145 recorded events, 1987–2026, from 15 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 34 HPD complaints, 25 rodent inspections, 24 311 service requests.
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 100% 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 0. 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
No current HPD flags in the latest weekly snapshot: no open violations, no pending litigation, no active vacate orders, and not in the Alternative Enforcement Program.
No heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
2 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Derelict Vehicles (1) · Dirty Condition (1).
$52,000 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 (2) |
| No | 421-a / J-51 tax benefit on the current tax roll |
1 of 3 signals present. Only a partial profile — stabilization is possible but less likely. The definitive answer for any unit: request its rent history from NYS Homes & Community Renewal (free, at hcr.ny.gov).
| Registered owner(s) | BH 248 WEST 121 LLC |
| Head officer | SHMUEL BENTOV |
| Managing agent | SENSA REALTY LLC |
| Last registered | 2019-08-13 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,850,000 | $111,000 |
| 2026 | $2,259,000 | $135,540 |
| 2027 | $2,896,000 | $173,760 |
The city's market estimate has risen 57% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Heating fuel | NO2FUEL |
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 2021 (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 | 116 St — B C · 0.2 mi straight-line (about a 6-minute walk) · station accessibility: none 125 St — A B C D · 0.2 mi straight-line (about a 6-minute walk) · station accessibility: full |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Frederick Douglass Blvd / W 121 St — M10 · 350 ft |
| Citi Bike | Adam Clayton Powell Blvd & W 123 St · 800 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.
248 West 121 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 |
2 311 service requests from this address in the last three years.
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 SENSA REALTY LLC — 12 buildings, 140 units. Grades across the portfolio: A8 · B3 · D1. See the whole portfolio
| Building | Borough | Units | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 560 West 151 Street | MN | 31 | A |
| 556 West 156 Street | MN | 30 | A |
| 520 West 175 Street | MN | 16 | B |
| 1838 Adam C Powell Blvd | MN | 15 | A |
| 2320 Adam C Powell Blvd | MN | 9 | A |
| 469 West 147 Street | MN | 8 | B |
| 110 West 130 Street | MN | 7 | A |
| 553 Manhattan Avenue | MN | 6 | A |
| 9 East 124 Street | MN | 6 | A |
| 207 West 121 Street | MN | 5 | D |
| 316 West 139 Street | MN | 5 | B |
| 248 West 121 Street | MN | 2 | A |
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $1,350,000 on 2016-07-13 (lender: Country Bank), covering 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-06-10 | Agreement $2,950,000 — from BH248 WEST 121 LLC; BH246 WEST 121 LLC to SENSA VENTURES LLC | $2,950,000 | |
| 2016-07-13 | Agreement $3,000,000 — from BH 246 WEST 121 LLC; BH 248 WEST 121 LLC to COUNTRY BANK | $3,000,000 | |
| 2016-07-13 | Mortgage $1,350,000 — from BH 248 WEST 121 LLC; BH 246 WEST 121 LLC to COUNTRY BANK | $1,350,000 | |
| 2016-07-13 | AL&R $3,000,000 — from BH 246 WEST 121 LLC; BH 248 WEST 121 LLC to COUNTRY BANK | $3,000,000 | |
| 2014-08-27 | AL&R $850,000 — from BH 248 WEST 121 LLC to COUNTRY BANK | $850,000 | |
| 2014-08-27 | Mortgage $850,000 — from BH 248 WEST 121 LLC to COUNTRY BANK | $850,000 | |
| 2014-07-01 | Deed $1,100,000 — from SMITH, LUTHER GEORGE to BH 248 WEST 121 LLC | $1,100,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 2018 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2023 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
Every one of the 145 recorded events, 1987–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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