4,106 recorded events, 1900–2026, from 23 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 1,498 311 service requests, 1,100 HPD complaints, 885 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 90% of 25-99-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 25-99-unit residential buildings is 23.6 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 209.9. In ZIP 10027, 43% of residential buildings hold an A and 14% grade D or F. How grades work
Among 17,252 25-99-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more
| Open HPD violations | 65 total — 27 class C (immediately hazardous), 36 class B, 2 class A. Oldest open since 2010-03-07. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
17 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 8 · winter 2024–25: 2 · winter 2025–26: 7). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
1 bedbug-infested unit(s) reported in filings over the last three years.
263 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (72) · Illegal Parking (31) · For Hire Vehicle Complaint (22) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (20) · PLUMBING (15) · GENERAL (13).
$1,117,695 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (28 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 (1921) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (32) |
| 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) | 281 ST NICHOLAS PARTNERS LLC |
| Head officer | Farzad Shahery |
| Managing agent | 281 ST NICHOLAS PARTNERS LLC |
| Last registered | 2025-07-24 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $5,892,000 | $2,651,400 |
| 2026 | $7,053,000 | $3,173,850 |
| 2027 | $7,477,000 | $3,364,650 |
The city's market estimate has risen 27% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Energy grade (LL33) | D — ENERGY STAR score 11/100, posted at the entrance by law (2022 disclosure cycle) |
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
| Facade (Local Law 11) | SWARMP — "Safe With A Repair and Maintenance Program": known facade conditions that must be repaired (cycle 9) |
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subway | Sandwiches | A | — |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
1 restaurant · 0 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map
1 food-poisoning report to 311 at this address in the last three years (0 with three or more people sick)
6 Food Establishment complaints to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Rodents/Insects/Garbage, Food Spoiled, Kitchen/Food Prep Area) · complaints filed by the public; DOHMH investigates, outcomes aren't published.
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 · 150 ft straight-line (about a 1-minute walk) · station accessibility: full |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Saint Nicholas Av / W 124 St — M100 · 100 ft |
| Citi Bike | St Nicholas Ave & Manhattan Ave · 250 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.
281 St Nicholas Avenue
| 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 |
263 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 8 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: $130,820 on 1992-06-29 (lender: City Of New York Hpd). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-12-30 | Sold for $905,398 | $905,398 | $28,294 |
| 2021-11-30 | Sold for $2,110,000 | $2,110,000 | $65,938 |
| 2021-11-22 | Sold for $1,580,000 | $1,580,000 | $49,375 |
| 2021-11-18 | Sold for $850,000 | $850,000 | $26,563 |
| 2021-11-15 | Sold for $1,395,000 | $1,395,000 | $43,594 |
| 2021-11-04 | Sold for $710,000 | $710,000 | $22,188 |
| 2021-11-01 | Sold for $955,000 | $955,000 | $29,844 |
| 2021-10-28 | Sold for $605,859 | $605,859 | $18,933 |
| 2021-10-21 | Sold for $960,000 | $960,000 | $30,000 |
| 2021-10-15 | Sold for $991,500 | $991,500 | $30,984 |
| 2021-10-12 | Sold for $595,000 | $595,000 | $18,594 |
| 2021-10-08 | Sold for $2,195,000 | $2,195,000 | $68,594 |
| 2021-09-24 | Sold for $1,620,000 | $1,620,000 | $50,625 |
| 2021-09-03 | Sold for $990,000 | $990,000 | $30,938 |
| 2021-08-30 | Sold for $550,000 | $550,000 | $17,188 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 17 | 11 | 255 | 0 | 4 | 287 |
| 2018 | 0 | 2 | 168 | 0 | 2 | 172 |
| 2019 | 3 | 8 | 134 | 0 | 2 | 147 |
| 2020 | 3 | 6 | 91 | 5 | 1 | 106 |
| 2021 | 5 | 12 | 74 | 37 | 3 | 131 |
| 2022 | 7 | 6 | 87 | 0 | 5 | 105 |
| 2023 | 6 | 2 | 187 | 0 | 11 | 206 |
| 2024 | 1 | 3 | 184 | 0 | 14 | 202 |
| 2025 | 0 | 6 | 149 | 0 | 7 | 162 |
| 2026 | 8 | 1 | 144 | 0 | 8 | 161 |
Every one of the 4,106 recorded events, 1900–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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