286 recorded events, 1977–2026, from 14 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 71 311 service requests, 46 HPD complaints, 37 ACRIS deeds & mortgages.
Full record, year by year Support this site
The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. More recorded distress than 54% 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 19.7. 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 | 1 total — 0 class C (immediately hazardous), 1 class B, 0 class A. Oldest open since 2025-09-26. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
2 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2024–25: 2).
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
23 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Residential Disposal Complaint (4) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (3) · Rodent (3) · Illegal Parking (2) · Harboring Bees/Wasps (2) · SAFETY (1).
$36,300 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (1 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 (11) |
| 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) | ICER OF 255 WEST 121ST STREET LLC |
| Head officer | JOSEPH JEMAL |
| Managing agent | LIVINGSTON MANAGEMENT SERVICES LLC |
| Last registered | 2025-09-11 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,183,000 | $532,350 |
| 2026 | $1,070,000 | $481,500 |
| 2027 | $1,151,000 | $517,950 |
The city's market estimate has fallen 3% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
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 — 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 · 300 ft |
| Citi Bike | Adam Clayton Powell Blvd & W 123 St · 750 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.
255 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 |
23 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 1 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 LIVINGSTON MANAGEMENT SERVICES — 249 buildings, 4,468 units. Grades across the portfolio: A76 · B79 · C41 · D38 · F12. See the whole portfolio
showing 60 of 249 buildings
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $1,975,001 on 2018-10-26 (lender: Signature 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-10-26 | Mortgage $2,024,999 — from ICER OF 255 WEST 121ST STREET LLC; ICER OF 129 WEST 134TH STREET LLC to METROPOLITAN COMMERCIAL BANK | $2,024,999 | |
| 2018-10-26 | Agreement $2,999,999 — from ICER OF 145 WEST 129TH STREET LLC; ICER OF 269 WEST 134TH STREET LLC; ICER OF 255 WEST 121 to METROPOLITAN COMMERCIAL BANK | $2,999,999 | |
| 2018-10-26 | AL&R $4,000,000 — from ICER OF 269 WEST 134TH STREET LLC; ICER OF 255 WEST 121ST STREET LLC to SIGNATURE BANK | $4,000,000 | |
| 2018-10-26 | Agreement $4,000,000 — from ICER OF 269 WEST 134TH STREET LLC; ICER OF 255 WEST 121ST STREET LLC to SIGNATURE BANK | $4,000,000 | |
| 2018-10-26 | Mortgage $1,975,001 — from ICER OF 255 WEST 121ST STREET LLC; ICER OF 269 WEST 134TH STREET LLC to SIGNATURE BANK | $1,975,001 | |
| 2017-01-10 | Mortgage $964,999 — from ICER OF 269 WEST 134TH STREET LLC; ICER OF 255 WEST 121ST STREET LLC; ICER OF 145 WEST 129 to METROPOLITAN COMMERCIAL BANK | $964,999 | |
| 2017-01-10 | AL&R $2,999,999 — from ICER OF 269 WEST 134TH STREET LLC; ICER OF 145 WEST 129TH STREET LLC; ICER OF 255 WEST 121 to METROPOLITAN COMMERCIAL BANK | $2,999,999 | |
| 2017-01-10 | Agreement $2,999,999 — from ICER OF 269 WEST 134TH STREET LLC; ICER OF 255 WEST 121ST STREET LLC; ICER OF 145 WEST 129 to METROPOLITAN COMMERCIAL BANK | $2,999,999 | |
| 2016-02-25 | Agreement $600,000 — from ICER OF 255 WEST 121ST STREET LLC to BANK HAPOALIM B.M. | $600,000 | |
| 2013-08-02 | AL&R $600,000 — from ICER OF 255 WEST 121ST STREET LLC to BANK HAPOALIM B.M. | $600,000 | |
| 2013-08-02 | Mortgage $600,000 — from ICER OF 255 WEST 121ST STREET LLC to BANK HAPOALIM B.M. | $600,000 | |
| 2013-05-08 | Deed $800,000 — from HARRIS, JAMES to ICER OF 255 WEST 121ST STREET LLC | $800,000 | |
| 2005-11-18 | Mortgage $370,000 — from HARRIS, JAMES to MERS | $370,000 | |
| 1998-06-16 | Mortgage $113,750 — from HARRIS, JAMES to INTERSTATE RESOURCECORP. | $113,750 | |
| 1985-06-12 | Mortgage $20,000 — from HARRIS, JAMES to ROBERTSON, FRANCES | $20,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 5 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 30 |
| 2018 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 25 |
| 2019 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 22 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 19 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 21 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 15 |
Every one of the 286 recorded events, 1977–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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