526 recorded events, 1918–2026, from 18 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 184 311 service requests, 99 HPD complaints, 41 HPD housing violations.
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The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less recorded distress than 65% 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 10. In ZIP 10031, 40% 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 | 34 total — 2 class C (immediately hazardous), 23 class B, 9 class A. Oldest open since 1997-05-15. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
No heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
11 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Rodent (2) · Noise (2) · Sewer (1) · Curb Condition (1) · Sidewalk Condition (1) · Illegal Dumping (1).
$760,684 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (4 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 (1905) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (25) |
| 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) | RESIDENCIA ESPERANZA HDFC |
| Head officer | DAVID STOLER |
| Managing agent | HSC MANAGEMENT CORP. |
| Last registered | 2026-07-24 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $2,384,000 | $1,072,800 |
| 2026 | $2,626,000 | $1,181,700 |
| 2027 | $2,692,000 | $1,211,400 |
The city's market estimate has risen 13% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
For property tax, the Department of Finance values this co-op as if it were a rental building. Its 2022 estimate: gross income $764,094 a year ($20.63 per sq ft), operating expenses $488,902 ($13.20 per sq ft), net operating income $275,192. These are the city's estimates from comparable rentals, not the building's actual budget, rents or maintenance charges.
| Energy grade (LL33) | D — ENERGY STAR score 52/100, posted at the entrance by law (2022 disclosure cycle) |
| Heating fuel | NO2FUEL |
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 · 300 ft straight-line (about a 2-minute walk) · station accessibility: partial (Uptown only) |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Riverside Dr / W 137 St — M11 · 300 ft |
| Citi Bike | Broadway & W 138 St · 550 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.
616 West 137 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 |
11 311 service requests from this address in the last three years.
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 HSC MANAGEMENT CORP. — 117 buildings, 2,929 units. Grades across the portfolio: A72 · B24 · C18 · D2. See the whole portfolio
showing 60 of 117 buildings
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-04-14 | RPTT&RET $620,000 — from PENA-ORTEGA, WANDA; POLONIA, IVANA to WEBSTER, DANIEL BYRON; GHAMMASHI, BARBARA | $620,000 | |
| 2025-02-20 | Sold for $620,000 | $620,000 | $24,800 |
| 2024-07-05 | RPTT&RET $709,000 — from SALEH, ERICA L; HILL, ROBERT L to WELCH, DANIEL; WELCH, JANICE | $709,000 | |
| 2024-06-27 | Sold for $709,000 | $709,000 | $28,360 |
| 2020-06-03 | RPTT&RET $615,000 — from RODRIGUEZ, AS ADMINISTRATRIX, ZAIDA; ESTATE OF ROSA PALACIOS; ESTATE OF ROSA PALACIOS CABR to BECK WINTER, CLAYTON; WINTER, SARAH E | $615,000 | |
| 2020-05-26 | Sold for $615,000 | $615,000 | $24,600 |
| 2017-06-15 | RPTT&RET $620,000 — from VALIPAY, ELHAM to TIEMANN, JASON E; TIEMANN, TESSA M | $620,000 | |
| 2017-06-02 | Sold for $620,000 | $620,000 | $24,800 |
| 2016-05-10 | RPTT&RET $775,500 — from MICHAEL, WALSH; FERNANDES, SUJATHA to JACKSON, SALLY M; ROSEN, LUKE B | $775,500 | |
| 2016-05-03 | Sold for $775,500 | $775,500 | $31,020 |
| 2015-12-04 | RPTT&RET $505,000 — from VARGAS, ANA I; ESTATE OF ANA CECILIA VARGAS to SALEH, ERICA L; HILL, ROBERT L | $505,000 | |
| 2015-09-23 | RPTT&RET $460,000 — from PRIEB, ROY to PRIEB, KRIS | $460,000 | |
| 2015-02-19 | RPTT&RET $575,000 — from DORAN, BATHSHEBA; DORAN, KATHLEEN to STOLER, DAVID A; STOLER, PURVA B | $575,000 | |
| 2014-10-01 | RPTT&RET $715,000 — from AUGER-DOMINGUEZ, CHRISTOPHER; AUGER-DOMINGUEZ, DAISY to SEMINARA, GEORGE; SEMINARA, LAURIE | $715,000 | |
| 2013-02-26 | RPTT&RET $304,200 — from FANNIE MAE A/K/A FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGA to BARBERO, SYLVAINE | $304,200 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 20 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 15 |
| 2020 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 30 |
| 2021 | 6 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 25 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 0 | 6 | 39 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 14 |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| 2026 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 13 |
Every one of the 526 recorded events, 1918–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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