2,931 recorded events, 1988–2026, from 19 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 1,193 311 service requests, 815 HPD complaints, 697 HPD housing violations.
Full record, year by year Support this site
A sustained record of distress well beyond its peers. More recorded distress than 96% 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 342. In ZIP 10032, 36% of residential buildings hold an A and 14% 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 | 120 total — 27 class C (immediately hazardous), 69 class B, 24 class A. Oldest open since 2018-07-17. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
103 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 12 · winter 2024–25: 41 · winter 2025–26: 24). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
395 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (128) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (54) · HEAT/HOT WATER (48) · DOOR/WINDOW (30) · PLUMBING (27) · PAINT/PLASTER (24).
$34,000 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.
| No | Built before 1974 (2009) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (38) |
| No | 421-a / J-51 tax benefit on the current tax roll |
1 of 3 signals present. Only a partial profile — stabilization is possible but less likely. The definitive answer for any unit: request its rent history from NYS Homes & Community Renewal (free, at hcr.ny.gov).
| Registered owner(s) | DOROTHY MCGOWAN LP |
| Head officer | YVONNE STENNETT |
| Managing agent | CONCORD MANAGEMENT OF NY LLC |
| Last registered | 2025-10-09 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $2,253,000 | $1,013,850 |
| 2026 | $2,649,000 | $1,192,050 |
| 2027 | $2,732,000 | $1,229,400 |
The city's market estimate has risen 21% 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).
Not in a hurricane evacuation zone.
Not in the city's stormwater (cloudburst) flood maps under any modeled scenario.
1 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2014 (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 | 163 St-Amsterdam Av — C · 650 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: none 157 St — 1 · 700 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Amsterdam Av / W 158 St — M3 M100 M101 · 350 ft |
| Citi Bike | Broadway & W 160 St · 650 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 004 Duke Ellington 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.
520 West 159 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 |
395 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 48 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 CONCORD MANAGEMENT OF NY LLC — 301 buildings, 7,382 units. Grades across the portfolio: A20 · B63 · C84 · D80 · F52. See the whole portfolio
showing 60 of 301 buildings
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $4,888,925 on 2007-11-09 (lender: The City Of New York, Acting By And Through Its), covering 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007-11-09 | DEEDO $439,824 — from COMMUNITY LEAGUE OF THE HEIGHTS INC. to DOROTHY MCGOWAN HOUSING DEVELOPMENT | $439,824 | |
| 2007-11-09 | Mortgage $4,888,925 — from DOROTHY MCGOWAN LIMITED PARTNERSHIP; DOROTHY MCGOWAN HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND to THE CITY OF NEW YORK, ACTING BY AND THRO | $4,888,925 | |
| 2004-12-06 | Deed $375,600 — from ALFRED SICA, ESQ., AS REFEREE to COMMUNITY LEAGUE OF THE HEIGHTS | $375,600 | |
| 2004-12-06 | Mortgage $375,600 — from COMMUNITY LEAGUE OF THE HEIGHTS, INC. to ENTERPRISE HOUSING FINANCIAL SERVICES, I | $375,600 | |
| 2004-12-06 | Mortgage $64,224 — from COMMUNITY LEAGUE OF THE HEIGHTS, INC. to ENTERPRISE HOUSING FINANCIAL SERVICES, I | $64,224 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 41 | 1 | 43 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 121 | 2 | 123 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 128 | 1 | 129 |
| 2020 | 0 | 3 | 44 | 1 | 48 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 277 | 1 | 279 |
| 2022 | 6 | 3 | 384 | 4 | 397 |
| 2023 | 0 | 2 | 305 | 2 | 309 |
| 2024 | 0 | 4 | 386 | 4 | 394 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 319 | 2 | 321 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 242 | 2 | 244 |
Every one of the 2,931 recorded events, 1988–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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