1,461 recorded events, 1967–2026, from 19 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 506 HPD complaints, 453 311 service requests, 314 HPD housing violations.
Full record, year by year Support this site
A sustained record of distress well beyond its peers. More recorded distress than 95% 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 350.5. In ZIP 10453, 41% of residential buildings hold an A and 19% 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 | 6 total — 6 class C (immediately hazardous), 0 class B, 0 class A. Oldest open since 2023-01-03. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
92 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 24 · winter 2024–25: 46 · winter 2025–26: 20 · winter 2026–27: 2). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
189 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (48) · HEAT/HOT WATER (46) · Illegal Parking (27) · Dirty Condition (10) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (8) · Derelict Vehicles (5).
$36,000 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 (1923) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (22) |
| 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) | MHM Owner LLC |
| Head officer | Rick Gropper |
| Managing agent | Dolphin Property Services, LLC |
| Last registered | 2026-05-07 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $907,000 | $408,150 |
| 2026 | $930,000 | $418,500 |
| 2027 | $1,173,000 | $527,850 |
The city's market estimate has risen 29% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Tax exemptions on the roll: ARTICLE XI
| Energy grade (LL33) | D — ENERGY STAR score 18/100, posted at the entrance by law (2022 disclosure cycle) |
| 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 | 176 St — 4 · 800 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Macombs Rd / Nelson Av — Bx18B · 450 ft |
| Citi Bike | Macombs Rd & W 175 St · 350 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 204 Morris Heights. 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.
44 West 175 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 |
189 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 46 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 DOLPHIN PROPERTY SERVICES LLC — 79 buildings, 4,889 units. Grades across the portfolio: A5 · B32 · C22 · D16 · F2. See the whole portfolio
showing 60 of 79 buildings
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $18,390,000 on 2023-01-26 (lender: Merchants Capital Corp.), covering 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-01-26 | Mortgage $18,390,000 — from MORRIS HEIGHTS HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND ; MHM OWNER LLC to MERCHANTS CAPITAL CORP. | $18,390,000 | |
| 2023-01-26 | Deed $26,500,000 — from MORRIS HEIGHTS HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND ; MORRIS HEIGHTS PARTNERS, LP to MHM OWNER LLC; MORRIS HEIGHTS HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND | $26,500,000 | |
| 2023-01-06 | Sold for $26,500,000 | $26,500,000 | $1,204,545 |
| 2011-01-07 | Mortgage $10,625,000 — from MORRIS HEIGHTS PARTNERS, LP; MORRIS HEIGHTS HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND to FEDERAL HOME LOAN MORTGAGE CORPORATION | $10,625,000 | |
| 2011-01-07 | AL&R $10,625,000 — from MORRIS HEIGHTS HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND ; MORRIS HEIGHTS PARTNERS, LP to FEDERAL HOME LOAN MORTGAGE CORPORATION | $10,625,000 | |
| 2010-11-23 | Deed $8,450,000 — from MORRIS HEIGHTS MEWS ASSOCIATES LP to MORRIS HEIGHTS HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND | $8,450,000 | |
| 2010-11-23 | Mortgage $10,625,000 — from MORRIS HEIGHTS HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND ; MORRIS HEIGHTS PARTNERS, L.P. to NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPOR | $10,625,000 | |
| 2004-07-08 | Mortgage $5,433,400 — from MORRIS HEIGHTS MEWS ASSOCIATES to GREYSTONE SERVICING CORPORATION, INC | $5,433,400 | |
| 2004-07-08 | Agreement $5,433,400 — from MORRIS HEIGHTS MEWS ASSOCIATES to GREYSTONE SERVICING CORPORATION, INC | $5,433,400 | |
| 1982-01-05 | Mortgage $6,146,500 — from MORRIS/HGTS/MEWS/ASSOC to MERRILL/L/H/PG/INC | $6,146,500 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 3 | 4 | 37 | 0 | 3 | 47 |
| 2018 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 24 |
| 2019 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 29 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 25 |
| 2021 | 0 | 5 | 80 | 0 | 2 | 87 |
| 2022 | 0 | 3 | 184 | 0 | 2 | 189 |
| 2023 | 0 | 2 | 99 | 8 | 6 | 115 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 268 | 0 | 4 | 273 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 95 | 0 | 3 | 98 |
| 2026 | 0 | 1 | 82 | 0 | 4 | 87 |
Every one of the 1,461 recorded events, 1967–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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