1,931 recorded events, 1976–2026, from 17 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 912 HPD housing violations, 778 311 service requests, 106 HPD complaints.
Full record, year by year Support this site
A modest record — below the level that usually signals systemic problems. More recorded distress than 60% 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 26.2. In ZIP 10039, 19% of residential buildings hold an A and 17% 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 | 9 total — 0 class C (immediately hazardous), 7 class B, 2 class A. Oldest open since 2022-05-02. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
16 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2025–26: 6).
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
30 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (11) · HEAT/HOT WATER (7) · Illegal Parking (5) · Derelict Vehicles (2) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (1) · Sanitation Worker or Vehicle Complaint (1).
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 (1910) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (24) |
| 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) | West 149th Street Apartments LP |
| Head officer | Malcolm Punter |
| Managing agent | Pillar Property Management |
| Last registered | 2025-09-05 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,557,000 | $700,650 |
| 2026 | $1,813,000 | $815,850 |
| 2027 | $1,953,000 | $878,850 |
The city's market estimate has risen 25% 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 5 of 6 — zone 1 evacuates first.
Not in the city's stormwater (cloudburst) flood maps under any modeled scenario.
1 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2015 (0 in the last three years).
Sources: FEMA flood maps (coastal), NYC DEP Stormwater Flood Maps (cloudburst), NYC hurricane evacuation zones, and 311 records for this address.
| Subway | Harlem-148 St — 3 · 650 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: full 145 St — A B C D · 0.2 mi straight-line (about a 6-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Frederick Douglass Blvd / W 148 St — M10 · 300 ft |
| Citi Bike | Macombs Pl & W 152 St · 700 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.
236 West 149 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 |
30 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 7 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 PILLAR PROPERTY MANAGEMENT LLC — 40 buildings, 1,300 units. Grades across the portfolio: B11 · C11 · D12 · F6. See the whole portfolio
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $2,657,479 on 2010-10-01 (lender: Department Of Housing Preservation And Development and The City Of New York), covering 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010-10-01 | Mortgage $2,657,479 — from WEST 149TH STREET APARTMENTS, L.P. to THE CITY OF NEW YORK; DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING PRESERVATION AND D | $2,657,479 | |
| 2010-10-01 | RPTT&RET $5,574,240 — from HARLEM CONGREGATIONS FOR COMMUNITY IMPRO to GS-NYEF 2009 LLC | $5,574,240 | |
| 2010-10-01 | Agreement $11,391,886 — from WEST 149TH STREET APARTMENTS, L.P. to DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING PRESERVATION AND D; THE CITY OF NEW YORK | $11,391,886 | |
| 2008-07-31 | Mortgage $8,734,407 — from WEST 149TH STREET APARTMENTS L.P. to THE CITY OF NEW YORK | $8,734,407 | |
| 1989-11-24 | Mortgage $950,000 — from R.E.J. EQUITIES, INC. to COMANCHE ASSOCIATES,INC | $950,000 | |
| 1989-03-07 | Mortgage $269,000 — from COMANCHE ASSOC INC to ZAWAHIR M.K. | $269,000 | |
| 1986-10-15 | Mortgage $298,726 — from ZAWAHIR, M.K. to RAPMOR EQUITIES INC | $298,726 | |
| 1984-09-20 | Mortgage $95,290 — from 232 WEST ASSOCIATES to COHEN, ALAN I. EST/; BRAND, ALAN | $95,290 | |
| 1983-09-20 | Mortgage $10,000 — from COHEN, ALAN I.; BRAND, ALAN to ARCELLA, JOHN F. | $10,000 | |
| 1982-08-23 | Mortgage $286,702 — from BRAND, ALAN; COHEN, ALAN I. to ARCELLA, JOHN F. | $286,702 |
| Year | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 179 | 1 | 180 |
| 2018 | 0 | 229 | 2 | 231 |
| 2019 | 0 | 108 | 3 | 111 |
| 2020 | 0 | 41 | 2 | 43 |
| 2021 | 0 | 70 | 1 | 71 |
| 2022 | 0 | 43 | 3 | 46 |
| 2023 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 15 |
| 2024 | 1 | 23 | 4 | 28 |
| 2025 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 20 |
| 2026 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 14 |
Every one of the 1,931 recorded events, 1976–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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