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521 West 148 Street · Manhattan · BBL 1020800120 · generated 2026-10-20 · FREE

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Where the penalty points come from

ComponentWhat it coversPoints
Housing codeHPD violations by class, complaints, emergency repairs, litigation, vacate orders, AEP1
Structural & safetyDOB violations, ECB/OATH violations by class0
PestsBedbug filings, failed rodent inspections, rodent 311s0
DisplacementMarshal evictions executed0
GRADE A

The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. More recorded distress than 79% of 1-5-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 1-5-unit residential buildings is 0 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 2.5. In ZIP 10031, 40% of residential buildings hold an A and 14% grade D or F. How grades work

this building
A
C

Among 699,345 1-5-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

2 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2025–26: 2).

No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.

What 311 hears from this address

7 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Boilers (2) · Street Condition (2) · Noise (1) · Overgrown Tree/Branches (1) · HEAT/HOT WATER (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

YesBuilt before 1974 (1910)
NoSix or more residential units (4)
No421-a / J-51 tax benefit on the current tax roll

1 of 3 signals present. Only a partial profile — stabilization is possible but less likely. 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)HAMILTON HEIGHTS COMMUNITY HDFC
Head officerMICHAEL PADERNACHT
Managing agentMIDAS PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
Last registered2025-10-16

as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$568,000 $255,600
2026$576,000 $259,200
2027$461,000 $207,450

The city's market estimate has fallen 19% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Tax exemptions on the roll: ARTICLE XI

Building systems

Heating fuelNO2FUEL

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

Subway145 St — 1 · 950 ft straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
145 St — A B C D · 0.2 mi straight-line (about a 6-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: Amsterdam Av / W 148 St — M100 M101 · 350 ft
Citi BikeW 148 St & Amsterdam Ave · 400 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 153 Adam Clayton Powell
Middle: 319, 324. Confirm with the DOE's school search.

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.

Report a problem to 311

521 West 148 Street

Heat or hot waterHeat or hot water
Apartment maintenanceApartment maintenance
Bed bugsBed bugs
Residential pestsResidential pests
Rats or miceRats or mice
Anything elseAnything else

7 311 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.

The landlord's report card

Managed by MIDAS PROPERTY MANAGEMENT — 76 buildings, 1,605 units. Grades across the portfolio: A37 · B19 · C13 · D5 · F1. See the whole portfolio

BuildingBoroughUnitsGrade
1360 York Avenue MN90 A
829 Adee Avenue BX74 A
2661 Marion Avenue BX73 B
2545 Sedgwick Avenue BX62 B
1332 Metropolitan Avenue BX61 A
1054 Southern Boulevard BX55 B
2927 Valentine Avenue BX55 A
1372 Shakespeare Avenue BX51 B
2000 Daly Avenue BX50 C
1 Pennyfield Avenue BX45 A
1635 Lexington Avenue MN42 A
43 East 30 Street MN40 A
1165 Fulton Avenue BX40 C
51 East 131 Street MN39 A
1015 Summit Avenue BX38 A
883 East 165 Street BX38 B
351 West 114 Street MN36 B
2501 Hoffman Street BX27 D
33 Convent Avenue MN24 A
254 East 184 Street BX24 B
518 West 146 Street MN24 B
29 Convent Avenue MN24 A
490 East 181 Street BX24 C
949 Ogden Avenue BX24 C
406 East 184 Street BX23 C
17 Convent Avenue MN21 A
110 Terrace View Avenue MN20 C
518 West 148 Street MN20 A
514 West 148 Street MN20 B
502 West 148 Street MN20 B
244 Elizabeth Street MN19 A
854 Intervale Avenue BX17 A
1898 Longfellow Avenue BX17 B
759 Jennings Street BX16 A
763 Jennings Street BX16 A
3097 Heath Avenue BX16 B
2185 Pacific Street BK16 B
984 Simpson Street BX15 C
154 East 175 Street BX15 F
3240 Netherland Avenue BX15 A
3241 Parkside Place BX15 A
505 West 148 Street MN14 B
431 East 82 Street MN14 A
304 Spring Street MN13 A
1794 Amsterdam Avenue MN13 C
4961 Henry Hudson Pkwy W BX12 A
721 East 6 Street MN12 B
189A West Kingsbridge Rd BX12 A
628 West 238 Street BX12 A
749 Jennings Street BX10 A
139 West 116 Street MN10 B
2116 Honeywell Avenue BX10 C
137 West 116 Street MN10 C
3325 Reservoir Oval West BX9 A
137 East 116 Street MN9 A
244 West 137 Street MN8 A
100 Huron Street BK8 A
866 Union Avenue BX6 B
841 East 218 Street BX6 D
13 Morton Street MN5 A

