758 recorded events, 1968–2026, from 20 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 230 311 service requests, 217 HPD complaints, 139 HPD housing violations.
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A meaningful record of code violations or complaints relative to its peers. More recorded distress than 86% 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 134.9. In ZIP 10031, 40% of residential buildings hold an A and 14% 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 | 13 total — 5 class C (immediately hazardous), 5 class B, 3 class A. Oldest open since 2024-10-14. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
49 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 2 · winter 2024–25: 18 · winter 2025–26: 10). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
$1,250 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.
129 service requests in the last three years. Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (23) · Noise (15) · Illegal Parking (12) · GENERAL (11) · SAFETY (11) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (8).
$70,000 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (3 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 (1896) |
| 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) | Harlem Building Management LLC |
| Head officer | Ivan Sun |
| Managing agent | R.E.M. Residential |
| Last registered | 2025-11-10 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $2,088,000 | $939,600 |
| 2026 | $2,374,000 | $1,068,300 |
| 2027 | $2,552,000 | $1,148,400 |
The city's market estimate has risen 22% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Energy grade (LL33) | D — ENERGY STAR score 11/100, posted at the entrance by law (2022 disclosure cycle) |
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
| Facade (Local Law 11) | SWARMP — "Safe With A Repair and Maintenance Program": known facade conditions that must be repaired (cycle 8) |
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.
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 | 155 St — C · 600 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: none 145 St — A B C D · 0.3 mi straight-line (about a 7-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Saint Nicholas Av / W 153 St — M3 · 150 ft |
| Citi Bike | Convent Ave & W 151 St · 500 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 028 Wright Brothers Middle: Community Math & Science Prep. 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.
61 St Nicholas Place
| 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 |
129 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 23 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 R.E.M. RESIDENTIAL — 117 buildings, 3,819 units. Grades across the portfolio: A65 · B30 · C15 · D5 · F1. See the whole portfolio
showing 60 of 117 buildings
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $2,100,000 on 2020-07-06 (lender: JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-01-05 | RPTT&RET $1,624,350 — from SUN, DANIELLE to IVAN SUN, CO-TRUSTEE; MICHAEL SUN AS CO-TRUSTEE; THE DANIELLE SUN 2019 IRREVOCABLE TRUST | $1,624,350 | |
| 2022-01-05 | RPTT&RET $1,624,350 — from SUN, IVAN to THE IVAN SUN 2019 IRREVOCABLE TRUST; DANIELLE SUN AS CO-TRUSTEE; MAXWELL SUN AS CO-TRUSTEE | $1,624,350 | |
| 2020-07-06 | Deed $5,100,000 — from 400 WEST 153RD REALTY CORPORATION to HARLEM BUILDING MANAGEMENT LLC | $5,100,000 | |
| 2020-07-06 | Mortgage $2,100,000 — from HARLEM BUILDING MANAGEMENT LLC to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. | $2,100,000 | |
| 2020-07-06 | Agreement $3,400,000 — from HARLEM BUILDING MANAGEMENT LLC to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. | $3,400,000 | |
| 2020-06-15 | Sold for $5,100,000 | $5,100,000 | $212,500 |
| 2016-11-25 | Agreement $1,300,000 — from 400 WEST 153RD REALTY CORPORATION to FIRST REPUBLIC BANK | $1,300,000 | |
| 2016-11-25 | AL&R $1,300,000 — from 400 WEST 153RD REALTY CORPORATION to FIRST REPUBLIC BANK | $1,300,000 | |
| 2016-11-25 | Mortgage $26,374 — from 400 WEST 153RD REALTY CORPORATION to FIRST REPUBLIC BANK | $26,374 | |
| 2012-01-18 | Mortgage $1,400,000 — from 400 WEST 153RD REALTY CORPORATION to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $1,400,000 | |
| 1993-07-06 | Mortgage $370,930 — from 400 WEST 153RD RLTYCP to COMMUNITY PRESERVATNCRP | $370,930 | |
| 1993-07-06 | Mortgage $1,048,070 — from 400 WEST 153RD RLTYCORP to COMMUNITY PRSRVTN CORP | $1,048,070 | |
| 1993-07-06 | Mortgage $1,570 — from 400 WEST 153RD RLTYCORP to COMMUNITY PRSRVTN CORP | $1,570 | |
| 1993-07-06 | Mortgage $4,430 — from 400 WEST 153RD RLTYCORP to COMMUNITY PRSRVTN CORP | $4,430 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 15 |
| 2018 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 14 |
| 2019 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 26 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 15 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 17 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 38 | 2 | 3 | 44 |
| 2023 | 0 | 2 | 73 | 0 | 2 | 77 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 120 | 0 | 6 | 127 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 | 127 | 0 | 3 | 131 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 2 | 45 |
Every one of the 758 recorded events, 1968–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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