The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less recorded distress than 63% 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 11.1. In ZIP 10037, 35% of residential buildings hold an A and
13% grade D or F.
How grades work
this building
A
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
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
14 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 6 · winter 2025–26: 6). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
6
’23–24
6
’25–26
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
What 311 hears from this address
28 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Illegal Parking (11) · HEAT/HOT WATER (7) · Noise (4) · Boilers (1) · PLUMBING (1) · Street Sweeping Complaint (1).
Filed construction activity
$9,000 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
Yes
Built before 1974 (1925)
Yes
Six or more residential units (35)
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)
36 WEST 138TH STREET HDFC
Head officer
JOYCE MCCOLLIN
Managing agent
HARLEM PROPERTY MANAGEMENT INC.
Last registered
2025-12-22
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
$2,071,000
$931,950
2026
$2,180,000
$981,000
2027
$2,238,000
$1,007,100
The city's market estimate has risen
8% 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 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
Subway
135 St — 2 3 · 800 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
Bus
Nearest boarding stop: Malcolm X Blvd / W 137 St — M7 M102 · 450 ft
Citi Bike
E 138 St & 5 Ave · 550 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.
28 311 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.
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $410,729 on
1999-06-30 (lender: NYC 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
2026-06-15
RPTT&RET $40,000 — from 36 WEST 138TH STREET HOUSING DEVELOPMENT to SIMARI BENIGNO, DAVID M
$40,000
2026-05-29
Sold for $40,000
$40,000
$1,143
2025-07-29
RPTT&RET $435,000 — from 36 WEST 138 STREET HOUSING DEVELOPMENT F to OBEID, MANAL
$435,000
2025-07-14
Sold for $435,000
$435,000
$12,429
2024-07-22
RPTT&RET $300,000 — from 36 WEST 138TH STREET HOUSING DEVELOPMENT to CUNG, SALAI CEU
$300,000
2024-07-02
Sold for $300,000
$300,000
$8,571
2021-09-02
RPTT&RET $239,370 — from ANDRADE, JOAO to DEUSISOM REVOCABLE TRUST; COCKBURN, TRUSTEE, SHELIA
$239,370
2021-08-24
Sold for $239,370
$239,370
$6,839
2019-09-10
RPTT&RET $385,000 — from 36 WEST 138TH STREET HDFC to REYES, MICHAEL STEVEN; CIFUENTES, PIEDAD CECILIA URIBE
$385,000
2019-08-26
Sold for $385,000
$385,000
$11,000
2008-08-05
RPTT&RET $51,000 — from 36 WEST 138 STREET HOUSING DEVELOPMENT F to BATSON, ZAKEIMA M
$51,000
2005-03-24
RPTT $5,000 — from ESTATE OF GERTRUDE DOLVE, PUBLIC ADMINIS to 36 WEST 138 STREET HOUSING DEVELOPMENT F
$5,000
1999-06-30
Mortgage $410,729 — from 36 WEST 138 STREET HOUSING DEVELOPMENT F to NYC HPD
$410,729
Ten-year activity
50250
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
33
2024
2025
2026
ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
Show as table
Year
Construction
Enforcement
Housing & tenants
Ownership & money
Health & systems
Total
2017
0
0
6
0
1
7
2018
0
1
12
0
2
15
2019
0
1
13
2
3
19
2020
0
0
10
0
1
11
2021
0
0
15
2
2
19
2022
2
0
12
2
2
18
2023
0
3
13
2
3
21
2024
0
3
24
2
4
33
2025
0
0
15
2
3
20
2026
0
0
9
2
4
15
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311: Water System — Possible Water Main Break (Use Comments) (WA1)
2026-01-29
Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2026-01-01
311: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2026-01-01
Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2025-12-01
311: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2025-12-01
Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2025-11-30
311: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2025-11-30
Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2025-11-26
Boiler inspection — defects found
2025-11-17
HPD 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
The full timeline
2026
2026-08-21Boiler inspection
2026-08-05Rodent inspection: Passed
2026-06-15RPTT&RET $40,000 — from 36 WEST 138TH STREET HOUSING DEVELOPMENT to SIMARI BENIGNO, DAVID M$40,000
2026-02-01311: Water System — Possible Water Main Break (Use Comments) (WA1)
2026-01-29Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2026-01-01311: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2026-01-01Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2025
2025-12-01311: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2025-12-01Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2025-11-30311: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2025-11-30Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2025-11-26Boiler inspection — defects found
2025-11-17HPD 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
2025-04-17HPD class B: § 27-2046.1 HMC: REPAIR OR REPLACE THE CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTING DEVICE(S). MISSING DEVICE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 5, 1st STO
2024-09-27Rodent inspection: Failed for Rat Activity
2024-09-16311: Maintenance or Facility — Structure - Outdoors
2024-09-06311: Street Sweeping Complaint — Inadequate Sweeping
2024-08-08Rodent inspection: Failed for Rat Activity
2024-07-22RPTT&RET $300,000 — from 36 WEST 138TH STREET HOUSING DEVELOPMENT to CUNG, SALAI CEU$300,000
2024-07-13311: Illegal Parking — Blocked Hydrant
2024-07-02Sold for $300,000$300,000
2024-06-28311: PLUMBING — WATER SUPPLY
2024-06-28Tenant complaint: PLUMBING — WATER SUPPLY
2024-05-07HPD class C: § 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE REMOVE DEVICE PREVENTING DOOR FROM BEING SELF-CLOSING HOOK AND EYE VESTIBULE DOOR AT PUBLIC HALL, 1st STORY
2024-05-06311: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2024-05-06Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2024-04-25311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2024-04-25Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2024-04-22Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2024-04-22DOB complaint, category ?
