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 39.1. 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
7 total — 0 class C (immediately hazardous), 5 class B, 2 class A. Oldest open since 2026-07-22.
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
Patterns
2 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2024–25: 2).
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
What 311 hears from this address
49 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (37) · Illegal Parking (6) · Street Sweeping Complaint (2) · HEAT/HOT WATER (1) · Blocked Driveway (1) · Abandoned Vehicle (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 (1920)
Yes
Six or more residential units (11)
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
$1,134,000
$510,300
2026
$1,237,000
$556,650
2027
$1,393,000
$626,850
The city's market estimate has risen
23% 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 · 600 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
Bus
Nearest boarding stop: Adam C Powell Blvd / W 148 St — M2 · 250 ft
Citi Bike
W 147 St & Adam Clayton Powell Blvd · 500 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.
49 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 1 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
37
2026
EnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systems
Show as table
Year
Enforcement
Housing & tenants
Health & systems
Total
2017
0
2
2
4
2018
1
0
2
3
2019
0
4
3
7
2020
0
1
1
2
2021
0
19
0
19
2022
0
6
3
9
2023
1
24
1
26
2024
1
12
5
18
2025
0
16
3
19
2026
0
33
4
37
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HPD class B: § 27-2045(B)(1)(A) HMC, § 12-01, § 12-03 RCNY REPAIR, REPLACE OR PROVIDE AN APPROVED AND OPERATIONAL SMOKE DETECTING DEVICE, INSTALLED IN AC
2026-07-22
HPD class B: § 27-2026 ADM CODE REPAIR THE FLUSHING APPARATUS AND MAINTAIN SAME SO AS TO FLUSH EFFECTIVELY THE WATER CLOSET .. IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT
2026-07-22
HPD class B: § 27-2026, 2027 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE EVIDENCE OF A WATER LEAK OVER CEILNG IN THE 1st ROOM FROM NORTH AT WEST LOCATE
2026-07-22
HPD class A: § 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR CEILING IN THE 1st ROOM FROM NORTH AT WEST
2026-07-22
HPD class A: § 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR CEILING IN THE 1st ROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED
2026-07-22
HPD class B: § 27-2026, 2027 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE EVIDENCE OF A WATER LEAK OVER CEILING IN THE 1st ROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT AP
2026-07-22
HPD class B: § 27-2045(B)(1)(B) HMC, § 12-06, § 12-07, § 12-09 RCNY REPAIR, REPLACE OR PROVIDE AN APPROVED AND OPERATIONAL CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTING DEVI
2026-07-22
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
2026-07-19
311: Noise - Residential — Banging/Pounding
2026-06-28
311: Noise - Residential — Banging/Pounding
2026-06-27
311: Noise - Residential — Banging/Pounding
2026-05-12
HPD class B: § 27-2026 ADM CODE REMOVE ALL OBSTRUCTIONS AND REPAIR ALL DEFECTS IN AT SINK IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 4E, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM
2026-07-22HPD class B: § 27-2045(B)(1)(A) HMC, § 12-01, § 12-03 RCNY REPAIR, REPLACE OR PROVIDE AN APPROVED AND OPERATIONAL SMOKE DETECTING DEVICE, INSTALLED IN AC
2026-07-22HPD class B: § 27-2026 ADM CODE REPAIR THE FLUSHING APPARATUS AND MAINTAIN SAME SO AS TO FLUSH EFFECTIVELY THE WATER CLOSET .. IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT
2026-07-22HPD class B: § 27-2026, 2027 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE EVIDENCE OF A WATER LEAK OVER CEILNG IN THE 1st ROOM FROM NORTH AT WEST LOCATE
2026-07-22HPD class A: § 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR CEILING IN THE 1st ROOM FROM NORTH AT WEST
2026-07-22HPD class A: § 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR CEILING IN THE 1st ROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED
2026-07-22HPD class B: § 27-2026, 2027 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE EVIDENCE OF A WATER LEAK OVER CEILING IN THE 1st ROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT AP
2026-07-22HPD class B: § 27-2045(B)(1)(B) HMC, § 12-06, § 12-07, § 12-09 RCNY REPAIR, REPLACE OR PROVIDE AN APPROVED AND OPERATIONAL CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTING DEVI
2026-07-22HPD 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
2026-05-12HPD class B: § 27-2026 ADM CODE REMOVE ALL OBSTRUCTIONS AND REPAIR ALL DEFECTS IN AT SINK IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 4E, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM
2024-06-20HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE FIRE RETARDANT MATERIAL AT THE EAST WALL AND THE WEST WALL,
2024-06-20HPD class A: § 27-2013 ADM CODE PAINT WITH LIGHT COLORED PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT THE EAST WALL AND THE WEST WALL, AT THE BULKHEAD
2024-02-28Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2024-02-23Rodent inspection: Failed for Rat Activity
2024-01-17Rodent inspection: Failed for Rat Activity
2023-07-26HPD 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
2023-07-26HPD class C: HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF ROACHES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 2D, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FR
2023-07-26HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY SECURE THE LOOSE COUNTER TOP AND SINK IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 2D, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT W
2023-05-26HPD class C: HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF ROACHES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 2D, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FR
2023-05-26HPD class C: HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF ROACHES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 2D, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FR
2023-05-26HPD class B: § 27-2046.1 HMC: REPAIR OR REPLACE THE CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTING DEVICE(S). MISSING IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 2D, 2nd STORY, 1s
2023-05-26HPD class B: § 27-2045 ADM CODE REPAIR OR REPLACE THE SMOKE DETECTOR MISSING IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 2D, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOU
2022-08-02HPD class C: § 27-2005, 27-2007, 27-2041.1 HMC: REPLACE OR REPAIR THE SELF-CLOSING DOORS THAT IS MISSING OR DEFECTIVE BULKHEAD DOOR AT PUBLIC HALL STAIRS
2022-05-02HPD class A: § 27-2013 ADM CODE PAINT WITH LIGHT COLORED PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT THE CEILING AND ALL WALLS IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT L
2021-06-09HPD class A: § 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR AT EAST WALL IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT AP
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
2006-07-13Job filed: INSTALLATION OF TWO GAS FIRED BOILERS AS PER PLANS. NO CHANGE TO USE EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY.$65,000
2006-04-20Permit PL — ISSUED
2006-04-06Permit EQ — 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
2006-03-30Job 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
2006-03-14Mortgage $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
2006-03-14SMIS — from WEST 147TH STREET APARTMENTS, L.P. to 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
2006-03-14Deed — from NYC DEPT. OF HOUSING PRESERVATION & DEVE to WEST 147TH STREET APARTMENTS, L.P.
2004
2004-10-06Job filed: DECREASE NUMBER OF APARTMENTS FROM 15 TO 11$500,000