The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. More recorded distress than 50% 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 15.8. 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
Open HPD violations
1 total — 0 class C (immediately hazardous), 1 class B, 0 class A. Oldest open since 2013-10-27.
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
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
11 service requests in the last three years. Most common: UNSANITARY CONDITION (3) · New Tree Request (2) · Noise (2) · Illegal Parking (2) · Sidewalk Condition (1) · WATER LEAK (1).
Filed construction activity
$28,000 in permitted construction work filed since
2016 (2 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 (1901)
Yes
Six or more residential units (20)
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)
359 WEST 126, LLC C/O DON LEBOWITZ
Head officer
DON LEBOWITZ
Managing agent
AM/PM PROPERTY MGMT INC
Last registered
2025-09-06
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
$1,843,000
$829,350
2026
$2,119,000
$953,550
2027
$1,892,000
$851,400
The city's market estimate has risen
3% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Building systems
Heating fuel
NATURALGAS
Flood exposure
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.
Getting around
Subway
125 St — A B C D · 200 ft straight-line (about a 1-minute walk) · station accessibility: full 125 St — 1 · 0.4 mi straight-line (about a 10-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
Bus
Nearest boarding stop: Saint Nicholas Av / W 125 St — M3 · 300 ft
Citi Bike
St Nicholas Ave & W 126 St · 250 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.
11 311 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: $244,527 on
2020-05-21 (lender: JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid
down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded
document.
Date
Record
Amount
Per res. unit
2020-05-21
Agreement $1,300,000 — from JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. to 359 W126 LLC
$1,300,000
2020-05-21
Mortgage $244,527 — from 359 W126 LLC to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
$244,527
2014-02-13
Mortgage $1,200,000 — from 359 W126 LLC to JP MORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
$1,200,000
2014-02-13
Mortgage $445,663 — from 359 W126 LLC to JP MORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
$445,663
2014-02-13
Agreement $1,200,000 — from 359 W126 LLC to JP MORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
$1,200,000
2005-01-31
Mortgage $401,032 — from 359 W 126 LL to WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK
$401,032
2005-01-31
Agreement $900,000 — from WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK, FA to 359 W 126 LL
$900,000
2005-01-31
Agreement $900,000 — from 359 W 126 LL to WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK
$900,000
2000-12-07
Mortgage $263,283 — from 359 W 126 LLC to ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS & LOAN ASSOCIATI
$263,283
1997-03-27
Mortgage $300,000 — from LEBOWITZ, DON to CARVER FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK
$300,000
1982-08-23
Mortgage $54,101 — from BRAND, ALAN; COHEN, ALAN I. to ARCELLA, JOHN F.
$54,101
Ten-year activity
50250
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
22
2023
2024
2025
2026
EnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
Show as table
Year
Enforcement
Housing & tenants
Ownership & money
Health & systems
Total
2017
0
2
0
17
19
2018
1
3
0
3
7
2019
0
3
0
2
5
2020
0
16
2
2
20
2021
0
12
0
2
14
2022
0
3
0
2
5
2023
2
12
0
8
22
2024
0
3
0
5
8
2025
0
2
0
8
10
2026
0
11
0
2
13
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2021-01-15HPD class B: § 27-2045 ADM CODE REPAIR OR REPLACE THE SMOKE DETECTOR DEFECTIVE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 1A, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM N
2021-01-15HPD class C: § 27-2005 ADM CODE & 309 M/D LAW ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF AIR CONDITIONER INSTALLED AT WINDOW LEADING TO THE FIRE ESCAPE EXIT IN THE
2021-01-15HPD class B: § 27-2046.1 HMC: REPAIR OR REPLACE THE CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTING DEVICE(S). DEFECTIVE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 1A, 1st STORY,
2021-01-15HPD class A: § 27-2014 ADM CODE AND DEPT. RULES AND REGULATIONS. SCRAPE AND REMOVE RUST SCALES AND PAINT WITH 2 COATS OF PAINT AT ALL STORIES AT BUILDING
2021-01-13311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2021-01-13Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2020
2020-10-28311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2020-10-28Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2017-11-04311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2017-05-22Rodent inspection: Monitoring visit
2017-05-15Rodent inspection: Monitoring visit
2017-05-08Rodent inspection: Monitoring visit
2017-04-25Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2017-04-19Rodent inspection: Passed
2017-04-11Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2017-03-22Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2017-03-13Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2017-02-27Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2017-02-08Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2017-01-31Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2017-01-24Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2017-01-18Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2017-01-10Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2017-01-06Rodent inspection: Passed
2017-01-04Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2017-01-03Rodent inspection: Monitoring visit
2016
2016-12-27Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2016-12-21Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2016-12-20Job filed: INSTALL NEW HOT WATER HEATER. CONNECT TO EXISTING GAS LINE AND METER. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY.$14,000
2016-12-20Job filed: INSTALL NEW HOT WATER HEATER. CONNECT TO EXISTING GAS LINE AND METER. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY.$14,000
2016-12-20Permit PL — ISSUED
2016-12-13Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2016-12-06Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2016-11-30Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2016-11-25Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2016-11-21Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2016-11-17Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2016-11-16Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2016-11-16311: Illegal Parking — Blocked Hydrant
2016-11-10Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2016-11-03Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2016-11-01Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2016-10-27Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2016-10-25Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2016-10-20Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2016-10-17Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2016-09-20Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2016-08-12Rodent inspection: Failed for Rat Activity
2016-04-11Rodent inspection: Passed
2016-02-07311: Noise - Vehicle — Car/Truck Horn
2015
2015-07-07Rodent inspection: Passed
2014
2014-11-05311: New Tree Request — For One Address
2014-08-19Rodent inspection: Passed
2014-04-06311: Street Condition — Pothole
2014-02-13Mortgage $1,200,000 — from 359 W126 LLC to JP MORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.$1,200,000
2014-02-13Mortgage $445,663 — from 359 W126 LLC to JP MORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.$445,663
2014-02-13Mortgage assigned — from FANNIE MAE to JP MORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
2014-02-13Agreement $1,200,000 — from 359 W126 LLC to JP MORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.$1,200,000
2013
2013-10-27HPD 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
2013-09-06311: Illegal Tree Damage — Unauthorized Tree Removal
2013-08-12Rodent inspection: Passed
2013-07-24Rodent inspection: Failed for Rat Activity
2013-07-09Mortgage assigned — from FDIC to FANNIE MAE
2013-06-08311: Noise - Vehicle — Car/Truck Music
2013-05-05311: HEATING — HEAT
2013-05-05Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED