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400 Convent Avenue

1,649Records
19City systems
160Open violations
7.3Penalty rate
Manhattan · ZIP 10031 · Neighborhood: Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill
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1,649 recorded events, 1976–2026, from 19 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 498 HPD complaints, 440 HPD housing violations, 370 311 service requests.

BoroughManhattan 10031
Built1910
Floors6
Res. units37
ClassD4
Owner (PLUTO)400 CONVENT AVENUE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND CORPORATION
BBL1020620014
BIN1061438

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GRADE A

The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less recorded distress than 69% 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 7.3. In ZIP 10031, 40% of residential buildings hold an A and 14% grade D or F. How grades work

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Among 17,252 25-99-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more

Open with the city right now

Open HPD violations160 total — 21 class C (immediately hazardous), 89 class B, 50 class A. Oldest open since 1983-09-21.

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

Patterns

10 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2024–25: 2 · winter 2025–26: 8). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.

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3 bedbug-infested unit(s) reported in filings over the last three years.

What 311 hears from this address

31 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (6) · Illegal Parking (5) · HEAT/HOT WATER (5) · Air Quality (4) · Derelict Vehicles (3) · Overgrown Tree/Branches (3).

Filed construction activity

$269,500 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (4 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.

Rent-stabilization signals

YesBuilt before 1974 (1910)
YesSix or more residential units (37)
No421-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 with HPD — the names behind the building

Registered owner(s)400 CONVENT AVENUE HDFC
Head officerDabni Harvey
Managing agentFinger Management Realty LLC
Last registered2025-10-15

as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$2,705,000 $1,217,250
2026$3,092,000 $1,391,400
2027$3,136,000 $1,411,200

The city's market estimate has risen 16% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Tax exemptions on the roll: COLD WAR VETERAN - DISABILITY · SENIOR CITIZEN HOMEOWNER

For property tax, the Department of Finance values this co-op as if it were a rental building. Its 2022 estimate: gross income $950,263 a year ($22.92 per sq ft), operating expenses $608,218 ($14.67 per sq ft), net operating income $342,045. These are the city's estimates from comparable rentals, not the building's actual budget, rents or maintenance charges.

Building systems

Energy grade (LL33)F — did not submit required benchmarking data, posted at the entrance by law (2022 disclosure cycle)
Heating fuelNO2FUEL
Facade (Local Law 11)SAFE (cycle 9)

Flood exposure

Not in the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary maps).

Not in a hurricane evacuation zone.

Not in the city's stormwater (cloudburst) flood maps under any modeled scenario.

3 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2016 (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.

Getting around

Subway145 St — A B C D · 500 ft straight-line (about a 2-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
145 St — 1 · 0.2 mi straight-line (about a 6-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: Amsterdam Av / W 147 St — M101 · 350 ft
Citi BikeW 148 St & Amsterdam Ave · 350 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 153 Adam Clayton Powell
Middle: 319, 324. 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.

Report a problem to 311

400 Convent Avenue

Heat or hot waterHeat or hot water
Apartment maintenanceApartment maintenance
Bed bugsBed bugs
Residential pestsResidential pests
Rats or miceRats or mice
Anything elseAnything else

31 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 5 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.

The landlord's report card

Managed by FINGER MANAGEMENT REALTY LLC — 117 buildings, 3,532 units. Grades across the portfolio: A79 · B31 · C6 · D1. See the whole portfolio

