545 recorded events, 1967–2026, from 19 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 137 311 service requests, 123 HPD complaints, 46 ACRIS deeds & mortgages.
Full record, year by year Support this site
The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less recorded distress than 58% 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 14.8. 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 | 4 total — 0 class C (immediately hazardous), 3 class B, 1 class A. Oldest open since 2022-06-20. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
14 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2024–25: 6 · winter 2025–26: 8). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
19 service requests in the last three years. Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (7) · Noise (4) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (3) · Rodent (1) · Air Quality (1) · WATER LEAK (1).
$1,162,372 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (9 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 (1912) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (36) |
| 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) | 15 FORT WASHINGTON AVE HDFC |
| Head officer | JOY BAILEY |
| Managing agent | Veritas Property Management |
| Last registered | 2026-07-16 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $3,099,000 | $1,394,550 |
| 2026 | $3,491,000 | $1,570,950 |
| 2027 | $3,624,000 | $1,630,800 |
The city's market estimate has risen 17% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Tax exemptions on the roll: COLD WAR VETERAN - DISABILITY · DISABLED HOMEOWNER · 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 $934,632 a year ($22.92 per sq ft), operating expenses $588,834 ($14.44 per sq ft), net operating income $345,797. These are the city's estimates from comparable rentals, not the building's actual budget, rents or maintenance charges.
| Energy grade (LL33) | B — ENERGY STAR score 74/100 (2022 disclosure cycle) |
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
| Facade (Local Law 11) | SAFE (cycle 9) |
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 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 | 157 St — 1 · 450 ft straight-line (about a 2-minute walk) · station accessibility: none 163 St-Amsterdam Av — C · 0.2 mi straight-line (about a 6-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Fort Washington Av / W 160 St — M4 · 200 ft |
| Citi Bike | Broadway & W 160 St · 400 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.
15 Ft Washington Avenue
| 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 |
19 311 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 VERITAS PROPERTY MANAGEMENT LLC — 140 buildings, 5,208 units. Grades across the portfolio: A120 · B18. See the whole portfolio
showing 60 of 140 buildings
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $106,012 on 2009-04-09 (lender: City Of NY Acting By And Through Its Dept. Of Hpd). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-05 | RPTT&RET $332,290 — from MENDELSOHN, ELLEN to ACKERSON-KIELY, PAIGE A | $332,290 | |
| 2026-02-20 | Sold for $332,290 | $332,290 | $9,230 |
| 2025-12-23 | RPTT&RET $310,000 — from BORENSTEIN-BURD, LILY to KRAUS, HAYDEN STANLEY | $310,000 | |
| 2025-12-11 | Sold for $310,000 | $310,000 | $8,611 |
| 2025-02-14 | RPTT&RET $260,000 — from HODGSON, CHLOE; MILLER, CHLOE to GIOVINE, STEFANIE | $260,000 | |
| 2025-02-04 | Sold for $260,000 | $260,000 | $7,222 |
| 2024-12-26 | RPTT&RET $285,000 — from GREGORY, MICHAEL R to SIEMIENIAKA, MARTA ALEXANDRA | $285,000 | |
| 2024-12-17 | Sold for $285,000 | $285,000 | $7,917 |
| 2023-08-29 | RPTT&RET $330,000 — from PIEDRA, ROBERT to MENDELSOHN, ELLEN | $330,000 | |
| 2020-12-07 | RPTT&RET $285,000 — from BENNETT, NINA to YANG NG, CHEE | $285,000 | |
| 2020-11-16 | Sold for $285,000 | $285,000 | $7,917 |
| 2019-06-21 | RPTT&RET $475,000 — from CRADDOCK, ROSS to CIFUENTES, JOSE R; DAVILA, ZAMARA | $475,000 | |
| 2019-06-12 | Sold for $475,000 | $475,000 | $13,194 |
| 2017-12-15 | RPTT&RET $230,000 — from MALONEY, RICHARD; FISHER, KERI to HODGSON, CHLOE | $230,000 | |
| 2017-12-04 | Sold for $230,000 | $230,000 | $6,389 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 15 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 12 |
| 2019 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 26 |
| 2020 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 26 |
| 2021 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 22 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 22 |
| 2023 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 25 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 16 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 4 | 9 | 37 |
| 2026 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 18 |
Every one of the 545 recorded events, 1967–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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