The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. More recorded distress than 52% 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 18.3. In ZIP 10011, 68% of residential buildings hold an A and
5% grade D or F.
How grades work
this building
A
B
C
Among 46,798 6-24-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more
Open with the city right now
No current HPD flags in the latest weekly snapshot: no open violations, no
pending litigation, no active vacate orders, and not in the Alternative Enforcement Program.
Patterns
No heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
$625 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.
What 311 hears from this address
12 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (6) · Tattooing (5) · Dirty Condition (1).
Filed construction activity
$444,300 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.
Rent-stabilization signals
Yes
Built before 1974 (1920)
Yes
Six or more residential units (6)
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 with HPD — the names behind the building
Registered owner(s)
159 WEST 23RD LLC
Head officer
Victor Lee
Managing agent
JVL Property Management
Last registered
2025-09-15
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
What the city thinks it's worth
Tax year
City market value
Assessed value
2025
$2,266,000
$1,019,700
2026
$2,399,000
$1,079,550
2027
$2,519,000
$1,133,550
The city's market estimate has risen
11% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Building systems
Heating fuel
NO2FUEL
Flood exposure
Not in the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary maps).
Hurricane evacuation zone 6 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
Subway
23 St — 1 · 150 ft straight-line (about a 1-minute walk) · station accessibility: none 23 St — F M · 550 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
Bus
Nearest boarding stop: W 23 St / 7 Av — M23-SBS · 200 ft · Select Bus Service
Citi Bike
W 24 St & 7 Ave · 350 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
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.
12 311 service requests from this address in the last three years.
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.
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $148,261 on
1999-10-18 (lender: Emigrant Funding Corp.). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid
down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded
document.
Date
Record
Amount
Per res. unit
2018-04-24
Deed $7,000,000 — from 159 W. 23RD ST. REALTY CORP; 159 WEST 23RD STREET REALTY CORP. to 159 WEST 23RD LLC
$7,000,000
2018-04-17
Sold for $7,000,000
$7,000,000
$1,166,667
1999-10-18
Mortgage $148,261 — from 159 W. 23RD ST. REALTY CORP. to EMIGRANT FUNDING CORP.
$148,261
1993-05-26
Mortgage $536,000 — from BILBOA RESTAURANT CORP to APPLE BANK FOR SAVINGS
$536,000
1989-10-06
Mortgage $625,000 — from SCHULKIN, ALAN H to APPLE BANK FOR SAVINGS
$625,000
Ten-year activity
50250
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
24
2023
2024
2025
2026
ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
Show as table
Year
Construction
Enforcement
Housing & tenants
Ownership & money
Health & systems
Total
2017
2
0
6
0
4
12
2018
10
2
5
2
2
21
2019
1
0
0
3
2
6
2020
0
0
2
3
0
5
2021
0
0
19
0
1
20
2022
0
0
4
0
2
6
2023
0
9
6
6
3
24
2024
0
2
4
0
2
8
2025
0
1
5
0
1
7
2026
0
1
6
0
1
8
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HPD class A: (A) § HMC:FILE ANNUAL BEDBUG REPORT IN ACCORDANCE WITH HPD RULE AS DESCRIBED ON THE BACK OF THIS NOTICE OF VIOLATION OR AS DESCRIBED ON HPD
2026-02-17
311: Noise - Residential — Banging/Pounding
2026-02-11
FDNY inspection (RISK)
2025-12-28
311: Tattooing — Tattoo Artist Unlicensed
2025-12-28
311: Tattooing — Dirty/Inadequate Eqp/Facility
2025-11-14
DOB violation LBLVIO: VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2024 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION
2026-08-14311: Tattooing — Tattoo Artist Unlicensed
2026-07-20311: Tattooing — Tattoo Artist Unlicensed
2026-07-10Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2026-05-27Rodent inspection: Passed
2026-04-29HPD class A: (A) § HMC:FILE ANNUAL BEDBUG REPORT IN ACCORDANCE WITH HPD RULE AS DESCRIBED ON THE BACK OF THIS NOTICE OF VIOLATION OR AS DESCRIBED ON HPD
2024-11-22HPD class I: §27-2107 ADM CODE OWNER FAILED TO FILE A VALID REGISTRATION STATEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT AS REQUIRED BY ADM CODE §27-2097 AND IS THEREFORE
