379 recorded events, 1971–2026, from 16 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 88 311 service requests, 74 HPD complaints, 54 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 87% 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 140.3. 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 | 2 total — 1 class C (immediately hazardous), 1 class B, 0 class A. Oldest open since 2026-05-14. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
11 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2025–26: 8).
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
24 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Illegal Parking (6) · HEAT/HOT WATER (5) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (2) · Noise (2) · PAINT/PLASTER (1) · WATER LEAK (1).
$458,075 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (11 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 (14) |
| 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) | AMSTERDAM GARVEY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND CORP. |
| Head officer | GENEVIEVE OUTLAW |
| Managing agent | WEST HARLEM GROUP ASSISTANCE, INC |
| Last registered | 2025-07-18 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,097,000 | $493,650 |
| 2026 | $1,147,000 | $516,150 |
| 2027 | $1,175,000 | $528,750 |
The city's market estimate has risen 7% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Tax exemptions on the roll: 420C
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
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 | 145 St — 3 · 850 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: none 135 St — 2 3 · 0.3 mi straight-line (about an 8-minute walk) · station accessibility: full |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Malcolm X Blvd / W 142 St — M1 M7 M102 · 100 ft |
| Citi Bike | Lenox Ave & W 140 St · 450 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.
629 Lenox Avenue
| 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 |
24 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 5 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 WEST HARLEM GROUP ASSISTANCE, INC. — 74 buildings, 1,080 units. Grades across the portfolio: A14 · B23 · C25 · D12. See the whole portfolio
showing 60 of 74 buildings
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $3,802,882 on 2024-07-16 (lender: The City Of New York), covering 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-07-16 | Agreement $69,781 — from AMSTERDAM GARVEY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUN to THE CITY OF NEW YORK | $69,781 | |
| 2024-07-16 | Mortgage $3,143,766 — from AMSTERDAM GARVEY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUN to MERCHANTS BANK OF INDIANA | $3,143,766 | |
| 2024-07-16 | Mortgage $43,817,868 — from AMSTERDAM GARVEY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUN to MERCHANTS BANK OF INDIANA | $43,817,868 | |
| 2024-07-16 | Agreement $167,980 — from AMSTERDAM GARVEY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUN to THE CITY OF NEW YORK | $167,980 | |
| 2024-07-16 | Mortgage $1,729,814 — from AMSTERDAM GARVEY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUN to THE CITY OF NEW YORK | $1,729,814 | |
| 2024-07-16 | Agreement $5,532,696 — from AMSTERDAM GARVEY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUN to THE CITY OF NEW YORK | $5,532,696 | |
| 2024-07-16 | M&CON $6,598,427 — from AMSTERDAM GARVEY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUN to THE CITY OF NEW YORK | $6,598,427 | |
| 2024-07-16 | Agreement $163,503 — from AMSTERDAM GARVEY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUN to THE CITY OF NEW YORK | $163,503 | |
| 2024-07-16 | Deed $5,921,336 — from WHGA LENOX HOUSING ASSOCIATES, L.P. to AMSTERDAM GARVEY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUN | $5,921,336 | |
| 2024-07-16 | Agreement $5,532,696 — from WHGA LENOX HOUSING ASSOCIATES, L.P. to THE CITY OF NEW YORK | $5,532,696 | |
| 2024-07-16 | Mortgage $4,228,849 — from AMSTERDAM GARVEY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUN to MERCHANTS BANK OF INDIANA | $4,228,849 | |
| 2024-07-16 | M&CON $16,202,420 — from AMSTERDAM GARVEY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUN to THE CITY OF NEW YORK | $16,202,420 | |
| 2024-07-16 | Mortgage $3,802,882 — from AMSTERDAM GARVEY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUN to THE CITY OF NEW YORK | $3,802,882 | |
| 2024-07-16 | Mortgage $12,074,651 — from AMSTERDAM GARVEY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUN to MERCHANTS BANK OF INDIANA | $12,074,651 | |
| 2024-07-11 | RPTT&RET $5,899,743 — from NEW YORK EQUITY FUND 2003 LLC to WEST HARLEM GROUP ASSISTANCE, INCORPORAT | $5,899,743 |
| Year | Construction | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 13 |
| 2018 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 19 |
| 2019 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 17 |
| 2020 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 15 |
| 2021 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 11 |
| 2022 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 17 |
| 2023 | 1 | 33 | 1 | 10 | 45 |
| 2024 | 6 | 33 | 22 | 6 | 67 |
| 2025 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 30 |
| 2026 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 19 |
Every one of the 379 recorded events, 1971–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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