A modest record — below the level that usually signals systemic problems. More recorded distress than 68% 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 40. 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 46,798 6-24-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more
Open with the city right now
Open HPD violations
1 total — 0 class C (immediately hazardous), 1 class B, 0 class A. Oldest open since 2013-08-01.
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
Patterns
7 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 2 · winter 2024–25: 5). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
2
’23–24
5
’24–25
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
What 311 hears from this address
19 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (15) · HEAT/HOT WATER (3) · Consumer Complaint (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 (1910)
Yes
Six or more residential units (9)
Yes
421-a / J-51 tax benefit on the current tax roll
3 of 3 signals present. Buildings receiving 421-a or J-51 benefits are generally required to register their units as rent-stabilized for the duration of the benefit. 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)
ABJ SIERRA LLC
Head officer
JOSEPH SOLEIMANI
Managing agent
ABJ SIERRA LLC
Last registered
2025-10-15
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
$985,600
$443,520
2026
$1,102,000
$495,900
2027
$1,291,000
$580,950
The city's market estimate has risen
31% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Tax exemptions on the roll: J51
Building systems
Heating fuel
NATURALGAS
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
135 St — 2 3 · 900 ft straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
Bus
Nearest boarding stop: Malcolm X Blvd / W 132 St — M7 M102 · 100 ft
Citi Bike
Lenox Ave & W 130 St · 400 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.
19 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 3 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: $601,436 on
2022-10-26 (lender: JPMorgan Chase Bank NA), 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
2022-10-26
Agreement $6,500,000 — from ABJ SIERRA, LLC to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK NA
$6,500,000
2022-10-26
Mortgage $601,436 — from ABJ SIERRA, LLC to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK NA
$601,436
2017-08-03
AL&R $6,540,000 — from ABJ SIERRA, LLC to INVESTORS BANK
$6,540,000
2017-08-03
Mortgage $2,890,651 — from ABJ SIERRA, LLC to INVESTORS BANK
$2,890,651
2017-08-03
Agreement $6,540,000 — from ABJ SIERRA, LLC to INVESTORS BANK
$6,540,000
2013-08-21
AL&R $3,935,000 — from ABJ SIERRA, LLC to INVESTORS BANK
$3,935,000
2013-08-21
Agreement $3,935,000 — from ABJ SIERRA, LLC to INVESTORS BANK
$3,935,000
2013-08-21
Mortgage $2,190,706 — from ABJ SIERRA, LLC to INVESTORS BANK
$2,190,706
2013-08-21
Deed $5,250,000 — from NEW SIERRA LIMITED PARTNERSHIP to ABJ SIERRA, LLC
$5,250,000
2005-02-09
Agreement $2,000,000 — from NEW SIERRA LIMITED PARTNERSHIP to PW FUNDING INC.
$2,000,000
2002-03-22
Mortgage $3,700,000 — from NEW SIERRA LIMITED PARTNERSHIP to NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENTCORPORA
$3,700,000
Ten-year activity
100500
2017
68
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
EnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
Show as table
Year
Enforcement
Housing & tenants
Ownership & money
Health & systems
Total
2017
0
4
5
1
10
2018
1
65
0
2
68
2019
0
3
0
3
6
2020
0
1
0
2
3
2021
0
2
0
2
4
2022
0
10
6
2
18
2023
0
15
0
3
18
2024
0
10
1
3
14
2025
0
19
0
3
22
2026
0
3
0
2
5
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2025-04-10Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2025-04-10HPD class C: § 27-2031 ADM CODE PROVIDE HOT WATER AT ALL HOT WATER FIXTURES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 5B, 5th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST
2025-04-10HPD class C: § 27-2033 ADM CODE PROVIDE READY ACCESS TO BUILDINGS HEATING SYSTEM BOILER ROOM DOOR LOCKED AT CELLAR
2025-04-10HPD class B: § 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE INTERCOM FROM THE BUILDING ENTRANCE TO THE PANEL AT NORTH WALL IN THE 1st