2024-06-07ECB CLASS - 2 violation: FAILURE TO FILE REQUIRED ANNUAL BOILER INSPECTION REPORTS FOR LOW-PRESSURE BOILER 074040 IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULES OF DEPT.1RCNY103$625
2021-09-22311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2021-08-24311: Noise - Helicopter — Other
2021-07-22Rodent inspection: Passed
2021-05-26HPD class C: § 27-2005, 27-2007, 27-2041.1 HMC: REPLACE OR REPAIR THE SELF-CLOSING DOORS THAT IS MISSING OR DEFECTIVE AT BULKHEAD TO ROOF AT PUBLIC HALL
2021-05-26HPD class A: § 27-2045 ADM CODE POST A PROPER NOTICE OF SMOKE DETECTOR REQUIREMENTS, IN A FORM APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER, AT OR NEAR THE MAIL BOX SIGN
2021-05-26HPD class A: § 26-1103 ADMIN. CODE: POST AND MAINTAIN A PROPER NOTICE ON WALL OF THE ENTRANCE STORY IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH ON THE AVAILABILITY OF THE AGE
2021-05-26HPD class A: § 27-2005 HMC: POST, IN A FORM APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER, AND MAINTAIN A NOTICE IN A COMMON AREA OF THE BUILDING REGARDING THE PROCEDURES
2021-05-26HPD class A: § 27-2046.1 HMC: POST A PROPER NOTICE OF CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTING DEVICE REQUIREMENTS, IN A FORM APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER, IN A COMMON
2021-05-26HPD class A: § 27-2104 ADM CODE POST AND MAINTAIN A PROPER SIGN ON WALL OF ENTRANCE STORY SHOWING THE REGISTRATION NUMBER ASSIGNED BY THE DEPARTMENT AND
2021-04-30311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2021-04-27311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2021-03-15311: Noise - Helicopter — Other
2021-03-08311: DOOR/WINDOW — DOOR
2021-03-08Tenant complaint: DOOR/WINDOW — DOOR
2021-03-02311: DOOR/WINDOW — DOOR
2021-03-02Tenant complaint: DOOR/WINDOW — DOOR
2021-02-26311: Noise - Helicopter — Other
2021-01-13Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2020
2020-10-01ZONE — from NEW MEN ASSOCIATES LLC; 159 WEST 23RD LLC
2020-10-01CERT — from RIDGE ABSTRACT CORP
2020-09-04SMIS — from 159 WEST 23RD LLC
2020-07-16311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2020-01-09311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2019
2019-08-29Job filed: APPLICATION FOR TAX LOT SUBDIVISION ONLY. NO WORK/CONSTRUCTION IS BEING DONE ON TAX LOT 11 IN CONNECTION WITH THIS TAX LOT SUBDIVISION APPLICATION. TA
2019-08-28Rodent inspection: Passed
2019-07-22SMIS — from 159 WEST 23RD LLC to 159 WEST 23RD LLC
2019-07-22CERT — from RIDGE ABSTRACT CORP
2019-07-22ZONE — from 159 WEST 23RD,LLC
2019-02-25Rodent inspection: Passed
2018
2018-10-16311: Missed Collection (All Materials) — 1RG Missed Recycling Paper
2018-06-04Job filed: INTERIOR & EXTERIOR RENOVATION ON 3RD FLOOR OF MIXED BUILDING WITH REPAIRING FLOOR,PARTITIONS AND PAINTING WORK, REPLACING DOORS,INSTALL NEW A/C U$130,900
2018-06-04Job filed: INTERIOR & EXTERIOR RENOVATION ON 3RD FLOOR OF MIXED BUILDING WITH REPAIRING FLOOR,PARTITIONS AND PAINTING WORK, REPLACING DOORS,INSTALL NEW A/C U$130,900
2018-05-16Rodent inspection: Passed
2018-05-02Boiler inspection
2018-04-24Deed $7,000,000 — from 159 W. 23RD ST. REALTY CORP; 159 WEST 23RD STREET REALTY CORP. to 159 WEST 23RD LLC$7,000,000
2018-04-17Sold for $7,000,000$7,000,000
2018-04-06Permit PL — ISSUED
2018-02-16Permit AL — ISSUED
2018-01-26DOB violation ACC1: VIO ISSUED TO ELEVATOR - FAIL TO CORRECT DEFECTS ON 2016 CAT 1 INSP/TST
2018-01-22Job filed: A1$137,500
2018-01-17Permit EW — ISSUED
2018-01-17Permit EW — ISSUED
2017
2017-12-13Boiler inspection
2017-12-08Job filed: INTERIOR RENOVATION OF EXISTING COMMERCIAL SPACE. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS OR CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY INVOLVED UNDER THIS APPLICATION.$45,000
2017-09-14311: Sanitation Condition — 15 Street Cond/Dump-Out/Drop-Off
2017-09-14HPD class B: § 27-2040 ADM CODE PROVIDE ADEQUATE LIGHTING AT OR NEAR THE OUTSIDE OF THE FRONT ENTRANCEWAY OF THE BUILDING AND KEEP SAME BURNING FROM SUNS
2017-02-07311: Food Establishment — Food Spoiled
2017-01-26Rodent inspection: Passed
2017-01-13311: Water System — NO WATER - WNW
2016
2016-09-27311: Homeless Person Assistance — N/A
2016-09-03311: Water System — LOW WATER PRESSURE - WLWP
2016-08-29311: Water System — LOW WATER PRESSURE - WLWP
2007-02-01Job filed: REPLACE OIL BURNER ON EXISTING LOW PRESSURE BOILER. NO CHANGE IN EGRESS, OCCUPANCY OR USE UNDER THIS APPLICATION.
