819 recorded events, 1976–2026, from 16 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 316 HPD complaints, 178 311 service requests, 160 HPD housing violations.
Full record, year by year Support this site
A meaningful record of code violations or complaints relative to its peers. More recorded distress than 95% 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 325.1. In ZIP 10030, 33% of residential buildings hold an A and 16% 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 | 7 total — 3 class C (immediately hazardous), 1 class B, 3 class A. Oldest open since 2006-10-12. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
40 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 14 · winter 2024–25: 16 · winter 2025–26: 10). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
62 service requests in the last three years. Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (20) · Noise (11) · PLUMBING (6) · WATER LEAK (5) · PAINT/PLASTER (4) · ELECTRIC (4).
$373,952 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (2 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 (8) |
| 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) | GREATER HARLEM HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORP |
| Head officer | LLOYD WILLIAMS |
| Managing agent | ELH MGMT. LLC |
| Last registered | 2025-09-29 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,485,000 | $668,250 |
| 2026 | $1,584,000 | $712,800 |
| 2027 | $1,670,000 | $751,500 |
The city's market estimate has risen 12% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| 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.
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 | 135 St — B C · 800 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: none 135 St — 2 3 · 0.3 mi straight-line (about a 7-minute walk) · station accessibility: full |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: W 135 St / Adam C Powell Blvd — Bx33 · 350 ft |
| Citi Bike | Adam Clayton Powell Blvd & W 138 St · 850 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.
229 West 135 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 |
62 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 20 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 ELH MGMT.LLC — 110 buildings, 3,367 units. Grades across the portfolio: A17 · B29 · C34 · D17 · F13. See the whole portfolio
showing 60 of 110 buildings
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $1,435,000 on 2021-07-29 (lender: New York City Housing Development Corporation), covering 10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-07-29 | Mortgage $5,866,981 — from GREATER HARLEM HOUSING LLC; GREATER HARLEM HOUSINF DEVELOPMENT FUND to NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPOR | $5,866,981 | |
| 2021-07-29 | Mortgage $4,464,006 — from GREATER HARLEM HOUSING LLC; GREATER HARLEM HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND to NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPOR | $4,464,006 | |
| 2021-07-29 | Mortgage $5,255,994 — from GREATER HARLEM HOUSING LLC; GREATER HARLEM HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND to NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPOR | $5,255,994 | |
| 2021-07-29 | Mortgage $1,435,000 — from GREATER HARLEM HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND ; GREATER HARLEM HOUSING LLC to NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPOR | $1,435,000 | |
| 2021-07-29 | Deed $10,820,000 — from GREATER HARLEM HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORP to GREATER HARLEM HOUSING HDFC | $10,820,000 | |
| 2021-06-30 | Sold for $10,820,000 | $10,820,000 | $1,352,500 |
| 2015-02-20 | AL&R $2,000,000 — from GREATER HARLEM HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPO to THE CITY OF NEW YORK | $2,000,000 | |
| 2015-02-20 | Mortgage $2,000,000 — from GREATER HARLEM HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPO to THE CITY OF NEW YORK | $2,000,000 | |
| 2008-06-13 | AL&R $2,550,000 — from GREATER HARLEM HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPO to THE CITY OF NEW YORK- DEPARTMENT OF HOUS | $2,550,000 | |
| 2008-06-13 | Agreement $5,866,981 — from GREATER HARLEM HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPO to THE CITY OF NEW YORK- DEPARTMENT OF HOUS | $5,866,981 | |
| 2008-06-13 | Mortgage $2,550,000 — from GREATER HARLEM HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPO to THE CITY OF NEW YORK- DEPARTMENT OF HOUS | $2,550,000 | |
| 2006-05-04 | Agreement $5,779,050 — from GREATER HARLEM HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPO to THE CITY OF NEW YORK- DEPARTMENT OF HOUS | $5,779,050 | |
| 2001-07-13 | Mortgage $172,708 — from GREATER HARLEM HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPO to COMMUNITY PRESERVATION CORPORATION | $172,708 | |
| 2001-07-13 | Mortgage $690,000 — from GREATER HARLEM HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPO to COMMUNITY PRESERVATION CORPORATION | $690,000 | |
| 1994-07-14 | Mortgage $106,736 — from GREATER HARLEM HOUSING DEVELOPMEN CORPOA to COMMUNITY PRESERVATION CORPORATION | $106,736 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 22 |
| 2022 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 13 |
| 2023 | 4 | 1 | 41 | 0 | 3 | 49 |
| 2024 | 3 | 1 | 85 | 0 | 3 | 92 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 48 | 1 | 4 | 54 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 17 |
Every one of the 819 recorded events, 1976–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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