A modest record — below the level that usually signals systemic problems. More recorded distress than 73% 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 54.1. In ZIP 10039, 19% of residential buildings hold an A and
17% 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
8 total — 1 class C (immediately hazardous), 6 class B, 1 class A. Oldest open since 2024-09-29.
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
Patterns
4 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2025–26: 4).
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
What 311 hears from this address
32 service requests in the last three years. Most common: PLUMBING (5) · DOOR/WINDOW (4) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (3) · FLOORING/STAIRS (3) · APPLIANCE (2) · ELECTRIC (2).
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 (1920)
Yes
Six or more residential units (15)
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 147th Street Apartments LP
Head officer
Malcolm Punter
Managing agent
Pillar Property Management
Last registered
2025-09-05
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
$367,000
$165,150
2026
$390,000
$175,500
2027
$389,000
$175,050
The city's market estimate has risen
6% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Tax exemptions on the roll: 420C
Building systems
Heating fuel
NO2FUEL
Flood exposure
Not in the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary maps).
Hurricane evacuation zone 5 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
Harlem-148 St — 3 · 650 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: full 145 St — A B C D · 0.3 mi straight-line (about a 7-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
Bus
Nearest boarding stop: Adam C Powell Blvd / W 148 St — M2 · 350 ft
Citi Bike
W 147 St & Adam Clayton Powell Blvd · 600 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.
32 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 2 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: $4,773,930 on
2006-03-14 (lender: Acting By And Through and The City Of New York), covering 3 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
2013-03-05
Agreement $4,301,073 — from WEST 147TH STREET APARTMENTS, L.P. to DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING PRESERVATION AND D; THE CITY OF NEW YORK
$4,301,073
2006-03-14
Mortgage $4,773,930 — from WEST 147TH STREET APARTMENTS, L.P. to ACTING BY AND THROUGH; THE CITY OF NEW YORK
$4,773,930
Ten-year activity
50250
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
43
2026
EnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systems
Show as table
Year
Enforcement
Housing & tenants
Health & systems
Total
2017
0
2
2
4
2018
0
2
2
4
2019
0
5
4
9
2020
0
2
1
3
2021
0
16
1
17
2022
2
9
3
14
2023
1
14
2
17
2024
1
28
4
33
2025
0
7
3
10
2026
0
41
2
43
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HPD class C: HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF MICE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 3D, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM
2026-05-17
HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE HARDWOOD FLOOR IN THE 1st ROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT APT 3D
2026-05-17
HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PORCELAIN ENAMEL GLAZE BY WAY OF REGLAZING THE BATHTUB IN T
2026-05-17
HPD class B: § 27-2026 ADM CODE REPAIR THE LEAKY AND/OR DEFECTIVE FAUCETS AT BATHTUB IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 3D, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAS
2026-05-17
HPD class A: §27-2104(B) HMC POST A PROPER NOTICE REGARDING RENT STABILIZATION LAW, IN A FORM APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER, IN A CONSPICUOUS LOCATION WIT
2026-05-17
HPD class B: § 27-2026, 2027 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE EVIDENCE OF A WATER LEAK AT CEILING IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 3D, 3rd STOR
2026-05-17
HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR AT CEILING IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 3
2026-05-17
HPD class B: § 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE CLOSET DOOR AT EAST 2 (2ND CLOSET FROM NORTH) IN THE 4th ROOM FROM NORTH L
2026-05-12
311: PAINT/PLASTER — WALL
2026-05-12
311: WATER LEAK — SLOW LEAK
2026-05-12
311: PLUMBING — BATHTUB/SHOWER
2026-05-12
311: PAINT/PLASTER — CEILING
2026-05-12
311: UNSANITARY CONDITION — PESTS
2026-05-12
311: PLUMBING — BATHTUB/SHOWER
2026-05-12
311: ELECTRIC — LIGHTING
2026-05-12
311: FLOORING/STAIRS — FLOOR
2026-05-12
311: DOOR/WINDOW — DOOR
2026-05-12
Tenant complaint: FLOORING/STAIRS — FLOOR
2026-05-12
Tenant complaint: PLUMBING — BATHTUB/SHOWER
2026-05-12
Tenant complaint: DOOR/WINDOW — DOOR
2026-05-12
Tenant complaint: WATER LEAK — SLOW LEAK
2026-05-12
Tenant complaint: PLUMBING — BATHTUB/SHOWER
2026-05-12
Tenant complaint: PAINT/PLASTER — WALL
2026-05-12
Tenant complaint: PAINT/PLASTER — CEILING
2026-05-12
Tenant complaint: ELECTRIC — LIGHTING
2026-05-12
Tenant complaint: UNSANITARY CONDITION — PESTS
2026-01-27