showing 60 of 76 buildings

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $2,633,205 on 2012-01-17 (lender: Citicorp USA, INC.), covering 12 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.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2024-04-11RPTT&RET $31,607 — from CANNS, KHADIJAH to COOPER, CHARLES $31,607
2024-03-19Sold for $31,607 $31,607 $7,902
2012-01-17Agreement $16,749,665 — from HAMILTON HEIGHTS COMMUNITY HDFC to THE CITY OF NEW YORK $16,749,665
2012-01-17AL&R $2,633,205 — from HAMILTON HEIGHTS COMMUNITY HDFC to CITICORP USA, INC. $2,633,205
2012-01-17Deed $3,888,210 — from UHAB HDFC to HAMILTON HEIGHTS COMMUNITY HDFC $3,888,210
2012-01-17Agreement $2,633,205 — from HAMILTON HEIGHTS COMMUNITY HDFC to CITICORP USA, INC. $2,633,205
2012-01-17Mortgage $2,633,205 — from HAMILTON HEIGHTS COMMUNITY HDFC to CITICORP USA, INC. $2,633,205
2008-03-26Agreement $16,749,665 — from UHAB HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND CORPORATIO to THE CITY OF NEW YORK $16,749,665
2008-03-26Mortgage $1,527,083 — from UHAB HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND CORPORATIO to CITICORP USA, INC. $1,527,083
2008-03-26Mortgage $1,641,540 — from UHAB HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND CORPORATIO to THE CITY OF NEW YORK $1,641,540
2008-03-26Mortgage $1,106,122 — from UHAB HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND CORPORATIO to CITICORP USA, INC. $1,106,122
2002-09-24Mortgage $15,108,125 — from UHAB HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND CORPORATIO to NYC HPD $15,108,125

Ten-year activity

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2018
2019
10
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
EnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
201700011
201807029
201902013
20200100010
202103014
202205016
202301034
202413228
202513026
202604026
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The last 12 months — 9 records

DateRecord
2026-10-13311: Street Condition — Cave-in
2026-09-17311: Street Condition — Cave-in
2026-07-26Rodent inspection: Passed
2026-01-23Rodent inspection: Passed
2026-01-05311: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2026-01-05Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2025-12-15311: Boilers — Boiler - Defective/Inoperative/No Permit
2025-12-15DOB complaint, category ?
2025-12-02Bedbug filing: 0 infested units