2025-04-10HPD class B: § 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE LIGHT FIXTURE AT THE CEILING IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 5B, 5th STORY,
2025-04-10HPD class B: § 27-2045 ADM CODE REPAIR OR REPLACE THE SMOKE DETECTOR MISSING IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 5B, 5th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAS
2025-04-10HPD class C: HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF ROACHES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 5B, 5th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FR
2025-04-10HPD class B: § 27-2046.1 HMC: REPAIR OR REPLACE THE CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTING DEVICE(S). MISSING IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 5B, 5th STORY, 1s
2025-04-08311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2025-04-08Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2018-10-05Tenant complaint: DOOR/WINDOW — DOOR FRAME
2018-09-28311: ELECTRIC — OUTLET/SWITCH
2018-09-28Tenant complaint: ELECTRIC — OUTLET/SWITCH
2018-09-25311: PLUMBING — RADIATOR
2018-09-25Tenant complaint: PLUMBING — RADIATOR
2018-09-25HPD 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
2018-09-25HPD 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
2018-09-25HPD 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
2018-02-28HPD class B: § 27-2024 ADM CODE PROVIDE ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF HOT WATER FOR THE FIXTURES .. IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 5B, 5th STORY, 1st APARTM
2018-02-28HPD class B: § 27-2024 ADM CODE PROVIDE ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF COLD WATER FOR THE FIXTURES .. IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 5B, 5th STORY, 1st APART
2018-02-26311: PLUMBING — WATER SUPPLY
2018-02-26Tenant complaint: PLUMBING — WATER SUPPLY
2018-02-04HPD class B: § 27-2026 ADM CODE REPAIR THE LEAKY AND/OR DEFECTIVE FAUCETS AT BATHTUB IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 5B, 5th STORY, APARTMENT AT SOUTH
2018-01-12311: PLUMBING — WATER SUPPLY
2018-01-12311: Water System — LOW WATER PRESSURE - WLWP
2018-01-12Tenant complaint: PLUMBING — WATER SUPPLY
2018-01-09311: Water System — LOW WATER PRESSURE - WLWP
2017
2017-12-23311: PLUMBING — WATER SUPPLY
2017-12-23Tenant complaint: PLUMBING — WATER SUPPLY
2017-12-05311: Noise — Noise, Barking Dog (NR5)
2017-12-05311: Noise — Noise, Barking Dog (NR5)
2017-08-03AL&R $6,540,000 — from ABJ SIERRA, LLC to INVESTORS BANK$6,540,000
2017-08-03TL&R — from INVESTORS BANK to ABJ SIERRA, LLC
2017-08-03Mortgage $2,890,651 — from ABJ SIERRA, LLC to INVESTORS BANK$2,890,651
2017-08-03Agreement $6,540,000 — from ABJ SIERRA, LLC to INVESTORS BANK$6,540,000
2017-08-03Agreement — from INVESTORS BANK to DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING PRESERVATION AND D; THE CITY OF NEW YORK
2017-06-08Rodent inspection: Passed
2016
2016-11-08311: Noise - Residential — Loud Talking
2016-11-08311: Noise - Residential — Loud Talking
2016-09-29311: PLUMBING — WATER SUPPLY
2016-09-29Tenant complaint: PLUMBING — WATER SUPPLY
2016-09-16Rodent inspection: Passed
2016-09-11HPD class C: § 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE REMOVE THE ILLEGAL FASTENING CONSISTING OF AN UNACCEPTABLE ELECTROMAGNETIC LOCKING DEVICE INSTALLED AT THE BUILDING
2016-09-11HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADM CODE PROVIDE SECURITY IN THE EVENT OF A POWER OUTAGE BY MEANS OF AN ACCEPTABLE MECHANICAL HEAVY DUTY LOCK AND LATCH SET AT THE
2015-07-21Tenant complaint: APPLIANCE — ELECTRIC/GAS RANGE
2015-07-13FDNY inspection (RISK)
2015-03-03311: Street Condition — Pothole
2015-03-02311: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2015-03-02Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2014
2014-12-12Rodent inspection: Passed
2014-11-23311: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2014-11-23Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2014-10-20311: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2014-10-20Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2014-09-22DOB complaint, category ?