311: Snow or Ice — Sidewalk
2026-01-16
311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2026-01-16
Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2026-01-13
Rodent inspection: Passed
2026-01-06
311: Residential Disposal Complaint — Waste Not Separated
2026-05-17HPD class C: HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF MICE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 3D, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM
2026-05-17HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE HARDWOOD FLOOR IN THE 1st ROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT APT 3D
2026-05-17HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PORCELAIN ENAMEL GLAZE BY WAY OF REGLAZING THE BATHTUB IN T
2026-05-17HPD class B: § 27-2026 ADM CODE REPAIR THE LEAKY AND/OR DEFECTIVE FAUCETS AT BATHTUB IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 3D, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAS
2026-05-17HPD class A: §27-2104(B) HMC POST A PROPER NOTICE REGARDING RENT STABILIZATION LAW, IN A FORM APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER, IN A CONSPICUOUS LOCATION WIT
2026-05-17HPD class B: § 27-2026, 2027 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE EVIDENCE OF A WATER LEAK AT CEILING IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 3D, 3rd STOR
2026-05-17HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR AT CEILING IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 3
2026-05-17HPD class B: § 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE CLOSET DOOR AT EAST 2 (2ND CLOSET FROM NORTH) IN THE 4th ROOM FROM NORTH L
2024-09-29HPD class C: HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF ROACHES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 4D, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FR
2024-09-29HPD class B: § 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE ELECTRICAL LIGHT FIXTURE AT CEILING IN THE 1st ROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT
2024-09-29HPD class B: § 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE SOUTH WALL CABINETS IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 4D, 4th STORY, 1st APART
2024-09-29HPD class B: § 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE SINK BASE CABINET IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 4D, 4th STORY, 1st APARTME
2024-09-29HPD class C: § 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE WINDOW UPPER SASH INNER GLASSPANE IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 4D, 4th ST
2024-09-29HPD class C: HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF MICE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 4D, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM
2024-09-29HPD class B: § 27-2045 ADM CODE REPAIR OR REPLACE THE SMOKE DETECTOR MISSING IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 4D, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAS
2024-09-29HPD class B: § 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE FIRE ESCAPE WINDOW LOWER SASH COUNTER BALANCES IN THE 4th ROOM FROM NORTH
2024-09-29HPD class B: § 27-2046.1 HMC: REPAIR OR REPLACE THE CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTING DEVICE(S). MISSING IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 4D, 4th STORY, 1s
2024-09-26311: UNSANITARY CONDITION — PESTS
2024-09-26311: APPLIANCE — REFRIGERATOR
2024-09-26311: PLUMBING — BASIN/SINK
2024-09-26311: DOOR/WINDOW — DOOR
2024-09-26311: DOOR/WINDOW — WINDOW FRAME
2024-09-26311: DOOR/WINDOW — WINDOW FRAME
2024-09-26311: ELECTRIC — OUTLET/SWITCH
2024-09-26311: APPLIANCE — ELECTRIC/GAS RANGE
2024-09-26Tenant complaint: APPLIANCE — ELECTRIC/GAS RANGE
2024-07-24Rodent inspection: Failed for Rat Activity
2024-04-07311: Dirty Condition — Trash
2024-01-17Rodent inspection: Passed
2023
2023-12-29Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2023-10-27Rodent inspection: Passed
2023-09-13HPD 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
2023-08-21HPD class B: § 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE MORTISE LOCK. IN THE ENTRANCE LOCATED AT APT 1B, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT
2023-08-21HPD class A: § 27-2013 ADM CODE PAINT WITH LIGHT COLORED PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT CEILING BULKHEAD, AT PUBLIC HALL, 5th STORY
2023-08-21HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE FIRE RETARDANT MATERIAL CEILING BULKHEAD, AT PUBLIC HALL, 5
2023-08-21HPD 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
2023-08-21HPD class C: HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF ROACHES LOCATED AT APT 1A, 1st STORY, APARTMENT AT WEST
2023-07-12Rodent inspection: Failed for Rat Activity
2023-07-06311: Abandoned Vehicle — With License Plate
2022-07-08ECB CLASS - 1 violation: FAILURE TO MAINTAIN BUILDING IN CODE COMPLIANT MANNER. NOTED PREMISES 5-STORY MASONRY FRAME NFP MULTIPLE DWELLING APT BLDG. AT TIM$312
2022-07-06311: General Construction/Plumbing — Egress - Doors Locked/Blocked/Improper/No Secondary Means
2022-07-06DOB complaint, category ?
