1,377 recorded events, 1974–2026, from 19 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 598 311 service requests, 278 HPD complaints, 248 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 88% 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 157.5. In ZIP 10037, 35% of residential buildings hold an A and 13% 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 | 6 total — 0 class C (immediately hazardous), 6 class B, 0 class A. Oldest open since 2024-12-06. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
38 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 9 · winter 2024–25: 6 · winter 2025–26: 23). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
117 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (26) · HEAT/HOT WATER (17) · Encampment (12) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (9) · Dirty Condition (9) · GENERAL (7).
$678,500 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (19 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 (17) |
| Yes | 421-a / J-51 tax benefit on the current tax roll |
3 of 3 signals present. Buildings receiving 421-a or J-51 benefits are generally required to register their units as rent-stabilized for the duration of the benefit. The definitive answer for any unit: request its rent history from NYS Homes & Community Renewal (free, at hcr.ny.gov).
| Registered owner(s) | HPH Lenox, LLC |
| Head officer | Jay Newhouse |
| Managing agent | Jay Newhouse |
| Last registered | 2025-08-29 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $2,017,000 | $907,650 |
| 2026 | $2,148,000 | $966,600 |
| 2027 | $2,077,000 | $934,650 |
The city's market estimate has risen 3% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Tax exemptions on the roll: J51
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Empire Soul Food Restaurant | Soul Food | A | — |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
1 restaurant · 0 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map
1 Food Establishment complaint to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Rodents/Insects/Garbage) · 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 4 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 | 135 St — 2 3 · 650 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: full |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Malcolm X Blvd / W 137 St — M7 M102 · 150 ft |
| Citi Bike | Lenox Ave & W 140 St · 550 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 175 Henry H Garnet. 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.
100 West 138 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 |
| Food poisoning | Food poisoning |
| Food safety complaint | Food safety complaint |
| Anything else | Anything else |
117 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 17 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: $19,708,904 on 2020-01-03 (lender: New York Community Bank), 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-01-03 | Agreement $90,800,000 — from HPH TRIO, LLC; HPH CLAYTON, LLC; HPH COURT, LLC; HPH MILANO, LLC; HPH 2067, LLC; HPH LENOX to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $90,800,000 | |
| 2020-01-03 | AL&R $90,800,000 — from HPH CLAYTON, LLC; HPH MILANO, LLC; HPH TRIO, LLC; HPH LENOX, LLC; HPH COURT, LLC; HPH 2067 to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $90,800,000 | |
| 2020-01-03 | Deed $21,400,000 — from ABJ LENOX LLC to HPH LENOX, LLC | $21,400,000 | |
| 2020-01-03 | Mortgage $19,708,905 — from HPH CLAYTON, LLC; HPH MILANO, LLC; HPH TRIO, LLC; HPH 2067, LLC; HPH COURT, LLC; HPH LENOX to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $19,708,905 | |
| 2019-12-20 | Sold for $21,400,000 | $21,400,000 | $1,258,824 |
| 2016-08-10 | Mortgage $9,900,000 — from ABJ LENOX LLC to SANTANDER BANK, N.A., | $9,900,000 | |
| 2016-08-10 | Deed $15,500,000 — from LENOX 138 L.P., to ABJ LENOX LLC | $15,500,000 | |
| 2010-07-27 | Agreement $1,837,000 — from LENOX 138 L.P. to THE COMMUNITY PRESERVATION CORPORATION; U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION; STATE STREET BANK | $1,837,000 | |
| 1993-02-22 | Mortgage $989,000 — from LENOX 138 L.P. to COMMUNITY PRSRVTN CORP | $989,000 | |
| 1993-02-22 | Mortgage $1,837,000 — from LENOX 138 LP to COMMUNITY PRSVTN CORP | $1,837,000 | |
| 1993-02-22 | Mortgage $357,586 — from LENOX 138 LP to COMMUNITY PRVTN CORP | $357,586 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 1 | 4 | 49 |
| 2018 | 3 | 1 | 138 | 0 | 2 | 144 |
| 2019 | 0 | 5 | 225 | 1 | 3 | 234 |
| 2020 | 1 | 5 | 153 | 5 | 1 | 165 |
| 2021 | 11 | 0 | 140 | 0 | 0 | 151 |
| 2022 | 0 | 3 | 74 | 0 | 6 | 83 |
| 2023 | 0 | 3 | 71 | 0 | 19 | 93 |
| 2024 | 6 | 1 | 94 | 0 | 7 | 108 |
| 2025 | 1 | 3 | 56 | 0 | 18 | 78 |
| 2026 | 0 | 1 | 47 | 0 | 8 | 56 |
Every one of the 1,377 recorded events, 1974–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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