A modest record — below the level that usually signals systemic problems. More recorded distress than 67% 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 37.3. In ZIP 10027, 43% of residential buildings hold an A and
14% 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.
What 311 hears from this address
5 service requests in the last three years. Most common: UNSANITARY CONDITION (1) · PLUMBING (1) · Illegal Parking (1) · Noise (1) · Sidewalk Condition (1).
Filed construction activity
No permitted work with a declared cost filed in the last decade. 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 (1909)
Yes
Six or more residential units (8)
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)
WEST SIDE SPECIAL HDFC
Head officer
PAUL R FREITAG
Managing agent
WEST SIDE FEDERATION SENIOR
Last registered
2025-07-16
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
$735,600
$331,020
2026
$883,000
$397,350
2027
$961,000
$432,450
The city's market estimate has risen
31% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Tax exemptions on the roll: ARTICLE XI
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
125 St — 2 3 · 650 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: none 125 St — 4 5 6 · 0.4 mi straight-line (about a 9-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
Bus
Nearest boarding stop: W 125 St / 5 Av — M101 M125 · 450 ft
Citi Bike
5 Ave & W 126 St · 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.
5 311 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: $6,186,955 on
2006-11-03 (lender: United States Deptof Housing And Urban Development), covering 5 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
2006-11-03
Mortgage $6,186,955 — from WEST SIDE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND CORPO to UNITED STATES DEPTOF HOUSING AND URBAN D
$6,186,955
1999-10-21
Mortgage $393,750 — from ADVANCE LOCAL DEVELOPMENT CORP., to SMITH-HAVEN MORTGAGECORP.,
$393,750
Ten-year activity
20100
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
11
2024
2025
2026
Housing & tenantsHealth & systems
Show as table
Year
Housing & tenants
Health & systems
Total
2017
2
2
4
2018
2
2
4
2019
3
3
6
2020
3
1
4
2021
3
1
4
2022
7
2
9
2023
3
4
7
2024
6
5
11
2025
2
4
6
2026
5
3
8
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HPD class C: § 27-2005, 27-2007, 27-2041.1 HMC, §238, § 309; § 107 (2) ( C) MDL AND 28 RCNY §25-171: REPLACE OR REPAIR THE SELF-CLOSING DOORS THAT IS MIS
2026-03-25
HPD class A: § 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR AT CEILING IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED
2026-03-25
HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE CRACKED CONCRETE TREAD 1ST FROM BOTTON UP AT BUILDING FRONT
2026-03-25
HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE CRACKED AND LOOSE MARBLE FLOOR SADDLE IN THE KITCHEN LOCATE
2026-03-05
Rodent inspection: Passed
2026-03-02
311: Sidewalk Condition — Sidewalk Violation
2026-02-27
Boiler inspection
2025-12-15
Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
The full timeline
2026
2026-09-08Rodent inspection: Failed for Rat Activity
2026-03-25HPD class C: § 27-2005, 27-2007, 27-2041.1 HMC, §238, § 309; § 107 (2) ( C) MDL AND 28 RCNY §25-171: REPLACE OR REPAIR THE SELF-CLOSING DOORS THAT IS MIS
2026-03-25HPD class A: § 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR AT CEILING IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED
2026-03-25HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE CRACKED CONCRETE TREAD 1ST FROM BOTTON UP AT BUILDING FRONT
2026-03-25HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE CRACKED AND LOOSE MARBLE FLOOR SADDLE IN THE KITCHEN LOCATE
2023-03-03Rodent inspection: Failed for Rat Activity
2022
2022-12-22Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2022-12-21Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2022-09-07311: Dirty Condition — Trash
2022-08-24311: GENERAL — BELL/BUZZER/INTERCOM
2022-08-24Tenant complaint: GENERAL — BELL/BUZZER/INTERCOM
2022-05-09Rodent inspection: Passed
2022-02-23Boiler inspection
2022-02-17Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2022-02-16HPD 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
2021
2021-11-29Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2021-05-25311: GENERAL — BELL/BUZZER/INTERCOM
2021-05-25Tenant complaint: GENERAL — BELL/BUZZER/INTERCOM
2016-12-29311: Derelict Vehicle — With License Plate
2016-09-23Rodent inspection: Passed
2016-06-15HPD class A: SECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE CERAMIC FLOOR TILE AT PUBLIC HALL, 1st STORY
2008-03-21Job filed: PROPOSED INSTALLATION OF BOILER IN CELLAR FILED IN CONJUCTION WITH ALT 1 JOB#104421859. NO CHANGE IN USE OCCUPANCY OR EGRESS UNDER THIS APPLICATION.$6,000
2008-03-11Permit PL — ISSUED
2008-01-31Permit EQ — ISSUED
2007
2007-07-14DOB complaint, category ?