2022-05-23311: Animal-Abuse — Neglected
2022-05-23HPD class C: § 27-2031 ADM CODE PROVIDE HOT WATER AT ALL HOT WATER FIXTURES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 3E, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST
2022-05-20311: PLUMBING — WATER SUPPLY
2022-05-20Tenant complaint: PLUMBING — WATER SUPPLY
2021-08-11HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE ELECTRICAL OUTLET AT WEST WALL IN THE 1st ROOM FROM NORTH AT EAST LOCATED AT APT
2021-07-19311: FLOORING/STAIRS — FLOOR
2021-07-19311: ELECTRIC — OUTLET/SWITCH
2021-07-19311: FLOORING/STAIRS — FLOOR
2021-07-19Tenant complaint: ELECTRIC — OUTLET/SWITCH
2013-05-22City emergency repair (OMO): as per requirement contract: apt 5f supply and install 1 window guard(s) and repair 0 window guard(s) at entire apartmen$50
2013-04-23HPD class C: SECTION 27-2043.1 HMC INSTALL THE MISSING OR REPAIR/REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE WINDOW GUARD(S) IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SPECIFICATIONS OF THE NEW Y
2013-03-05Agreement $4,301,073 — from WEST 147TH STREET APARTMENTS, L.P. to DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING PRESERVATION AND D; THE CITY OF NEW YORK$4,301,073
2013-03-05SMIS — from WEST 147TH STREET APARTMENTS, L.P. to DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING PRESERVATION AND D; THE CITY OF NEW YORK
2013-03-05SMIS — from WEST 147TH STREET APARTMENTS, L.P. to THE CITY OF NEW YORK; DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING PRESERVATION AND D
2013-02-27311: Derelict Vehicle — With License Plate
2012
2012-11-25311: HEATING — HEAT
2012-11-25Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2006-12-28Agreement — from WEST 147TH STREET APARTMENTS, L.P. to THE CITY OF NEW YORK- DEPARTMENT OF HOUS
2006-12-28Agreement — from WEST 147TH STREET APARTMENTS, L.P. to THE CITY OF NEW YORK- DEPARTMENT OF HOUS
2006-12-27Permit AL — ISSUED
2006-10-23Permit EW — ISSUED
2006-09-02DOB violation C:
2006-08-18Permit EQ — RE-ISSUED
2006-08-14Job filed: INSTALLATION OF A HEAVY DUTY SIDEWALK SHED 37' DURING FACADE REPAIR .NO CHANGE IN USE EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY. SHED TO COMPLY WITH LL33/91 AND TPPN 9/99.
2006-08-14Job filed: INSTALLATION OF A HEAVY DUTY SIDEWALK SHED 37' DURING FACADE REPAIR .NO CHANGE IN USE EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY. SHED TO COMPLY WITH LL33/91 AND TPPN 9/99.
2006-07-30DOB complaint, category ?
