO)LAURA B. THOMAS HOUSES, LP
BBL1019200060
BIN1058296

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GRADE C

A meaningful record of code violations or complaints relative to its peers. More recorded distress than 93% 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 262.4. In ZIP 10030, 33% of residential buildings hold an A and 16% grade D or F. How grades work

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A
B
C

Among 46,798 6-24-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more

Open with the city right now

Open HPD violations51 total — 20 class C (immediately hazardous), 23 class B, 8 class A. Oldest open since 2019-02-15.

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

Patterns

34 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 27 · winter 2024–25: 2 · winter 2025–26: 5). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.

27
’23–24
2
’24–25
5
’25–26

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

$19,375 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.

What 311 hears from this address

89 service requests in the last three years. Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (16) · Elevator (12) · Dirty Condition (9) · PLUMBING (8) · Rodent (8) · Noise (8).

Filed construction activity

No permitted work with a declared cost filed in the last decade. Permit costs cover filed construction work only — they do not capture routine maintenance or repairs done without a permit.

Rent-stabilization signals

YesBuilt before 1974 (1920)
YesSix or more residential units (16)
No421-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 with HPD — the names behind the building

Registered owner(s)LAURA B THOMAS HOUSES
Head officerPRINCESS M PALMER
Managing agentPRESTIGE MANAGEMENT
Last registered2025-10-17

as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$1,020,000 $459,000
2026$1,221,000 $549,450
2027$1,346,000 $605,700

The city's market estimate has risen 32% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Tax exemptions on the roll: 420C

Building systems

Heating fuelNATURALGAS

Flood exposure

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.

Getting around

Subway135 St — 2 3 · 750 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
135 St — B C · 0.3 mi straight-line (about a 7-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: Adam C Powell Blvd / W 135 St — M2 · 100 ft
Citi BikeAdam Clayton Powell Blvd & W 138 St · 500 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.

Report a problem to 311

174 West 136 Street

Heat or hot waterHeat or hot water
Apartment maintenanceApartment maintenance
Bed bugsBed bugs
Residential pestsResidential pests
Rats or miceRats or mice
Anything elseAnything else

89 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 16 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.

The landlord's report card

Managed by PRESTIGE MANAGEMENT — 12 buildings, 2,706 units. Grades across the portfolio: A1 · B6 · C5. See the whole portfolio

BuildingBoroughUnitsGrade
211 East 106 Street MN1267 A
2086 2 Avenue MN936 B
636 Brooklyn Avenue BK160 B
37 North Elliott Place BK158 B
203 West 146 Street MN65 B
262 West 154 Street MN27 B
15 West 137 Street MN18 B
17 West 137 Street MN18 C
21 West 137 Street MN18 C
174 West 136 Street MN16 C
2787 Fredrick Douglass Bl MN13 C
141 West 117 Street MN10 C

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $7,072,883 on 2001-07-02 (lender: NYC Hpd), 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.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2001-07-02Mortgage $7,072,883 — from LAURA B. THOMAS HOUSES, LP to NYC HPD $7,072,883

Ten-year activity

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2017
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2019
2020
2021
2022
118
2023
2024
2025
2026
EnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systems
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YearEnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systemsTotal
2017170677
2018327232
2019440347
2020635647
2021333238
2022590398
202311134118
202411887106
2025287695
2026325533
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The full timeline

Construction 38Enforcement 81Housing & tenants 974Ownership & money 12Health & systems 52

Every one of the 1,157 recorded events, 1967–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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