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167 Claremont Avenue

343Records
17City systems
0Open violations
0.9Penalty rate
Manhattan · ZIP 10027 · Neighborhood: Morningside Heights
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343 recorded events, 1967–2026, from 17 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 79 311 service requests, 53 DOB job filings, 49 DOB violations.

BoroughManhattan 10027
Built1961
Floors12
Res. units159
ClassD3
Owner (PLUTO)INTERNATIONAL HOUSE
BBL1019940038
BIN1080813

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GRADE A

The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less recorded distress than 77% of 100+-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 100+-unit residential buildings is 3.7 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 0.9. In ZIP 10027, 43% of residential buildings hold an A and 14% grade D or F. How grades work

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A
B
C

Among 4,677 100+-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more

Open with the city right now

No current HPD flags in the latest weekly snapshot: no open violations, no pending litigation, no active vacate orders, and not in the Alternative Enforcement Program.

Patterns

4 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2024–25: 4).

No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.

What 311 hears from this address

31 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (16) · Illegal Parking (10) · HEAT/HOT WATER (2) · Derelict Vehicles (1) · Blocked Driveway (1) · Street Sign (1).

Filed construction activity

$10,631,738 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (29 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.

Rent-stabilization signals

YesBuilt before 1974 (1961)
YesSix or more residential units (159)
No421-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 with HPD — the names behind the building

Registered owner(s)INTERNATIONAL HOUSE
Head officerVINCENT MELITO
Managing agentINTERNATIONAL HOUSE
Last registered2025-10-31

as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$15,320,000 $6,894,000
2026$16,287,000 $7,329,150
2027$17,206,000 $7,742,700

The city's market estimate has risen 12% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Tax exemptions on the roll: STUDENT DORMITORY

Building systems

Energy grade (LL33)C — ENERGY STAR score 66/100 (2022 disclosure cycle)
Heating fuelNO2FUEL
Facade (Local Law 11)SAFE (cycle 9)

Flood exposure

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.

Getting around

Subway125 St — 1 · 800 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: Broadway / La Salle St — M4 M104 · 400 ft
Citi BikeBroadway & Moylan Pl · 650 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: 36, 125. 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.

Report a problem to 311

167 Claremont Avenue

Heat or hot waterHeat or hot water
Apartment maintenanceApartment maintenance
Bed bugsBed bugs
Residential pestsResidential pests
Rats or miceRats or mice
Anything elseAnything else

31 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 2 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.

The landlord's report card

Managed by INTERNATIONAL HOUSE — 2 buildings, 159 units. Grades across the portfolio: A1. See the whole portfolio

BuildingBoroughUnitsGrade
167 Claremont Avenue MN159 A
500 Riverside Drive MN0 —

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $16,505,000 on 1996-04-26 (lender: Dormitory Authorityof The State Of New York), covering 2 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.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
1996-04-26Mortgage $16,505,000 — from INTERNATIONAL HOUSE to DORMITORY AUTHORITYOF THE STATE OF NEW Y $16,505,000
1989-08-03Mortgage $18,900,000 — from INTERNATIONAL HOUSE to DORMITORY AUTHORITYETC $18,900,000

Ten-year activity

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2024
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2026
ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systemsTotal
20171511320
20181264527
2019556521
2020903315
2021027413
20220312318
2023016411
202411214633
202512216535
2026527519
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The full timeline

Construction 99Enforcement 81Housing & tenants 96Ownership & money 12Health & systems 55

Every one of the 343 recorded events, 1967–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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