361 recorded events, 1967–2026, from 13 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 130 311 service requests, 60 HPD complaints, 58 rodent inspections.
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A meaningful record of code violations or complaints relative to its peers. More recorded distress than 87% 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 137.6. In ZIP 10026, 38% of residential buildings hold an A and 13% 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 | 22 total — 6 class C (immediately hazardous), 11 class B, 5 class A. Oldest open since 2021-07-21. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
31 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 6 · winter 2025–26: 24 · winter 2026–27: 1). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
25 service requests in the last three years. Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (13) · WATER LEAK (4) · Rodent (2) · Dirty Condition (1) · Food Establishment (1) · ELECTRIC (1).
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.
| Yes | Built before 1974 (1910) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (9) |
| 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) | ARTHUR RANSOME HOUSES L.P. |
| Head officer | PRINCESS M PALMER |
| Managing agent | PRESTIGE MANAGEMENT INC |
| Last registered | 2025-10-17 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,317,000 | $592,650 |
| 2026 | $1,335,000 | $600,750 |
| 2027 | $1,602,000 | $720,900 |
The city's market estimate has risen 22% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Tax exemptions on the roll: 420C
| Heating fuel | NO2FUEL |
Not in the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary maps).
Not in a hurricane evacuation zone.
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 | 116 St — B C · 700 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 |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Frederick Douglass Blvd / W 119 St — M10 · 150 ft |
| Citi Bike | Frederick Douglass Blvd & W 117 St · 400 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 076 A. Philip Randolph. 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.
280 West 119 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 |
25 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 13 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 PRESTIGE MANAGEMENT INC — 77 buildings, 8,758 units. Grades across the portfolio: A8 · B36 · C24 · D5. See the whole portfolio
showing 60 of 77 buildings
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $10,956,629 on 2005-12-19 (lender: The City Of New York), 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007-05-22 | RPTT&RET $10,260,617 — from ABYSSINIAN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION to NEW YORK EQUITY FUND 2005, LLC | $10,260,617 | |
| 2005-12-19 | Mortgage $10,956,629 — from ARTHUR RANSOME HOUSES , LP to THE CITY OF NEW YORK | $10,956,629 |
| Year | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 68 | 9 | 77 |
| 2018 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 10 |
| 2019 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 14 |
| 2020 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2021 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 22 |
| 2022 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 16 |
| 2023 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 20 |
| 2024 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 13 |
| 2025 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 18 |
| 2026 | 0 | 52 | 8 | 60 |
Every one of the 361 recorded events, 1967–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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