1,794 recorded events, 1967–2026, from 16 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 675 311 service requests, 639 HPD complaints, 293 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 90% 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 192.2. 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 | 33 total — 9 class C (immediately hazardous), 21 class B, 3 class A. Oldest open since 2023-11-05. |
| Pending HPD litigation | 1 case(s) pending in housing court |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
51 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 25 · winter 2025–26: 4). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
3 bedbug-infested unit(s) reported in filings over the last three years.
72 service requests in the last three years. Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (20) · PAINT/PLASTER (10) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (10) · WATER LEAK (7) · ELECTRIC (7) · FLOORING/STAIRS (4).
$94,800 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 (1910) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (21) |
| 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) | 537 W 150, LLC |
| Head officer | DOUGLAS PETERSON |
| Managing agent | LANGSAM PROP. SER CORP. |
| Last registered | 2025-10-15 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $2,053,000 | $923,850 |
| 2026 | $2,336,000 | $1,051,200 |
| 2027 | $2,565,000 | $1,154,250 |
The city's market estimate has risen 25% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
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 | 145 St — 1 · 0.3 mi straight-line (about a 7-minute walk) · station accessibility: none 155 St — C · 0.3 mi straight-line (about an 8-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Broadway / W 149 St — M4 M5 · 400 ft |
| Citi Bike | Amsterdam Ave & W 152 St · 700 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.
537 West 150 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 |
72 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 20 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 LANGSAM PROPERTY SERVICES CORP — 215 buildings, 8,744 units. Grades across the portfolio: A42 · B80 · C57 · D26 · F9. See the whole portfolio
showing 60 of 215 buildings
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $1,556,443 on 2018-05-04 (lender: Greystone Servicing Corporation INC.). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-05-04 | Mortgage $1,556,444 — from 537 W 150 LLC to GREYSTONE SERVICING CORPORATION INC. | $1,556,444 | |
| 2018-05-04 | Agreement $5,529,000 — from 537 W 150 LLC to GREYSTONE SERVICING CORPORATION INC. | $5,529,000 | |
| 2015-09-03 | Mortgage $2,609,601 — from 537 W 150 LLC to PEAPACK-GLADSTONE BANK | $2,609,601 | |
| 2015-09-03 | Agreement $4,200,000 — from 537 W 150 LLC to PEAPACK-GLADSTONE BANK | $4,200,000 | |
| 2015-09-03 | AL&R $4,200,000 — from 537 W 150 LLC to PEAPACK-GLADSTONE BANK | $4,200,000 | |
| 2012-03-05 | Mortgage $900,760 — from 537 W 150 LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $900,760 | |
| 2012-03-05 | Agreement $1,700,000 — from 537 W 150 LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $1,700,000 | |
| 2010-02-12 | Deed $1,150,000 — from OVERTON, THOMAS to 537 W. 150 LLC | $1,150,000 | |
| 2010-02-12 | AL&R $820,000 — from 537 W 150 LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $820,000 | |
| 2010-02-12 | Agreement $820,000 — from 537 W 150 LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $820,000 | |
| 2010-02-12 | Mortgage $310,000 — from 537 W 150 LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $310,000 | |
| 2009-01-28 | Mortgage $110,000 — from OVERTON, THOMAS to ALOI, JOSEPH; ALOI, CAROLE | $110,000 | |
| 2008-06-18 | AL&R $510,000 — from OVERTON, THOMAS to BANCO POPULAR NORTH AMERICA | $510,000 | |
| 2008-06-18 | Mortgage $510,000 — from OVERTON, THOMAS to BANCO POPULAR NORTH AMERICA | $510,000 | |
| 2005-11-14 | Mortgage $550,000 — from OVERTON, THOMAS; WILSON, JOHN to SILVER HILL FINANCIAL, LLC, | $550,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 3 | 1 | 97 | 1 | 9 | 111 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 6 | 7 | 78 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 2 | 43 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 0 | 1 | 47 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 0 | 6 | 51 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 110 | 0 | 3 | 113 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 72 | 0 | 3 | 76 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 3 | 40 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 | 87 | 0 | 4 | 94 |
| 2026 | 0 | 1 | 66 | 0 | 3 | 70 |
Every one of the 1,794 recorded events, 1967–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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