2,840 recorded events, 1967–2026, from 18 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 1,335 311 service requests, 1,168 HPD complaints, 107 HPD housing violations.
Full record, year by year Support this site
A modest record — below the level that usually signals systemic problems. More recorded distress than 76% 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 66.7. 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 — 1 class C (immediately hazardous), 0 class B, 0 class A. Oldest open since 2025-05-02. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
6 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2025–26: 6).
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
59 service requests in the last three years. Most common: UNSANITARY CONDITION (10) · Illegal Parking (8) · Rodent (7) · FLOORING/STAIRS (5) · PLUMBING (4) · GENERAL (3).
$492,160 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (17 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 (1901) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (13) |
| 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) | HPH Chosen, LLC |
| Head officer | Jay Newhouse |
| Managing agent | Jay Newhouse |
| Last registered | 2025-08-29 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,959,000 | $881,550 |
| 2026 | $2,083,000 | $937,350 |
| 2027 | $1,884,000 | $847,800 |
The city's market estimate has fallen 4% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zoe Cafe | Egyptian | A | — |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
1 restaurant · 0 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map
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 · 1,000 ft straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: full |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Frederick Douglass Blvd / W 121 St — M10 · 100 ft |
| Citi Bike | St Nicholas Ave & Manhattan Ave · 700 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 180 Hugo Newman. 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.
301 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 |
| Food poisoning | Food poisoning |
| Food safety complaint | Food safety complaint |
| Anything else | Anything else |
59 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 3 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.
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $9,500,000 on 2014-06-06 (lender: Customers Bank), covering 12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-01-03 | Mortgage $19,708,905 — from HPH CLAYTON, LLC; HPH MILANO, LLC; HPH TRIO, LLC; HPH 2067, LLC; HPH COURT, LLC; HPH LENOX to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $19,708,905 | |
| 2020-01-03 | AL&R $90,800,000 — from HPH CLAYTON, LLC; HPH MILANO, LLC; HPH TRIO, LLC; HPH LENOX, LLC; HPH COURT, LLC; HPH 2067 to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $90,800,000 | |
| 2020-01-03 | Agreement $90,800,000 — from HPH TRIO, LLC; HPH CLAYTON, LLC; HPH COURT, LLC; HPH MILANO, LLC; HPH 2067, LLC; HPH LENOX to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $90,800,000 | |
| 2020-01-03 | Deed $27,279,494 — from GG MANHATTAN AVE LLC; SOLKAM CHOSEN LLC; SIERRA CAPITAL GROUP LLC; MANHATTAN PORT REALTY L to HPH CHOSEN, LLC | $27,279,494 | |
| 2019-12-20 | Sold for $27,279,494 | $27,279,494 | $2,098,423 |
| 2017-03-06 | Agreement $2,603,000 — from ABJ CHOSEN, LLC to CAPITAL ONE MULTIFAMILY FINANCE, LLC | $2,603,000 | |
| 2017-03-06 | Agreement $9,193,287 — from CAPITAL ONE MULTIFAMILY FINANCE, LLC to ABJ CHOSEN, LLC | $9,193,287 | |
| 2017-03-06 | Mortgage $2,603,000 — from ABJ CHOSEN, LLC to CAPITAL ONE MULTIFAMILY FINANCE, LLC | $2,603,000 | |
| 2014-06-06 | Deed $14,500,000 — from 510 MANHATTAN AFFORDABLE HOUSING L.P. to ABJ CHOSEN, LLC | $14,500,000 | |
| 2014-06-06 | Mortgage $9,500,000 — from ABJ CHOSEN, LLC to CUSTOMERS BANK | $9,500,000 | |
| 2014-06-06 | AL&R $9,500,000 — from ABJ CHOSEN, LLC to CUSTOMERS BANK | $9,500,000 | |
| 2013-01-15 | RPTT&RET $4,868,251 — from CITY AFFORDABLE HOUSING LLC to 510 MANHATTAN AVENUE II LLC | $4,868,251 | |
| 2012-08-21 | RPTT $5,056,091 — from UNISON HOLDINGS, LLC to AMERICAN TOWERS LLC | $5,056,091 | |
| 2012-05-07 | RPTT&RET $5,056,091 — from UNISON SITE MANAGEMENT II, L.L.C. to AMERICAN TOWERS LLC | $5,056,091 | |
| 2011-09-21 | EASE $321,570 — from 510 MANHATTAN AFFORDABLE HOUSING, LP to T8 UNISON SITE MANAGEMENT, LLC | $321,570 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 4 | 1 | 60 | 7 | 1 | 73 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 131 | 0 | 3 | 135 |
| 2019 | 0 | 3 | 80 | 3 | 6 | 92 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 109 | 5 | 3 | 118 |
| 2021 | 5 | 6 | 571 | 0 | 5 | 587 |
| 2022 | 6 | 3 | 727 | 0 | 3 | 739 |
| 2023 | 0 | 2 | 602 | 0 | 6 | 610 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 15 |
| 2025 | 5 | 0 | 66 | 0 | 8 | 79 |
| 2026 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 5 | 36 |
Every one of the 2,840 recorded events, 1967–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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