2006-07-13Job filed: INTALLATION OF TWO GAS FIRED BOILERS AS PER PLANS. NO CHANGE TO USE EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY.$65,000
2006-07-13Job filed: INTALLATION OF TWO GAS FIRED BOILERS AS PER PLANS. NO CHANGE TO USE EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY.$65,000
2006-07-12Permit PL — ISSUED
2006-03-30Job filed: INSTALLATION OF A HEAVY DUTY SIDEWALK SHED 37' DURING FACADE REPAIR. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY. SHED TO COMPLY WITH LL33/91 AND TPPN 9/99
2006-03-29Permit AL — ISSUED
2006-03-14SMIS — from WEST 147TH STREET APARTMENTS, L.P. to THE CITY OF NEW YORK
2006-03-14Deed — from NYC DEPT. OF HOUSING PRESERVATION & DEVE to WEST 147TH STREET APARTMENTS, L.P.
2006-03-14Mortgage $4,773,930 — from WEST 147TH STREET APARTMENTS, L.P. to ACTING BY AND THROUGH; THE CITY OF NEW YORK$4,773,930
2006-03-14Agreement — from THE CITY OF NEW YORK; ACTING BY AND THROUGH to WEST 147TH STREET APARTMENTS, L.P.
2006-03-14Agreement — from WEST 147TH STREET APARTMENTS, L.P. to ACTING BY AND THROUGH; THE CITY OF NEW YORK
2006-03-14Agreement — from WEST 147TH STREET APARTMENTS, L.P. to THE CITY OF NEW YORK; ACTING BY AND THROUGH
2004
2004-10-06Job filed: RENOVATION AND GUT REHAB OF EXISTING NEW LAW TENEMENT. NEW SERVICES, ISHES, PLUMBING FIXTURES. REPLACE ROOF, REPAIR CORNICE.$500,000
2004-10-06Job filed: RENOVATION AND GUT REHAB OF EXISTING NEW LAW TENEMENT. NEW SERVICES, ISHES, PLUMBING FIXTURES. REPLACE ROOF, REPAIR CORNICE.$500,000
2004-08-03ECB Non-Hazardous violation: B4A 50A 50B 50C 50D 50E 50A HOLES ON THE BOILER ROOM WALL NEED TO BE SEAL 50B NEED LOUVERS ON THE FIXED FRESH AIR VENTILATION 50C
2004-05-12DOB complaint, category ?
2002
2002-08-13ECB Hazardous violation: SIDE WALK SHED NOT ADEUVATELY MAINTIANED UPON INSPECTION AT ABOVE ADDRESS : - SIDEWALK SHED WAS INSTALLED - NO LIGHTS - =3-6" OPEN$5,000
2002-08-13ECB Non-Hazardous violation: WORK W/O PERMIT : EXPIRED PERMIT UPON INSEPCTION AT ABOVE ADDRESS : - SIDE WALK SHED WAS INSTALLED PERMIT # 103029349 EXP 12/31-01$2,500
2002-03-26DOB violation LL6291:
2001
2001-12-13Permit PL — ISSUED
2001-11-14Permit EQ — ISSUED
2001-11-14Permit EW — ISSUED
2001-11-14Permit EW — ISSUED
2001-11-07Job filed: REPAIR/REPLACE EXISTING CORNICE AS PER PLAN FILED. NO CHANGE IN USE EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY.$10,000
2001-11-07Job filed: REPAIR/REPLACE EXISTING CORNICE AS PER PLAN FILED. NO CHANGE IN USE EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY.$10,000
2001-07-26Permit EW — ISSUED
2001-07-03Job filed: HPD PROJECT, OMO# K126186; NEW CONCRETE YARD PAVEMENT, RETAINING WALLS, AND EXTERIOR DRAINS AS PER PLANS FILED H EREWITH.NO CHANGE TO USE,OCCUPANCY,O$10,000
2001-07-03Job filed: HPD PROJECT, OMO# K126186; NEW CONCRETE YARD PAVEMENT, RETAINING WALLS, AND EXTERIOR DRAINS AS PER PLANS FILED H EREWITH.NO CHANGE TO USE,OCCUPANCY,O$10,000
2001-07-03Job filed: HPD PROJECT, OMO# K126186; NEW CONCRETE YARD PAVEMENT, RETAINING WALLS, AND EXTERIOR DRAINS AS PER PLANS FILED H EREWITH.NO CHANGE TO USE,OCCUPANCY,O$10,000