2,203 recorded events, 1973–2026, from 18 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 763 311 service requests, 604 HPD complaints, 584 HPD housing violations.
Full record, year by year Support this site
A sustained record of distress well beyond its peers. More recorded distress than 98% 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 511.3. In ZIP 10030, 33% of residential buildings hold an A and 16% 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 | 41 total — 13 class C (immediately hazardous), 22 class B, 6 class A. Oldest open since 2022-01-12. |
| Pending HPD litigation | 2 case(s) pending in housing court |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
200 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 43 · winter 2024–25: 13 · winter 2025–26: 144). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
325 service requests in the last three years. Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (91) · Noise (86) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (28) · GENERAL (26) · WATER LEAK (11) · ELECTRIC (11).
$4,000 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (1 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 (1915) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (34) |
| 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) | WHGA HARRIET TUBMAN APARTMENTS L.P. |
| 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 | $5,554,000 | $2,499,300 |
| 2026 | $5,812,000 | $2,615,400 |
| 2027 | $5,138,000 | $2,312,100 |
The city's market estimate has fallen 7% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Tax exemptions on the roll: 420C
| Energy grade (LL33) | D — ENERGY STAR score 29/100, posted at the entrance by law (2022 disclosure cycle) |
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 · 850 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Adam C Powell Blvd / W 143 St — M2 · 250 ft |
| Citi Bike | W 144 St & Adam Clayton Powell Blvd · 400 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.
148 West 143 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 |
325 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 91 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: $1,800,000 on 2013-04-23 (lender: Housing Trust Fund Corporation), covering 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-04-23 | Agreement $2,500,000 — from WHGA HARRIET TUBMAN APARTMENTS H.D.F.C.; WHGA HARRIET TUBMAN APARTMENTS, L.P. to THE CITY OF NEW YORK DEPT OF HPD | $2,500,000 | |
| 2013-04-23 | Agreement $1,500,000 — from WHGA HARRIET TUBMAN APARTMENTS H.D.F.C.; WHGA HARRIET TUBMAN APARTMENTS, L.P. to THE CITY OF NEW YORK DEPT OF HPD | $1,500,000 | |
| 2013-04-23 | Mortgage $1,800,000 — from WHGA HARRIET TUBMAN APARTMENTS, L.P.; WHGA HARRIET TUBMAN APARTMENTS H.D.F.C. to HOUSING TRUST FUND CORPORATION | $1,800,000 | |
| 2013-04-23 | Agreement $1,798,921 — from WHGA HARRIET TUBMAN APARTMENTS, L.P.; WHGA HARRIET TUBMAN APARTMENTS H.D.F.C. to THE CITY OF NEW YORK DEPT OF HPD | $1,798,921 | |
| 2009-08-04 | SPRD $1,383,649 — from WHGA HARRIET TUBMAN APARTMENTS HOUSING; WHGA HARRIET TUBMAN APARTMENTS , L.P. to THE CITY OF NEW YORK, ACTING BY AND THRO | $1,383,649 | |
| 2009-08-04 | Mortgage $1,798,921 — from WHGA HARRIET TUBMAN APARTMENTS HOUSING; WHGA HARRIET TUBMAN APARTMENTS , L.P. to JP MORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. | $1,798,921 | |
| 2009-08-04 | Mortgage $1,500,000 — from WHGA HARRIET TUBMAN APARTMENTS , L.P.; WHGA HARRIET TUBMAN APARTMENTS HOUSING to JP MORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. | $1,500,000 | |
| 2009-08-04 | Mortgage $2,500,000 — from WHGA HARRIET TUBMAN APARTMENTS , L.P.; WHGA HARRIET TUBMAN APARTMENTS HOUSING to JP MORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. | $2,500,000 | |
| 2009-08-04 | Mortgage $3,010,508 — from WHGA HARRIET TUBMAN APARTMENTS HOUSING; WHGA HARRIET TUBMAN APARTMENTS , L.P. to JP MORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. | $3,010,508 | |
| 1986-01-16 | Mortgage $5,840,000 — from 138-152 W.143RD ST ETC. to CITY OF NEW YORK | $5,840,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 2 | 76 | 0 | 9 | 87 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 5 | 44 |
| 2019 | 0 | 8 | 75 | 0 | 7 | 90 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 0 | 3 | 73 |
| 2021 | 0 | 4 | 150 | 0 | 7 | 161 |
| 2022 | 0 | 5 | 408 | 0 | 14 | 427 |
| 2023 | 0 | 5 | 184 | 2 | 19 | 210 |
| 2024 | 2 | 4 | 493 | 0 | 9 | 508 |
| 2025 | 0 | 2 | 146 | 0 | 9 | 157 |
| 2026 | 0 | 1 | 237 | 0 | 8 | 246 |
Every one of the 2,203 recorded events, 1973–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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