2007-07-14DOB violation C:
2007-06-19Permit AL — ISSUED
2007-06-19Permit EQ — ISSUED
2007-04-03Permit PL — ISSUED
2007-03-29Permit EQ — ISSUED
2006
2006-11-03SMIS — from WEST SIDE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND CORPO to UNITED STATES DEPTOF HOUSING AND URBAN D
2006-11-03Mortgage $6,186,955 — from WEST SIDE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND CORPO to UNITED STATES DEPTOF HOUSING AND URBAN D$6,186,955
2006-11-03Deed — from THE SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVEL to WEST SIDESPECIALHOUSING DEVELOPMENTFUNDC
2006-10-05Permit AL — ISSUED
2006-10-05Permit EQ — ISSUED
2006-09-11Job filed: ENTIRE NEW SPRINKLER SYSTEM IN CONJUNCTIONWITH ALT 1 APPLICATION 1044218 59 NO CHANGE TO USE, EGRESS, OR OCCUPANCY.$13,000
2006-05-02Job filed: REHABILITATION OF AN EXISTING COVERTEDCLASS B SRO INTO EIGHT CLASS "A" DWELLING UITS INCLUDING JOIST REPLACEMENT, NEW PARTITIONS, NEW ROOF AND NEW MEC$400,000
2004-06-07City emergency repair (OMO): building ; vendor to seal (3) windows at 3rd floor front with plywood and battons remove all work related debris. note: $483
2004-06-03DOB complaint, category ?
2004-04-27DOB violation UB: ROOF BEAMS AND INTERIOR PARTITION COLLAPSED DOWN TO LOWER FLOORS
2004-04-23DOB violation UB:
2004-04-23DOB violation UB: VACANT BLDG SHIFTING TO ADJACENT PROPERTY ENDANGER OF FALLING
2004-04-21DOB complaint, category ?
2003
2003-03-19DOB violation LL6291:
2002
2002-03-26DOB violation LL6291:
2001
2001-02-27DOB violation LL6291:
2000
2000-05-19Mortgage assigned — from SMITH-HAVEN MORTGAGECORP. to FIRSTAR BANK N.A.
2000-02-07DOB violation LL6291:
1999
1999-10-21Mortgage $393,750 — from ADVANCE LOCAL DEVELOPMENT CORP., to SMITH-HAVEN MORTGAGECORP.,$393,750
1999-10-21Deed — from NO EXIT PLACE REALTYCORP. to ADVANCE LOCAL DEVELOPMENT CORP.
1999-10-21Deed — from SHAHID, MUHAMMAD L. to NO EXIT PLACE REALTYCORP.
1999-03-16DOB violation LL6291:
1998
1998-05-04DOB violation LL6291:
1998-03-27Deed — from 29 WEST 126TH STREET, INC. to SHAHID, MUHAMMAD L.
1997
1997-09-16DOB violation LL6291:
1997-02-10DOB violation LL6291:
1995
1995-08-29DOB violation LL6291:
1994
1994-07-08VAC — from COMMISSIONER OF FINANCE CITY OF NEW YORK to CITY OF NEW YORK
1994-03-18DOB violation LL6291:
1993
1993-03-18DOB violation LL6291:
1993-02-05Deed — from COMMISSIONER/FINANCE to CITY OF NEW YORK
1990
1990-07-25DOB complaint, category ?
1988
1988-07-20CTOR — from COMMISSIONER OF FINANCE
1987
1987-10-22Deed — from COMMISSIONER OF FINANCE to CITY OF NEW YORK
1986
1986-05-01Deed — from WESTMINISTER RLTY INC. to 29 W. 126TH STREET,INC.
1985
1985-11-25Deed — from BROCKINGTON, HANNAH to WESTMINSTER REALTY INC.
1975
1975-10-16Deed — from CITY OF NEW YORK to BROCKINGTON, HANNAH
1973
1973-06-13Deed — from FINANCE ADM CITY OFNY; LEWISOHN, RICHARD to CITY OF NEW YORK