712 recorded events, 1970–2026, from 16 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 187 311 service requests, 186 HPD complaints, 122 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 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 186.6. 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 | 12 total — 4 class C (immediately hazardous), 7 class B, 1 class A. Oldest open since 2018-10-04. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
50 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 14 · winter 2024–25: 4 · winter 2025–26: 26). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
1 bedbug-infested unit(s) reported in filings over the last three years.
27 service requests in the last three years. Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (22) · New Tree Request (2) · SAFETY (1) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (1) · Noise (1).
$48,000 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (5 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) | CITYWIDE PRESERVATION LLC |
| Head officer | PETER MURRAY |
| Managing agent | DOLPHIN PROPERTY SERVICES LLC |
| Last registered | 2025-08-22 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $918,000 | $413,100 |
| 2026 | $837,000 | $376,650 |
| 2027 | $963,000 | $433,350 |
The city's market estimate has risen 5% 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.
5 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2016 (0 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 — 1 · 950 ft straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: none 125 St — A B C D · 0.2 mi straight-line (about a 6-minute walk) · station accessibility: full |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Amsterdam Av / W 125 St — M11 M100 M101 M104 · 150 ft |
| Citi Bike | Amsterdam Ave & W 125 St · 150 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 129 John H. Finley. 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.
471 West 125 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 |
27 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 22 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 DOLPHIN PROPERTY SERVICES LLC — 79 buildings, 4,889 units. Grades across the portfolio: A5 · B32 · C22 · D16 · F2. See the whole portfolio
showing 60 of 79 buildings
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $901,237 on 2014-05-08 (lender: New York City Housing Development Corporation), covering 31 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-05-14 | Agreement $26,434,399 — from CITYWIDE PRESERVATION LLC; ECDO CITYWIDE PRESERVATION HOUSING DEVEL to NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPOR | $26,434,399 | |
| 2014-05-08 | Mortgage $901,237 — from ECDO CITYWIDE PRESERVATION HOUSING DEVEL; CITYWIDE PRESERVATION LLC to NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPOR | $901,237 | |
| 2012-08-23 | Agreement $1,957,094 — from HOUSING TRUST FUND CORPORATION to CITYWIDE PRESERVATION LLC; ECDO CITYWIDE PRESERVATION HOUSING DEVEL | $1,957,094 | |
| 2012-08-23 | Mortgage $18,140,191 — from ECDO CITYWIDE PRESERVATION HOUSING DEVEL; CITYWIDE PRESERVATION LLC to NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPOR | $18,140,191 | |
| 2012-08-23 | Agreement $26,434,399 — from CITYWIDE PRESERVATION LLC; ECDO CITYWIDE PRESERVATION HOUSING DEVEL to NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPOR | $26,434,399 | |
| 2012-08-23 | Mortgage $18,633,750 — from CITYWIDE PRESERVATION LLC; ECDO CITYWIDE PRESERVATION HOUSING DEVEL to NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPOR | $18,633,750 | |
| 2012-08-23 | Mortgage $4,326,059 — from CITYWIDE PRESERVATION LLC; ECDO CITYWIDE PRESERVATION HOUSING DEVEL to NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPOR | $4,326,059 | |
| 2012-07-24 | Deed $2,048,958 — from JAMES VAN DER ZEE HOUSES LIMITED PARTNER to ECDO CITYWIDE PRESERVATION HOUSING DEVEL | $2,048,958 | |
| 2012-07-24 | RPTT&RET $1,802,837 — from NEW YORK EQUITY FUND 1994 LIMITED PARTNE to ECDO CITYWIDE PRESERVATION HOUSING DEVEL | $1,802,837 | |
| 1996-02-08 | Mortgage $1,776,972 — from JAMES VAN DER ZEE HOUSES L.P. to NYC HPD | $1,776,972 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 7 | 5 | 40 | 0 | 2 | 54 |
| 2018 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 12 | 40 |
| 2019 | 8 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 32 |
| 2020 | 3 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 5 | 48 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 90 | 0 | 4 | 95 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 0 | 13 | 76 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 1 | 13 | 46 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 14 | 26 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 9 | 25 |
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 6 | 42 |
Every one of the 712 recorded events, 1970–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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