908 recorded events, 2010–2026, from 18 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 408 311 service requests, 120 HPD complaints, 104 HPD housing violations.
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A sustained record of distress well beyond its peers. More recorded distress than 99% 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 1630.3. 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
| Open HPD violations | 23 total — 7 class C (immediately hazardous), 9 class B, 7 class A. Oldest open since 2024-07-02. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
32 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2025–26: 10).
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
408 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (228) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (39) · DOOR/WINDOW (34) · HEAT/HOT WATER (16) · PLUMBING (11) · Smoking or Vaping (8).
$195,003 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (20 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.
| No | Built before 1974 |
| No | Six or more residential units (2) |
| No | 421-a / J-51 tax benefit on the current tax roll |
0 of 3 signals present. None of the common signals are present — stabilization is unlikely (though never impossible). The definitive answer for any unit: request its rent history from NYS Homes & Community Renewal (free, at hcr.ny.gov).
| Registered owner(s) | BALTON COMMONS, LLC |
| Head officer | HARRISON RAYFORD |
| Managing agent | METROPOLITIAN PROPERTY SERVICE |
| Last registered | 2025-11-18 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $4,887,902 | $2,199,556 |
| 2026 | $2,012,000 | $905,400 |
| 2027 | $2,118,000 | $953,100 |
The city's market estimate has fallen 57% 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 6 of 6 — zone 1 evacuates first.
Not in the city's stormwater (cloudburst) flood maps under any modeled scenario.
4 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2025 (4 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 | 125 St — A B C D · 550 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: full 125 St — 2 3 · 0.3 mi straight-line (about an 8-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Frederick Douglass Blvd / W 125 St — M10 · 350 ft |
| Citi Bike | St Nicholas Ave & W 126 St · 600 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 154 Harriet Tubman. 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.
267 West 126 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 |
408 311 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.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-26 | Agreement $5,530,176 — from HCCI BALTON HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND COR; BALTON COMMONS LLC to THE CITY OF NEW YORK | $5,530,176 | |
| 2023-12-26 | Agreement $6,299,997 — from BALTON COMMONS LLC; HCCI BALTON HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND COR to THE CITY OF NEW YORK | $6,299,997 | |
| 2023-12-26 | Mortgage $752,755 — from HCCI BALTON HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND COR; BALTON COMMONS LLC to CITY OF NEW YORK | $752,755 | |
| 2023-12-26 | Mortgage $6,418,000 — from BALTON COMMONS LLC to WALKER & DUNLOP, LLC | $6,418,000 | |
| 2023-12-26 | Agreement $5,530,176 — from HCCI BALTON HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND COR; BALTON COMMONS LLC to THE CITY OF NEW YORK | $5,530,176 | |
| 2023-12-26 | Agreement $6,299,997 — from BALTON COMMONS LLC; HCCI BALTON HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND COR to THE CITY OF NEW YORK | $6,299,997 | |
| 2023-12-26 | Mortgage $1,500,085 — from BALTON COMMONS LLC; HCCI BALTON HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND COR to CITY OF NEW YORK | $1,500,085 | |
| 2023-12-26 | Mortgage $6,418,000 — from BALTON COMMONS LLC to WALKER & DUNLOP, LLC | $6,418,000 | |
| 2023-12-26 | Mortgage $6,418,000 — from BALTON COMMONS LLC to WALKER & DUNLOP, LLC | $6,418,000 | |
| 2023-12-26 | Mortgage $4,047,156 — from BALTON COMMONS LLC; HCCI BALTON HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND COR to CITY OF NEW YORK | $4,047,156 | |
| 2023-12-26 | Agreement $6,299,997 — from BALTON COMMONS LLC; HCCI BALTON HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND COR to THE CITY OF NEW YORK | $6,299,997 | |
| 2023-12-26 | Agreement $5,530,176 — from HCCI BALTON HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND COR; BALTON COMMONS LLC to THE CITY OF NEW YORK | $5,530,176 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 2019 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 23 |
| 2020 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 32 |
| 2021 | 32 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 55 |
| 2022 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 23 |
| 2023 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 57 | 8 | 82 |
| 2024 | 1 | 11 | 122 | 0 | 8 | 142 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 | 203 | 0 | 8 | 212 |
| 2026 | 0 | 3 | 309 | 0 | 1 | 313 |
Every one of the 908 recorded events, 2010–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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