2003
2003-05-29Job filed: INTERIOR CONSTRUCTION WORK TO COMBINE TW O APARTMENTS INTO ONE UNIT AS P R TPPN #3/97. WORK INCLUDES ARCHITECTURA L AND PLUMBING MODIFICATIONS AS PER $7,000
2003-05-29Job filed: INTERIOR CONSTRUCTION WORK TO COMBINE TW O APARTMENTS INTO ONE UNIT AS P R TPPN #3/97. WORK INCLUDES ARCHITECTURA L AND PLUMBING MODIFICATIONS AS PER $7,000
2003-01-10Permit EW — ISSUED
2002
2002-12-18Job filed: APPLICATION FILED TO OBTAIN EQUIPMENT USE PERMITS FOR A/C UNITS FILED, APPROVED, PERMITTED AND INSTALLED UNDER JOB#100986685. NO WORK TO BE DONE UNDER$1,000
2002-12-18Job filed: APPLICATION FILED TO OBTAIN EQUIPMENT USE PERMITS FOR A/C UNITS FILED, APPROVED, PERMITTED AND INSTALLED UNDER JOB#100986685. NO WORK TO BE DONE UNDER$1,000
2002-12-02Permit EW — ISSUED
2002-10-30Job filed: APPLICATION FILED TO OBTAIN EQUIPMENT USE PERMITS FOR A/C UNITS FILED, APPROVED, PERMITTED AND INSTALLED UNDER JOB #100986685. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRES$1,000
1999
1999-10-18Mortgage assigned — from 159 W. 23RD ST. REALTY CORP. to EMIGRANT FUNDING CORP.
1999-10-18Agreement — from QUINTANS, FRANCISCO; 159 W. 23RD ST. REALTY CORP.; QUINTANS, ANA; QUINTANS, ANALVA to EMIGRANT FUNDING CORP.
1999-10-18Mortgage $148,261 — from 159 W. 23RD ST. REALTY CORP. to EMIGRANT FUNDING CORP.$148,261
1999-10-18Mortgage assigned — from APPLE BANK FOR SAVINGS to EMIGRANT FUNDING CORP.
1997
1997-11-25Permit PL — ISSUED
1997-07-28Permit AL — ISSUED
1997-07-11Permit PL — ISSUED
1997-07-11Permit SG — ISSUED
1996
1996-05-13Permit EQ — ISSUED
1996-03-22Permit EQ — ISSUED
1995
1995-08-29DOB violation LL6291:
1995-08-28Permit EW — ISSUED
1995-08-24Permit EQ — ISSUED
1995-08-24Permit EQ — ISSUED
1995-08-24Permit AL — ISSUED
1995-05-08Permit AL — ISSUED
1995-02-15Permit PL — ISSUED
1994
1994-08-09DOB complaint, category ?
1994-08-04Permit AL — ISSUED
1994-03-18DOB violation LL6291:
1994-01-19Permit AL — ISSUED
1993
1993-10-29Permit PL — ISSUED
1993-10-25Permit AL — ISSUED
1993-07-21Permit AL — ISSUED
1993-05-26Deed — from SCHULKIN, ALAN H ESTDEF; JULIEN J STUDLEY INCDEF; GELLER, LAURENCE R.ADM; CITY OF NEW YORK to BILBOA RESTAURANT CORP
1993-05-26Mortgage $536,000 — from BILBOA RESTAURANT CORP to APPLE BANK FOR SAVINGS$536,000
1993-03-18DOB violation LL6291:
1989
1989-10-13Mortgage assigned — from SCHULKIN, ALAN H. to APPLE BANK FOR SAVINGS
1989-10-06Mortgage $625,000 — from SCHULKIN, ALAN H to APPLE BANK FOR SAVINGS$625,000
1989-05-25Mortgage satisfied — from SCHULKIN, ALAN H. to OREGON HOLDING CORP
1989-03-22DOB violation C:
1989-03-22DOB violation C:
1989-03-22DOB violation Z:
1989-03-22DOB violation C:
1989-03-22DOB violation C:
1981
1981-11-02Mortgage — from SCHULKIN, ALAN H to OREGON HOLDING CORP
1981-11-02Deed — from OREGON HOLDING CORP to SCHULKIN, ALAN H
1976
1976-03-18Agreement — from OREGON HOLDING CORP to EAST RIVER SAVINGS BANK