74 recorded events, 1967–2026, from 8 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 21 rodent inspections, 16 DOB violations, 14 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 89% of 1-5-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 1-5-unit residential buildings is 0 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 24. In ZIP 10030, 33% of residential buildings hold an A and 16% grade D or F. How grades work
Among 699,345 1-5-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more
| Open HPD violations | 2 total — 0 class C (immediately hazardous), 1 class B, 1 class A. Oldest open since 1976-07-15. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
No heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
2 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Damaged Tree (2).
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 (1891) |
| No | Six or more residential units (5) |
| No | 421-a / J-51 tax benefit on the current tax roll |
1 of 3 signals present. Only a partial profile — stabilization is possible but less likely. The definitive answer for any unit: request its rent history from NYS Homes & Community Renewal (free, at hcr.ny.gov).
| Registered owner(s) | TNANGA REALTY CORPORTATION |
| Head officer | Guirlane Agnant |
| Managing agent | EJS Equities LLC |
| Last registered | 2025-11-19 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $797,000 | $358,650 |
| 2026 | $760,000 | $342,000 |
| 2027 | $881,000 | $396,450 |
The city's market estimate has risen 11% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Not in the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary maps).
Hurricane evacuation zone 6 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 — B C · 900 ft straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: none 145 St — A B C D · 0.3 mi straight-line (about a 9-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Frederick Douglass Blvd / W 140 St — M10 · 200 ft |
| Citi Bike | Frederick Douglass Blvd & W 139 St · 200 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 123 Mahalia Jackson. 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.
257 West 139 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 |
2 311 service requests from this address in the last three years.
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 EJS EQUITIES LLC — 36 buildings, 237 units. Grades across the portfolio: A6 · B7 · C10 · D7 · F6. See the whole portfolio
| Building | Borough | Units | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21-21 Linden Street | QN | 20 | C |
| 309 West 43 Street | MN | 20 | B |
| 426 West 45 Street | MN | 20 | A |
| 424 East 138 Street | BX | 18 | C |
| 331 West 38 Street | MN | 16 | A |
| 34 Carlton Avenue | BK | 16 | A |
| 463 DeKalb Avenue | BK | 10 | B |
| 128 Montague Street | BK | 9 | D |
| 145 Ludlow Street | MN | 8 | A |
| 95 Kingston Avenue | BK | 8 | C |
| 244 New York Avenue | BK | 8 | D |
| 255 Malcolm X Boulevard | BK | 8 | C |
| 1719 Cornelia Street | QN | 6 | D |
| 1919 Bay Ridge Parkway | BK | 6 | A |
| 257 West 139 Street | MN | 5 | C |
| 222 Manhattan Avenue | BK | 5 | D |
| 344 West 145 Street | MN | 4 | F |
| 382 Rockaway Parkway | BK | 4 | D |
| 1506 Pacific Street | BK | 3 | F |
| 500 East 95 Street | BK | 3 | D |
| 164 West 130 Street | MN | 3 | C |
| 631 East 93 Street | BK | 3 | F |
| 825 Madison Street | BK | 3 | F |
| 352 West 39 Street | MN | 3 | D |
| 133 Hemlock Street | BK | 3 | B |
| 1523 St Marks Avenue | BK | 3 | C |
| 28 2 Place | BK | 3 | B |
| 438 East 141 Street | BX | 3 | C |
| 375 Saratoga Avenue | BK | 3 | A |
| 172-20 107 Avenue | QN | 2 | C |
| 5721 New Utrecht Avenue | BK | 2 | B |
| 4713 Avenue D | BK | 2 | B |
| 85 South 4 Street | BK | 2 | C |
| 476 Sutter Avenue | BK | 2 | B |
| 1734 Nostrand Avenue | BK | 2 | F |
| 3419 14 Avenue | BK | 1 | F |
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $500,000 on 2004-03-24 (lender: Wachovia Bank NA). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004-03-24 | Mortgage $500,000 — from TNANGA REALTY CORP to WACHOVIA BANK NA | $500,000 | |
| 1992-10-08 | Mortgage $60,000 — from AGNANT, GUIRLAINE to ODO, KOJO MBOGA FKA; DOBOSU, KODZO | $60,000 |
| Year | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2023 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 13 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 2025 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Every one of the 74 recorded events, 1967–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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