2014-06-05311: Noise - Residential — Loud Talking
2014-01-04311: HEATING — HEAT
2014-01-04Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2013
2013-10-18311: Indoor Air Quality — Ventilation
2013-10-03Rodent inspection: Passed
2013-09-24DTL — from THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, AS COLLATER
2013-09-11311: GENERAL CONSTRUCTION — DOORS
2013-09-11Tenant complaint: GENERAL — DOORS
2013-08-21Agreement — from NEW SIERRA LIMITED PARTNERSHIP; ABJ SIERRA, LLC to NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPOR
2013-08-21Mortgage assigned — from FEDERAL HOME LOAN MORTGAGE CORPORATION to INVESTORS BANK
2013-08-21Agreement — from INVESTORS BANK to THE CITY OF NEW YORK; DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING PRESERVATION AND D
2013-08-21Agreement — from ABJ SIERRA, LLC; NEW SIERRA LIMITED PARTNERSHIP to NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPOR
2013-08-21AL&R $3,935,000 — from ABJ SIERRA, LLC to INVESTORS BANK$3,935,000
2013-08-21Agreement — from NEW SIERRA LIMITED PARTNERSHIP; ABJ SIERRA, LLC to NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPOR
2013-08-21Agreement $3,935,000 — from ABJ SIERRA, LLC to INVESTORS BANK$3,935,000
2013-08-21Mortgage $2,190,706 — from ABJ SIERRA, LLC to INVESTORS BANK$2,190,706
2013-08-21Agreement — from NEW SIERRA LIMITED PARTNERSHIP; ABJ SIERRA, LLC to NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPOR
2013-08-21Deed $5,250,000 — from NEW SIERRA LIMITED PARTNERSHIP to ABJ SIERRA, LLC$5,250,000
2013-08-01HPD class A: § 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE BELL-BUZZER/INTERCOM SYSTEM IN THE FOYER LOCATED AT APT 4A, 4th STORY, 1st APARTM
2013-08-01HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR THE CEILING AND WEST WALL IN THE 4th ROOM
2013-08-01HPD class B: § 27-2005 HMC:TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF MOLD ... 16 SQUARE FEET AT WEST WALL IN THE 4th ROOM FROM EAS
2013-07-17HPD class B: § 27-2005 HMC:TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF MOLD ... APPROX. 20 SQUARE FEET AT ALL WALLS AND CEILING INSI
2013-07-17HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE BELL-BUZZER SYSTEM IN THE FOYER LOCATED AT APT 4A, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM
2013-07-16311: ELECTRIC — BELL-BUZZER/INTERCOM
2013-07-16311: GENERAL CONSTRUCTION — MOLD
2013-07-16Tenant complaint: ELECTRIC — BELL-BUZZER/INTERCOM
2011-01-13Tenant complaint: APPLIANCE — ELECTRIC/GAS RANGE
2010
2010-03-31Rodent inspection: Passed
2009
2009-12-31DOB violation LBLVIO:
2008
2008-12-29Permit EQ — RE-ISSUED
2008-12-26Job filed: PROPOSED INSTALLATION OF HEAVYDUTY SIDEWALK SHED FOR REMEDIAL REPAIRS. NO A USE OCCUPANCY OR EGRESS UNDER THIS APPLICATION. LIVE LOAD 300 PSF. SIDE
2008-12-26Job filed: PROPOSED INSTALLATION OF HEAVYDUTY SIDEWALK SHED FOR REMEDIAL REPAIRS. NO A USE OCCUPANCY OR EGRESS UNDER THIS APPLICATION. LIVE LOAD 300 PSF. SIDE
2008-12-22City emergency repair (OMO): shed only (rear) 1- erect steelpole shed approx 25' long, 8' high & 8' wide at rear courtyard. 2- obtain all$5,125
2005-02-09Mortgage assigned — from PW FUNDING INC. to FEDERAL HOME LOAN MORTGAGE CORPORATION
2005-02-09Agreement $2,000,000 — from NEW SIERRA LIMITED PARTNERSHIP to PW FUNDING INC.$2,000,000
2005-02-09TL&R — from WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION; FLEET NATIONAL BANK; FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK , AS T
2005-02-09Mortgage assigned — from WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION; FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK , AS TRUSTEE F; FLEET NATIO to PW FUNDING INC.
