2,110 recorded events, 1981–2026, from 18 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 690 311 service requests, 652 HPD complaints, 445 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 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 168.1. In ZIP 10039, 19% of residential buildings hold an A and 17% 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 | 42 total — 11 class C (immediately hazardous), 26 class B, 5 class A. Oldest open since 2023-02-03. |
| Pending HPD litigation | 1 case(s) pending in housing court |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
82 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 28 · winter 2024–25: 40 · winter 2025–26: 6 · winter 2026–27: 2). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
$26,250 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.
192 service requests in the last three years. Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (41) · Elevator (40) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (26) · Noise (11) · GENERAL (11) · PAINT/PLASTER (10).
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 (1920) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (41) |
| 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) | NORTHERN MANHATTAN II |
| Head officer | CRAIG LIVINGSTON |
| Managing agent | WAVECREST MGMT GROUP |
| Last registered | 2025-10-15 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $5,114,000 | $2,301,300 |
| 2026 | $4,358,000 | $1,961,100 |
| 2027 | $4,605,000 | $2,072,250 |
The city's market estimate has fallen 10% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Tax exemptions on the roll: ARTICLE XI
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
Not in the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary maps).
Hurricane evacuation zone 5 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 — A B C D · 0.2 mi straight-line (about a 6-minute walk) · station accessibility: none Harlem-148 St — 3 · 0.2 mi straight-line (about a 6-minute walk) · station accessibility: full |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: W 145 St / Frederick Douglass Blvd — Bx19 · 200 ft |
| Citi Bike | Frederick Douglass Blvd & W 145 St · 350 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 200- The James McCune Smith School. 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.
239 West 145 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 |
192 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 41 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 WAVECREST MGMT GROUP — 362 buildings, 31,199 units. Grades across the portfolio: A86 · B145 · C84 · D33 · F13. See the whole portfolio
showing 60 of 362 buildings
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $8,926,500 on 2019-03-13 (lender: Merchants Bank Of Indiana), 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-03-13 | Mortgage $8,926,500 — from NME II HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND COMPANY,; NORTHERN MANHATTAN EQUITIES II LLC to MERCHANTS BANK OF INDIANA | $8,926,500 | |
| 2019-03-13 | Agreement $3,918,285 — from NORTHERN MANHATTAN EQUITIES II LLC; NME II HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND COMPANY, to THE CITY OF NEW YORK | $3,918,285 | |
| 2019-03-13 | AL&R $8,926,500 — from NME II HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND COMPANY,; NORTHERN MANHATTAN EQUITIES II LLC to MERCHANTS BANK OF INDIANA | $8,926,500 | |
| 2015-07-21 | Deed $5,741,549 — from BRADHURST PLAZA 1B HOUSING DEVELOPMENT F to NORTHERN MANHATTAN EQUITIES II LLC; NME II HOUSING DVMT FUND COMPANY INC., A | $5,741,549 | |
| 2015-07-21 | Mortgage $868,945 — from NME II HOUSING DVMT FUND COMPANY, INC.; NORTHERN MANAHATTAN EQUITIES II LLC to THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON | $868,945 | |
| 2015-07-21 | AL&R $868,945 — from NORTHERN MANAHATTAN EQUITIES II LLC; NME II HOUSING DVMT FUND COMPANY, INC. to THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON | $868,945 | |
| 2015-07-21 | Mortgage $3,918,285 — from NME II HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND COMPANY,; NORTHERN MANHATTAN EQUITIES II LLC to THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON | $3,918,285 | |
| 2015-07-21 | AL&R $1,770,482 — from NME II HOUSING DVMT FUND COMPANY, INC.; NORTHERN MANAHATTAN EQUITIES II LLC to THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON | $1,770,482 | |
| 2015-07-21 | Mortgage $1,770,482 — from NORTHERN MANAHATTAN EQUITIES II LLC; NME II HOUSING DVMT FUND COMPANY, INC. to THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON | $1,770,482 | |
| 2015-07-21 | AL&R $5,330,573 — from NME II HOUSING DVMT FUND COMPANY, INC.; NORTHERN MANAHATTAN EQUITIES II LLC to THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON | $5,330,573 | |
| 2015-07-21 | Agreement $9,068,626 — from NME II HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND COMPANY,; NORTHERN MANHATTAN EQUITIES II LLC to NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPOR | $9,068,626 | |
| 2015-07-21 | ASPM $5,565,858 — from BRADHURST PLAZA 1B HOUSING DEVELOPMENT F to NORTHERN MANAHATTAN EQUITIES II LLC; NME II HOUSING DVMT FUND COMPANY, INC. | $5,565,858 | |
| 2015-07-21 | Mortgage $5,330,573 — from NME II HOUSING DVMT FUND COMPANY, INC.; NORTHERN MANAHATTAN EQUITIES II LLC to THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON | $5,330,573 | |
| 1992-10-09 | Mortgage $6,533,107 — from BRADHURST PLZ IB HSGETC to CITY OF NEW YORK HPD | $6,533,107 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 1 | 114 | 0 | 8 | 124 |
| 2018 | 0 | 2 | 102 | 0 | 12 | 116 |
| 2019 | 0 | 5 | 116 | 13 | 8 | 142 |
| 2020 | 0 | 3 | 132 | 0 | 5 | 140 |
| 2021 | 0 | 4 | 241 | 0 | 6 | 251 |
| 2022 | 0 | 13 | 204 | 0 | 10 | 227 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 146 | 1 | 16 | 163 |
| 2024 | 0 | 28 | 200 | 0 | 16 | 244 |
| 2025 | 0 | 2 | 183 | 0 | 7 | 192 |
| 2026 | 0 | 1 | 94 | 0 | 8 | 103 |
Every one of the 2,110 recorded events, 1981–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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