BuildingBoroughUnitsGrade
3121 Middletown Road BX157 B
490 Southern Boulevard BX137 B
1177 Anderson Avenue BX119 B
250 Cabrini Boulevard MN77 A
2640 Marion Avenue BX72 A
819 East 173 Street BX71 C
1660 Crotona Park East BX67 C
1803 Haight Avenue BX66 A
1230 Spofford Avenue BX65 A
575 Ocean Avenue BK63 B
740 West 187 Street MN63 A
1678 Crotona Park East BX62 B
198 Pinehurst Avenue MN60 A
839 Tilden Street BX57 A
495 East 178 Street BX56 B
3810 Broadway MN55 A
1878 Adam C Powell Blvd MN51 A
1045 Anderson Avenue BX50 A
1372 Franklin Avenue BX48 B
215 Audubon Avenue MN48 A
645 Barretto Street BX48 B
2042 5 Avenue MN48 A
374 South 2 Street BK41 A
200 Claremont Avenue MN41 A
2041 5 Avenue MN40 A
185 East 163 Street BX38 A
400 Convent Avenue MN37 A
943 Teller Avenue BX37 A
1809 Adam C Powell Blvd MN36 A
353 West 117 Street MN36 A
19 Ft Washington Avenue MN36 B
127 West 111 Street MN36 A
2241 White Plains Road BX36 A
849 St Nicholas Avenue MN35 A
820 St Nicholas Avenue MN35 B
604 Riverside Drive MN32 A
139 8 Avenue MN31 A
550 West 144 Street MN30 A
352 West 48 Street MN30 A
540 West 144 Street MN30 A
520 West 144 Street MN30 A
652 West 160 Street MN30 A
656 West 160 Street MN30 A
592 West 178 Street MN30 B
503 West 111 Street MN30 A
512 West 162 Street MN30 A
2310 Clarendon Road BK27 A
469 West 152 Street MN26 A
36 Convent Avenue MN25 A
383 East 195 Street BX25 A
523 West 143 Street MN24 B
527 West 143 Street MN24 A
59 West 109 Street MN24 A
3692 Broadway MN24 A
494 West 158 Street MN24 A
79 Hamilton Place MN24 B
273 Wadsworth Avenue MN21 A
300 East 162 Street BX21 B
517 West 135 Street MN21 B
515 West 135 Street MN21 A

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Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $1,365,000 on 2013-07-17 (lender: The City Of New York). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2025-02-19RPTT&RET $485,000 — from PERRY, JANA to ALBA, ELIA $485,000
2025-02-04Sold for $485,000 $485,000 $13,108
2024-05-22RPTT&RET $615,000 — from 400 CONVENT AVENUE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT F to WALSH, NICHOLAS; WALSH, LAUREN $615,000
2024-05-16Sold for $615,000 $615,000 $16,622
2024-02-12RPTT&RET $620,000 — from ESTATE OF SAM THOMAS; ESTATE OF SANDRA WHITE; YVONNE WHITE, ADMIN. ESTATE OF SANDRA WH; SA to COHEN, SAMI E; MOSLEY, MILES C $620,000
2023-08-16RPTT&RET $674,000 — from MANDER, HELENA; MANDER, RICHARD to CURRERI, SHERRY DEAN $674,000
2023-08-03Sold for $674,000 $674,000 $18,216
2023-07-27Sold for $620,000 $620,000 $16,757
2023-06-28RPTT&RET $197,000 — from ESTATE OF CARMETIA LOWDER to 400 CONVENT AVENUE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT F $197,000
2023-06-22Sold for $197,000 $197,000 $5,324
2023-02-13RPTT&RET $650,000 — from JACKSON, THELMA to SEEMAN, JAIMELYN BEATTY; PALMER RESOR, ANDREW $650,000
2023-02-07RPTT $260,000 — from ANDREW, FELIX to BRALKOUSKAYA, LIZAVETA $260,000
2023-01-31Sold for $260,000 $260,000 $7,027
2023-01-31Sold for $650,000 $650,000 $17,568
2022-12-20RPTT&RET $560,000 — from THE ESTATE OF MICHELLE BOCQUILLON; PETITJEAN, MARIE-PAULE to AHMAD, NAZ $560,000

Ten-year activity

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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
201700826492
20180122503229
20190712500132
202008390047
202106492057
202204144224
2023510389971
202475183942
202530112521
202625110321
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The full timeline

Construction 54Enforcement 135Housing & tenants 1,358Ownership & money 54Health & systems 48

Every one of the 1,649 recorded events, 1976–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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