The full timeline

2026
2026-10-13311: Street Condition — Cave-in
2026-09-17311: Street Condition — Cave-in
2026-07-26Rodent inspection: Passed
2026-01-23Rodent inspection: Passed
2026-01-05311: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2026-01-05Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2025
2025-12-15311: Boilers — Boiler - Defective/Inoperative/No Permit
2025-12-15DOB complaint, category ?
2025-12-02Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2025-07-23311: Overgrown Tree/Branches — Dead Branches in Tree
2025-07-21Rodent inspection: Passed
2025-01-17Rodent inspection: Passed
2024
2024-12-20Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2024-11-02311: Boilers — Boiler - Defective/Inoperative/No Permit
2024-11-02DOB complaint, category ?
2024-08-11311: Noise - Street/Sidewalk — Loud Music/Party
2024-07-17Rodent inspection: Passed
2024-04-11RPTT&RET $31,607 — from CANNS, KHADIJAH to COOPER, CHARLES$31,607
2024-03-19Sold for $31,607$31,607
2024-01-25Rodent inspection: Passed
2023
2023-12-22Air permit (REGISTRATION), fuel: NO2FUEL
2023-12-18Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2023-07-26Rodent inspection: Passed
2023-01-26Rodent inspection: Passed
2022
2022-12-10Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2022-05-17311: Animal-Abuse — Neglected
2022-05-16311: Animal-Abuse — No Shelter
2022-05-16311: Animal-Abuse — Neglected
2022-05-13311: Animal-Abuse — No Shelter
2022-03-04Rodent inspection: Passed
2021
2021-12-29Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2021-08-11Rodent inspection: Passed
2021-06-25311: Noise - Street/Sidewalk — Loud Music/Party
2021-05-12Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2020
2020-12-16Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2020-12-10HPD class C: § 27-2024 ADM CODE PROVIDE ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF HOT WATER FOR THE FIXTURES , IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 2, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMEN
2020-12-10HPD class C: § 27-2024 ADM CODE PROVIDE ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF HOT WATER FOR THE FIXTURES , IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT BSMT-APT BSMT, BSMT-APT AT EAS
2020-12-09311: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2020-12-09311: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2020-12-09Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2020-12-09Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2020-06-14311: Overgrown Tree/Branches — Dead Branches in Tree
2020-06-10311: Noise - Street/Sidewalk — Loud Music/Party
2020-01-29Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2019
2019-06-27Rodent inspection: Passed
2019-02-01311: Noise — Noise: air condition/ventilation equipment (NV1)
2019-01-30Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2018
2018-11-13HPD class A: § 27-2013 ADM CODE PAINT WITH LIGHT COLORED PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT THE CEILING IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 2, 2nd S
2018-11-13HPD class A: § 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR EAST WALL IN THE PRIVATE HALLWAY LOCATED A
2018-11-13HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE RUBBER GASKET AT REFRIGERATOR DOOR IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 2, 2nd STORY, 2n
2018-11-13HPD class A: § 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR THE SOUTH WALL IN THE 4th ROOM FROM NORTH
2018-11-08311: Noise — Noise: air condition/ventilation equipment (NV1)
2018-11-05Tenant complaint: DOOR/WINDOW — DOOR
2018-10-30311: Noise — Noise: air condition/ventilation equipment (NV1)
2018-10-24Rodent inspection: Passed
2018-04-23Rodent inspection: Passed
2017
2017-04-11Rodent inspection: Passed
2016
2016-03-29Rodent inspection: Passed
2015
2015-08-13Rodent inspection: Passed
2015-08-13311: Building/Use — Illegal Conversion Of Residential Building/Space
2015-08-13DOB complaint, category ?
2015-08-10311: Building/Use — Illegal Conversion Of Residential Building/Space
2015-08-10DOB complaint, category ?
2015-08-07FDNY inspection (COMPLAINT)
2014
2014-08-21Rodent inspection: Passed
2013
2013-07-17Rodent inspection: Passed
