383 recorded events, 1976–2026, from 17 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 111 ACRIS deeds & mortgages, 91 rodent inspections, 48 311 service requests.
Full record, year by year Support this site
The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. More recorded distress than 54% 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 19.6. 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 2026-09-24. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
6 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2024–25: 2).
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
15 service requests in the last three years. Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (3) · Noise (2) · New Tree Request (2) · Plumbing (2) · Rodent (2) · Smoking (1).
$8,784,626 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (23 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 (1920) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (15) |
| 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) | Sam City Master Tenant LLC |
| Head officer | KARIM HUTSON |
| Managing agent | Sam City Master Tenant LLC |
| Last registered | 2025-12-05 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,534,000 | $690,300 |
| 2026 | $1,606,000 | $722,700 |
| 2027 | $1,444,000 | $649,800 |
The city's market estimate has fallen 6% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Tax exemptions on the roll: NYC HOUSING AUTH
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
| Facade (Local Law 11) | UNSAFE — unsafe conditions reported (cycle 9) |
Not in the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary maps).
Hurricane evacuation zone 3 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 · 600 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Malcolm X Blvd / W 142 St — M1 M7 M102 · 150 ft |
| Citi Bike | Lenox Ave & W 144 St · 450 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 194 Countee Cullen. 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.
649 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 |
15 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 3 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 SAM CITY MASTER TENANT LLC — 36 buildings, 726 units. Grades across the portfolio: A8 · B13 · C13 · D2. See the whole portfolio
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $13,835,623 on 2024-10-15 (lender: New York City Housing Authority), covering 41 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-10-15 | Mortgage $1,295,439 — from SAM CITY COLLABORTIVE, LLC; CLOTH SAM CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND to NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPOR | $1,295,439 | |
| 2024-10-15 | Mortgage $1,220,339 — from CLOTH SAM CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND ; SAM CITY COLLABORTIVE, LLC to NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPOR | $1,220,339 | |
| 2024-10-15 | Mortgage $805,411 — from SAM CITY COLLABORTIVE, LLC; CLOTH SAM CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND to NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPOR | $805,411 | |
| 2024-10-15 | Mortgage $1,149,592 — from SAM CITY COLLABORTIVE, LLC; CLOTH SAM CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND to NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPOR | $1,149,592 | |
| 2024-10-15 | Mortgage $63,567,000 — from CLOTH SAM CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND ; SAM CITY COLLABORTIVE, LLC to NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPOR | $63,567,000 | |
| 2024-10-15 | MLEA $105,171,194 — from NEW YORK CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY to SAM CITY COLLABORATIVE, LLC; CLOTH SAM CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND | $105,171,194 | |
| 2024-10-15 | Mortgage $854,977 — from SAM CITY COLLABORTIVE, LLC; CLOTH SAM CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND to NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPOR | $854,977 | |
| 2024-10-15 | Mortgage $597,495 — from CLOTH SAM CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND ; SAM CITY COLLABORTIVE, LLC to NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPOR | $597,495 | |
| 2024-10-15 | Mortgage $258,953 — from SAM CITY COLLABORTIVE, LLC; CLOTH SAM CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND to NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPOR | $258,953 | |
| 2024-10-15 | Mortgage $291,806 — from CLOTH SAM CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND ; SAM CITY COLLABORTIVE, LLC to NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPOR | $291,806 | |
| 2024-10-15 | Mortgage $530,226 — from SAM CITY COLLABORTIVE, LLC; CLOTH SAM CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND to NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPOR | $530,226 | |
| 2024-10-15 | Mortgage $562,857 — from SAM CITY COLLABORTIVE, LLC; CLOTH SAM CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND to NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPOR | $562,857 | |
| 2024-10-15 | Mortgage $274,889 — from CLOTH SAM CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND ; SAM CITY COLLABORTIVE, LLC to NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPOR | $274,889 | |
| 2024-10-15 | Mortgage $180,968 — from CLOTH SAM CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND ; SAM CITY COLLABORTIVE, LLC to NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPOR | $180,968 | |
| 2024-10-15 | Mortgage $673,299 — from SAM CITY COLLABORTIVE, LLC; CLOTH SAM CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND to NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPOR | $673,299 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 17 |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 2019 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 19 |
| 2020 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 20 |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 21 | 28 |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 29 |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 23 |
| 2024 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 71 | 12 | 101 |
| 2025 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 23 |
| 2026 | 14 | 3 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 41 |
Every one of the 383 recorded events, 1976–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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