2005-02-09SAGE — from THE CITY OF NEW YORK
2005-02-09CERR — from NEW SIERRA LIMITED PARTNERSHIP to NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPOR
2005-02-09TERA — from FLEET NATIONAL BANK; FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK , AS TRUSTEE F; WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASS to NEW SIERRA LIMITED PARTNERSHIP; NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPOR
2005-01-31DOB violation LL6291:
2005-01-31DOB violation LL6291:
2004
2004-02-11Tenant complaint: NONCONST — VERMIN
2003
2003-07-08DEEDO — from 2460 ADAM CLAYTON POWELL BLVD. HOUSING D to NEW SIERRA LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
2002
2002-05-10ECB Non-Hazardous violation: FAILURE TO PAST PERMIT FOR OWRK AT PRMISES. WROK IN PROGRESS ON ALL 5 FLOOR REMEDY: POST PERMIT.
2002-03-26DOB violation LL6291:
2002-03-22Mortgage assigned — from NEW SIERRA LIMITED PARTNERSHIP to FIRST UNION NATIONALBANK
2002-03-22Agreement — from NEW SIERRA LIMITED PARTNERSHIP to NYC HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORP.
2002-03-22Agreement — from HPD to CITY OF NEW YORK
2002-03-22Mortgage assigned — from NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPNENT CORP. to FIRST UNION NATIONALBANK
2002-03-22Mortgage assigned — from NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORP. to FLEET NATIONAL BANK
2002-03-22Mortgage $3,700,000 — from NEW SIERRA LIMITED PARTNERSHIP to NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENTCORPORA$3,700,000
2002-03-22Agreement — from HPD to NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORP.
2002-03-22Deed — from CITY OF NEW YORK to NEW SIERRA LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
2002-03-18DOB complaint, category ?
2002-02-26Permit PL — ISSUED
2002-02-26Permit EW — ISSUED
2002-02-26Permit EW — ISSUED
2002-02-07Permit EQ — ISSUED
2002-02-01Deed — from NEW SIERRA LIMITED PARTNERSHIP to 2460 ADAM CLAYTON POWELL BLVD. HOUSING D
2002-01-25Job filed: SHED FILING IN CONJUNCTION WITH ALT #103 028983. NO CHANGE IN USE,EGRESS OROCCUPANCY.
2002-01-15Permit AL — ISSUED
2002-01-15Permit EQ — ISSUED
2001
2001-11-30Job filed: SPRINKLER FILING IN CONJUCTION WITH ALT#103028983$15,400
2001-11-27Job filed: BOILER FILING IN CONJUNCTION WITH ALT 103028983.$20,000
2001-11-07Job filed: COMPLETE INTERIOR RENOVATION WORK INCLUDING NEW ROOFING, NEW WINDOWS, NEW HEATING, NEW PLUMBING WORK, NEW ELECTRICAL WORK.$360,000
2001-09-26Job filed: REMOVAL OF NON-LOAD BEARING PARTITIONS A ND MISCELLANEOUS DEBRIS$100,000
2001-02-27DOB violation LL6291:
2000
2000-02-07DOB violation LL6291:
1999
1999-03-16DOB violation LL6291:
1998
1998-12-18Permit AL — ISSUED
1998-11-23Permit EQ — ISSUED
1998-05-04DOB violation LL6291:
1997
1997-09-16DOB violation LL6291:
1995
1995-08-29DOB violation LL6291:
1994
1994-03-18DOB violation LL6291:
1993
1993-03-18DOB violation LL6291:
1977
1977-04-27Deed — from FINANCE ADMIN CITY NY; FINANCE ADMIN CITY NY to CITY OF NEW YORK; CITY OF NEW YORK
1977-04-27Deed — from FINANCE ADMIN CITY NY; FINANCE ADMIN CITY NY to CITY OF NEW YORK; CITY OF NEW YORK
1970
1970-11-06Deed — from BROWN, ISIDORE to CARTER, NORMAN; LA BOARDE, LAWRENCE
1970-11-06Mortgage — from CARTER, NORMAN; LA BOARDE, LAWRENCE to BROWN, ISIDORE
1966
1966-11-15Deed — from BROWN, SYDNEY C to BROWN, ISIDORE B
1966-11-15Mortgage assigned — from BROWN, SYDNEY C TR; BROWN, SAMUEL; BROWN, ANNA; BROWN, ISIDORE; BROWN, SIDNEY C to BROWN, ISIDORE