404 recorded events, 1973–2026, from 16 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 143 311 service requests, 115 HPD complaints, 57 HPD housing violations.
Full record, year by year Support this site
A modest record — below the level that usually signals systemic problems. More recorded distress than 84% 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 115.2. In ZIP 10030, 33% of residential buildings hold an A and 16% 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 | 15 total — 5 class C (immediately hazardous), 7 class B, 3 class A. Oldest open since 2022-08-08. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
73 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2025–26: 71 · winter 2026–27: 2). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
43 service requests in the last three years. Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (35) · GENERAL (3) · Illegal Parking (3) · Boilers (1) · Noise (1).
No permitted work with a declared cost filed in the last decade. Permit costs cover filed construction work only — they do not capture routine maintenance or repairs done without a permit.
| Yes | Built before 1974 (1935) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (10) |
| 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) | LAURA B THOMAS LP |
| Head officer | PRINCESS M PALMER |
| Managing agent | PRESTIGE MANAGEMENT INC |
| Last registered | 2025-10-17 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $871,000 | $391,950 |
| 2026 | $1,045,000 | $470,250 |
| 2027 | $1,254,000 | $564,300 |
The city's market estimate has risen 44% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Tax exemptions on the roll: 420C
| Heating fuel | NO2FUEL |
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 · 900 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: full |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Malcolm X Blvd / W 139 St — M7 M102 · 350 ft |
| Citi Bike | Adam Clayton Powell Blvd & W 138 St · 500 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.
117 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 |
| Anything else | Anything else |
43 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 35 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 PRESTIGE MANAGEMENT INC — 77 buildings, 8,758 units. Grades across the portfolio: A8 · B36 · C24 · D5. See the whole portfolio
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Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $7,072,883 on 2001-07-02 (lender: NYC Hpd), covering 7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001-07-02 | Mortgage $7,072,883 — from LAURA B. THOMAS HOUSES, LP to NYC HPD | $7,072,883 |
| Year | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| 2018 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2019 | 0 | 23 | 3 | 26 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2021 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 22 |
| 2022 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 19 |
| 2023 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 19 |
| 2024 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 19 |
| 2025 | 1 | 74 | 3 | 78 |
| 2026 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 13 |
Every one of the 404 recorded events, 1973–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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