1,554 recorded events, 1969–2026, from 17 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 630 311 service requests, 370 HPD housing violations, 364 HPD complaints.
Full record, year by year Support this site
A sustained record of distress well beyond its peers. More recorded distress than 96% 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 406.8. In ZIP 10031, 40% 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 | 110 total — 31 class C (immediately hazardous), 59 class B, 20 class A. Oldest open since 2023-03-15. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
76 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 47 · winter 2024–25: 10 · winter 2025–26: 19). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
1 bedbug-infested unit(s) reported in filings over the last three years.
179 service requests in the last three years. Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (36) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (25) · PLUMBING (21) · Noise (17) · WATER LEAK (12) · PAINT/PLASTER (12).
$21,100 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (3 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 (24) |
| 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) | 516 W 136, LLC |
| Head officer | DOUGLAS PETERSON |
| Managing agent | LANGSAM PROP. SER CORP. |
| Last registered | 2025-10-15 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $3,100,000 | $1,395,000 |
| 2026 | $3,731,000 | $1,678,950 |
| 2027 | $3,010,000 | $1,354,500 |
The city's market estimate has fallen 3% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
Not in the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary maps).
Not in a hurricane evacuation zone.
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 | 137 St-City College — 1 · 600 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: partial (Uptown only) 135 St — B C · 0.3 mi straight-line (about an 8-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: W 135 St / Amsterdam Av — M11 · 300 ft |
| Citi Bike | Amsterdam Ave & W 136 St · 350 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 192 Jacob H. Schiff Middle: Harold O. Levy School. 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.
516 West 136 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 |
179 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 36 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 LANGSAM PROPERTY SERVICES CORP — 215 buildings, 8,744 units. Grades across the portfolio: A42 · B80 · C57 · D26 · F9. See the whole portfolio
showing 60 of 215 buildings
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $2,364,086 on 2018-05-18 (lender: Greystone Servicing Corporation, INC.). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-05-18 | Agreement $7,500,000 — from 516 W 136 LLC to GREYSTONE SERVICING CORPORATION INC. | $7,500,000 | |
| 2018-05-18 | Mortgage $2,364,087 — from 516 W 136 LLC to GREYSTONE SERVICING CORPORATION, INC. | $2,364,087 | |
| 2015-03-16 | AL&R $5,500,000 — from 516 W 136 LLC to AMALGAMATED BANK | $5,500,000 | |
| 2015-03-16 | Agreement $5,500,000 — from 516 W 136 LLC to AMALGAMATED BANK | $5,500,000 | |
| 2015-03-16 | Mortgage $2,767,773 — from 516 W 136 LLC to AMALGAMATED BANK | $2,767,773 | |
| 2013-04-03 | Mortgage $800,000 — from 516 W 136 LLC to SOVEREIGN BANK, NA | $800,000 | |
| 2010-08-03 | Mortgage $360,058 — from 516 W 136 LLC to SOVEREIGN BANK | $360,058 | |
| 2010-08-03 | Agreement $2,100,000 — from 516 W 136 LLC to SOVEREIGN BANK | $2,100,000 | |
| 2010-08-03 | Deed $2,800,000 — from 516 WEST 136TH REALTY CORP. to 516 W 136 LLC | $2,800,000 | |
| 2005-04-27 | AL&R $1,900,000 — from NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK to 516 WEST 136TH REALTY CORP. | $1,900,000 | |
| 2005-04-27 | Agreement $1,900,000 — from 516 WEST 136TH REALTY CORP. to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $1,900,000 | |
| 2005-04-27 | Mortgage $749,038 — from 516 WEST 136TH REALTY CORP. to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $749,038 | |
| 2002-11-15 | Mortgage $760,476 — from 516 WEST 136TH REALTY CORP. to ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS & LOAN ASSOCIATI | $760,476 | |
| 2000-05-11 | Mortgage $267,280 — from 516 WEST 136TH REALTY CORP. to INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK | $267,280 | |
| 1994-04-06 | Mortgage $200,000 — from 516 WEST 136TH REALTY CORP. to MARKHAM MORTGAGE ASSOCIATES | $200,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 3 | 43 |
| 2018 | 3 | 1 | 51 | 6 | 6 | 67 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 2 | 39 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 1 | 40 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 0 | 1 | 80 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 0 | 2 | 54 |
| 2023 | 0 | 2 | 253 | 0 | 8 | 263 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 183 | 0 | 7 | 190 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 | 112 | 0 | 7 | 120 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 168 | 0 | 2 | 170 |
Every one of the 1,554 recorded events, 1969–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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