2024-02-07Rodent inspection: Passed
2024-01-23311: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2024-01-23Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2024-01-10DOB violation AEUHAZ1: FAILURE TO CERTIFY CORRECTION ON IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUS (CLASS 1) ECB VIOLATION
2024-01-03DOB violation AEUHAZ1: FAILURE TO CERTIFY CORRECTION ON IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUS (CLASS 1) ECB VIOLATION
2023
2023-12-11Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2023-10-02ECB CLASS - 1 violation: OCCUPANCY CONTRARY TO THAT ALLOWED BY COFO #33046. ILLEGAL OCCUPANCY NOTED AT 2B IN THE 2ND FLOOR HAVING BEEN CONVERTED/OCCUPIED A
2023-10-02ECB CLASS - 2 violation: ILLEGAL USE IN A MANUFACTURING DISTRICT. UNLICENSED PHYSICAL TREATMENTESTABLISHMENT. A PROHIBITED USE AS PER ZR12-10 IS OPERATING
2023-08-03HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADM CODE & 309 M/D LAW ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF KEY OPERATED LOCK AT DOOR LEADING TO FIRE ESCAPE LOCATED AT APT 1, 1st STO
2023-08-03HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE WOOD FLOOR, IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 5, 1st STORY, 2nd
2023-08-03HPD class A: § 27-2013 ADM CODE PAINT WITH LIGHT COLORED PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT CEILING BULKHEAD, AT PUBLIC HALL, 6th STORY
2023-08-03HPD class A: § 27-2013 ADM CODE PAINT WITH LIGHT COLORED PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT WALLS AND CEILING, IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED
2023-08-03HPD class C: HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF MICE LOCATED AT APT 5, 1st STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST
2023-08-03HPD class C: HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF ROACHES LOCATED AT APT 5, 1st STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST
2023-08-03HPD class B: § 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE REMOVE ALL ENCUMBRANCES CONSISTING OF BABY STROLLERS, WHEELCHAIR, BIKE UNDER STAIRCASE, AT PUBLIC HALL, 1st STORY
2023-08-03HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE FIRE RETARDANT MATERIAL CEILING BULKHEAD, AT PUBLIC HALL, 6
2023-04-05RPTT&RET — from SHORT, MARY E to ATHERLEY, MERVIN E JR.; SHORT, MARY E
2023-03-29Deed transfer (nominal price)
2023-02-06Rodent inspection: Passed
2023-01-22311: Emergency Response Team (ERT) — After Hours Work - Illegal
2023-01-22DOB complaint, category ?
2023-01-10Boiler inspection
2022
2022-12-29311: New Tree Request — For One Address
2022-12-26Permit Sidewalk Shed — Signed-off
2022-12-23Job filed: PROPOSED INSTALLATION OF HEAVY DUTY SIDEWALK SHED AS PER PLANS. LIVE LOAD 300 PER SQUARE FEET. SIDEWALK SHED SHALL COMPLY WITH CHAPTER # 33 OF THE 20$9,000
2022-12-22RPTT&RET — from URIBE CIFUENTES, PIEDED CECILIA; REYES, MICHAEL STEVEN to URIBE CIFUENTES, PIEDED CECILIA
2022-11-03HPD 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
2021-05-16311: Green Taxi Complaint — Driver Complaint - Passenger
2021-03-23HPD class A: § 329, M/D LAW AND DEPT. RULES AND REGS. PROVIDE A COMPLETED CERTIFICATE OF INSPECTION VISITS IN A PROPER FRAME AT OR NEAR MAILBOXES, BOTTOM
2021-03-23HPD class A: § 27-2053 ADM CODE POST SIGN ON WALL OF ENTRANCE STORY BEARING NAME, ADDRESS INCLUDING APARTMENT NUMBER IF ANY, AND TELEPHONE NUMBER OF SUPE
2021-03-23HPD class C: § 27-2033 ADM CODE POST NOTICE, IN FORM APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT, STATING THE NAME AND LOCATION OF THE PERSON DESIGNATED BY THE OWNER TO H
2021-03-23HPD class C: HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF ROACHES AT PUBLIC HALL, 2nd STORY
2021-03-23HPD 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
2015-10-02HPD class I: SECTION27-2107 ADM CODE OWNER FAILED TO FILE A VALID REGISTRATION STATEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT AS REQUIRED BY ADM CODE ?27-2097 AND IS THER
2015-02-03HPD class I: SECTION27-2107 ADM CODE OWNER FAILED TO FILE A VALID REGISTRATION STATEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT AS REQUIRED BY ADM CODE ?27-2097 AND IS THER
2014-04-04HPD class A: SECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE STOVE TOP BURNERS IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 5, 1st STORY, 2nd APARTMENT