2012
2012-10-04311: Noise - Residential — Loud Talking
2012-06-15Rodent inspection: Passed
2012-05-08Mortgage satisfied — from UHAB HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND CORPORATIO to CITICORP USA, INC.
2012-05-08Mortgage satisfied — from UHAB HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND CORPORATIO to CITICORP USA, INC.
2012-01-17SUBM — from THE CITY OF NEW YORK to CITICORP USA, INC.
2012-01-17Mortgage assigned — from CITICORP USA, INC. to PENY & CO., L.L.C.
2012-01-17Agreement $16,749,665 — from HAMILTON HEIGHTS COMMUNITY HDFC to THE CITY OF NEW YORK$16,749,665
2012-01-17AL&R $2,633,205 — from HAMILTON HEIGHTS COMMUNITY HDFC to CITICORP USA, INC.$2,633,205
2012-01-17Deed $3,888,210 — from UHAB HDFC to HAMILTON HEIGHTS COMMUNITY HDFC$3,888,210
2012-01-17Agreement $2,633,205 — from HAMILTON HEIGHTS COMMUNITY HDFC to CITICORP USA, INC.$2,633,205
2012-01-17Mortgage $2,633,205 — from HAMILTON HEIGHTS COMMUNITY HDFC to CITICORP USA, INC.$2,633,205
2011
2011-03-28Rodent inspection: Passed
2010
2010-08-17311: Water Quality — Taste/Odor, Chlorine (QA1)
2010-02-22Rodent inspection: Passed
2008
2008-03-26Agreement — from THE CITY OF NEW YORK; DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING PRESERVATION AND D to CITICORP, USA, INC.
2008-03-26SUBM — from DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING PRESERVATION AND D; THE CITY OF NEW YORK to CITICORP, USA, INC.
2008-03-26Agreement $16,749,665 — from UHAB HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND CORPORATIO to THE CITY OF NEW YORK$16,749,665
2008-03-26Mortgage $1,527,083 — from UHAB HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND CORPORATIO to CITICORP USA, INC.$1,527,083
2008-03-26Mortgage $1,641,540 — from UHAB HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND CORPORATIO to THE CITY OF NEW YORK$1,641,540
2008-03-26Mortgage $1,106,122 — from UHAB HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND CORPORATIO to CITICORP USA, INC.$1,106,122
2007
2007-01-19Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2005
2005-01-19Permit PL — ISSUED
2004
2004-07-26Tenant complaint: APPLIANCE — SPRINKER CERT
2004-06-29Permit AL — ISSUED
2003
2003-07-03Permit AL — ISSUED
2003-03-19DOB violation LL6291:
2002
2002-10-21Permit PL — ISSUED
2002-09-24Deed — from NYC HPD to UHAB HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND CORPORATIO
2002-09-24Agreement — from NYC HPD to UHAB HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND CORPORATIO
2002-09-24Agreement — from UHAB HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND CORPORATIO to NYC HPD
2002-09-24Mortgage $15,108,125 — from UHAB HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND CORPORATIO to NYC HPD$15,108,125
2002-08-12ECB Non-Hazardous violation: FAILURE TO POST SIGN ON SHED. SHED UP NO G.C SIGN ON SHED AS REQUIRED BY LOCAL LAW 33/91. REMEDY; POST SIGN ON SHED.
2002-08-02Permit EQ — ISSUED
2002-07-31Job filed: Install heavy duty Sidewalk Shed 20ft long at 521 West 148 Street during remedial repairs Work shall comply with LL33/91 No change in use egress o
2002-06-21Permit AL — ISSUED
2002-03-26DOB violation LL6291:
2002-01-14Job filed: MECHANICAL, PLUMBING AND SPRINKLER WORK FOR THE ENTIRE BUILDING.
2002-01-14Job filed: COMPLETE REHABILITATION/RENOVATION OF EXISTING RESIDENTIAL BUILDING. WORK TO INCLUDE INTERIOR DEMOLITION AND STRUCTURAL MODIFICATIONS, AS PER PLANS FI$313,560
2001
2001-05-15Permit EQ — ISSUED
2001-05-04Permit EW — ISSUED
2001-04-06Permit EQ — ISSUED
2001-03-29Job filed: REPAIR/REPLACE EXISTING CHIMNEY AS PER PLAN. NO CHANGE IN USE EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY.$10,000
2001-03-29Job filed: REPAIR/REPLACE EXISTING CHIMNEY AS PER PLAN. NO CHANGE IN USE EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY.$10,000
2000
2000-09-29Permit EQ — ISSUED
2000-09-29Permit EW — ISSUED
2000-08-11Job filed: roof repair strip entire roof suface to wood decking remove all roof decking re remove all deteriorated roof joists allow for 20 % remove existing par$7,000
1999
1999-03-16DOB violation LL6291:
1995
1995-08-29DOB 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

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