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164 Sherman Avenue

1,825Records
17City systems
3Open violations
29.6Penalty rate
Manhattan · ZIP 10034 · Neighborhood: Inwood
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1,825 recorded events, 1968–2026, from 17 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 764 311 service requests, 643 HPD complaints, 216 HPD housing violations.

BoroughManhattan 10034
Built1916
Floors5
Res. units41
ClassC1
Owner (PLUTO)18TH AVENUE
BBL1022250032
BIN1064829

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GRADE A

The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. More recorded distress than 54% 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 29.6. In ZIP 10034, 43% of residential buildings hold an A and 8% grade D or F. How grades work

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B
C

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 violations3 total — 3 class C (immediately hazardous), 0 class B, 0 class A. Oldest open since 2025-09-12.

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

Patterns

10 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 4 · winter 2024–25: 4 · winter 2025–26: 2). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.

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’23–24
4
’24–25
2
’25–26

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

What 311 hears from this address

90 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (65) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (5) · HEAT/HOT WATER (4) · PAINT/PLASTER (3) · Illegal Parking (3) · Encampment (2).

Filed construction activity

$6,300 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (1 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 (1916)
YesSix or more residential units (41)
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)18TH AVE LLC
Head officerALEX KOHEN
Managing agentEXECUTIVE TOWERS LLC
Last registered2025-09-10

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$1,954,000 $879,300
2026$2,127,000 $957,150
2027$2,539,000 $1,142,550

The city's market estimate has risen 30% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Building systems

Heating fuelNATURALGAS

Flood exposure

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

Hurricane evacuation zone 3 of 6 — zone 1 evacuates first.

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.

Getting around

SubwayInwood-207 St — A · 1,000 ft straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
207 St — 1 · 0.2 mi straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: Broadway / W 204 St — Bx7 · 700 ft
Citi BikeW 204 St & Vermilyea Ave · 400 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: 18, 98, 278
Middle: Harold O. Levy School. 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

164 Sherman 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

90 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 4 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 EXECUTIVE TOWERS LLC — 16 buildings, 586 units. Grades across the portfolio: A6 · B8 · C2. See the whole portfolio

BuildingBoroughUnitsGrade
61 Ellwood Street MN72 B
68 Thayer Street MN68 A
172 Sherman Avenue MN41 B
164 Sherman Avenue MN41 A
156 Sherman Avenue MN40 A
170 Vermilyea Avenue MN40 C
160 Sherman Avenue MN40 B
506 West 150 Street MN31 A
154 Vermilyea Avenue MN30 B
510 West 150 Street MN30 B
150 Vermilyea Avenue MN30 B
403 West 205 Street MN29 A
158 Vermilyea Avenue MN26 C
526 West 211 Street MN25 B
510 West 171 Street MN22 B
516 West 174 Street MN21 A

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $250,000 on 2021-12-22 (lender: First Republic Bank). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2021-12-22Agreement $4,300,000 — from 18TH AVENUE LLC to FIRST REPUBLIC BANK $4,300,000
2021-12-22AL&R $4,300,000 — from 18TH AVENUE LLC to FIRST REPUBLIC BANK $4,300,000
2021-12-22Mortgage $250,000 — from 18TH AVENUE LLC to FIRST REPUBLIC BANK $250,000
2018-12-24AL&R $4,050,000 — from 18TH AVENUE LLC to FIRST REPUBLIC BANK $4,050,000
2018-12-24Agreement $4,050,000 — from 18TH AVENUE LLC to FIRST REPUBLIC BANK $4,050,000
2018-12-24Mortgage $50,000 — from 18TH AVENUE LLC to FIRST REPUBLIC BANK $50,000
2015-09-21Agreement $16,500,000 — from NATALIO CABIZON LLC; ABRAHAM LEVY LLC; 18TH AVENUE LLC to FIRST REPUBLIC BANK $16,500,000
2015-09-11AL&R $4,000,000 — from 18TH AVENUE LLC to FIRST REPUBLIC BANK $4,000,000
2015-09-11Mortgage $4,000,000 — from 18TH AVENUE LLC to FIRST REPUBLIC BANK $4,000,000
2015-09-11Agreement $11,305,162 — from 18TH AVENUE LLC; NATALIO CABIZON LLC; ABRAHAM LEVY LLC to FIRST REPUBLIC BANK $11,305,162
2012-09-11Agreement $12,000,000 — from NATALIO CABIZON LLC; 18TH AVENUE LLC; ABRAHAM LEVY LLC to ORITANI FINANCE COMPANY $12,000,000
2012-09-11Mortgage $3,019,747 — from 18TH AVENUE LLC; NATALIO CABIZON LLC; ABRAHAM LEVY LLC to ORITANI FINANCE COMPANY $3,019,747
2012-09-11AL&R $12,000,000 — from ABRAHAM LEVY LLC; 18TH AVENUE LLC; NATALIO CABIZON LLC to ORITANI FINANCE COMPANY $12,000,000
2011-08-16Agreement $2,246,063 — from 18TH AVENUE LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK $2,246,063
2008-04-22AL&R $2,250,000 — from 18TH AVENUE LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK $2,250,000

Ten-year activity

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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
201762350346
201800613771
201902330540
202000150116
202101414248
202200650368
202300510354
202400432247
202501230226
202601600263
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The full timeline

Construction 12Enforcement 31Housing & tenants 1,666Ownership & money 67Health & systems 49

Every one of the 1,825 recorded events, 1968–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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