5 West 137 Street

Manhattan, NY

BBL 1-01735-0032BIN 1053916Plain-text version

Concern level3 of 4

High

011 open class-C HPD violation (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 18 apartments
021 of those issued in the last 3 years
032 open rent-impairing violation(s)
042 evictions executed in the last 3 years

How this is set: open hazardous violations measured against the building's size, then raised by strong distress signals — HPD's enforcement program, court harassment findings, recent evictions, unpaid OATH/ECB fines, open housing-court cases, and a sold tax lien. Neighborhood noise and crime are not part of it. It describes the public record, not the condition of any one apartment, and a quiet record is not proof of a good building.

Rent regulation

Likely rent-stabilized

The owner registered 18 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — essentially all of the building's 18 apartments.

2018 — 18 units registered2023 — 18

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

Registration counts apply to the building, not to unit numbers. To confirm your own apartment, request your rent history from New York State Homes and Community Renewal — it is free and takes a few weeks.

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The building

1920

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

Type

This building and the landlord's others

This building16 others linked to the same owner

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

140

On record

Open Class C

Open Class B

Open Class A

Class C is immediately hazardous, Class B is hazardous, Class A is non-hazardous. A violation stays open until HPD certifies the repair, so some open items may already be fixed. HPD writes a separate violation for each room or spot, so one inspection can produce several near-identical entries; those are grouped below by apartment and date.

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 6BIssued 2025-03-14RENT-IMPAIRING

567 (C) § 27-2017, 27-2017.1, 27-2017.4, 27-2017.5, 27-2017.8, 27-2019, 27-2021 HMC: ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF EVIDENCE OF RATS AND ALL UNDERLYING CAUSES CREATING THE PEST INFESTATIONS, BY USING INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT (IPM), ELIMINATE ALL BURROW ENTRY AND PASSAGEWAYS, PEST NESTS, HOLES, GAPS OR CRACKS IN WALLS, CEILINGS, FLOORS, FIXING LEAKS AND MANAGING GARBAGE IN PUBLIC AREAS. EVIDENCE FOUND AT RATS IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 6B, 6th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST

Status: HPD couldn't get in to re-inspect

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 6CIssued 2026-10-06

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPLACE WITH NEW THE MISSING COVER AT BASE BOARD HEATING AT NORTH WALL IN THE 1st ROOM FROM NORTH AT EAST LOCATED AT APT 6C, 6th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST

Status: Civ14 Mailed

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 6CIssued 2026-10-052 violations

§ 27-2045(B)(1)(B) HMC, § 12-06, § 12-07, § 12-09 RCNY REPAIR, REPLACE OR PROVIDE AN APPROVED AND OPERATIONAL CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTING DEVICE, INSTALLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE LAW AND RULES MISSING IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 6C, 6th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST
§ 27-2045(B)(1)(A) HMC, § 12-01, § 12-03 RCNY REPAIR, REPLACE OR PROVIDE AN APPROVED AND OPERATIONAL SMOKE DETECTING DEVICE, INSTALLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH DEPARTMENT OF BUILDINGS RULES AND REGULATIONS MISSING IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 6C, 6th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST

Status: Civ14 Mailed

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 6CIssued 2026-04-16

§ 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE SPRING BALANCE AT LOWER WINDOW SASH AT WEST IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 6C, 6th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

137

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water49

Unsanitary Condition43

Door/Window15

Plumbing9

Water Leak5

General5

Flooring/Stairs3

Electric3

Heat/Hot WaterEntire Building2026-10-18 · open

ElectricOutlet/Switch2026-09-11 · closed

Flooring/StairsFloor2026-09-11 · closed

Complaints record what a tenant reported, not a finding by the city. "Closed" often means the inspector could not gain access.

311 complaints from tenants

Neighborhood noise

Higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

629

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential339

Unspecified145

Street/Sidewalk91

Vehicle27

House of Worship15

Commercial9

Park3

311 noise complaints within about 1,000 ft (a few blocks) in the last year. Most reports here are about noise from inside buildings — neighbors, not the street. This counts how often people call 311, which tracks how densely populated and busy an area is as much as how loud it is — it is not a sound measurement.

Neighborhood noise

Neighborhood crime

Higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

477

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony140

Misdemeanor229

Violation108

NYPD complaints reported within about 1,000 ft (a few blocks) in the last year, by severity. This reflects what gets reported and where police are active as much as actual safety, and busier, denser, higher-foot-traffic blocks log more. Locations are approximate — the NYPD shifts each report to the nearest corner for privacy — so read this as rough context, not a safety score.

Neighborhood crime

Bedbug history

No bedbugs reported

The owner filed 8 annual bedbug reports and reported no infested units. Filing with zero infestations is the compliant, reassuring case.

DOB building violations

Active

On record

Active, last 3 yrs

Violations issued by the Department of Buildings that the owner must correct. Most don't carry a fine on their own; summonses that go to a hearing and can be fined are listed separately under OATH/ECB.

No active DOB violations.

DOB building violations

OATH/ECB violations and fines

No OATH/ECB violations on record for this building.

Evictions

Executed, all time

Last 3 years

2025-01-08Apt 2Cresidential

Executed by a city marshal. An eviction can be lawful; a high or rising count is a displacement signal, not proof of wrongdoing.

Evictions

Housing court: repair & harassment cases

No HPD housing-court cases on record for this building.

These are cases HPD is a party to, mostly tenants suing to force repairs or stop harassment. Eviction cases landlords file against tenants are not in the city's open data, so they don't appear here; the Evictions section shows only evictions a marshal carried out.

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

CITYWIDE PRESERVATION LLC

Head officer

PETER MURRAY

Managing agent

DOLPHIN PROPERTY SERVICES LLC

16 other buildings share this owner's registration contacts. Shared contacts suggest common control, but they are not proof of ownership.

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Landlord and related buildings

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2012-06-28 · $5,337,906.03

Most recent mortgage2014-02-26 · $901,237

Mortgage2014-02-26$901,237

borrower CITYWIDE PRESERVATION LLC, ECDO CITYWIDE PRESERVATION HOUSING DEVELOPMENT · lender NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

Sale2012-06-28$5,337,906.03

CLM EQUITIES III, L.P. → CITYWIDE PRESERVATION LLC, ECDO CITYWIDE PRESERVATION HOUSING DEVELOPMENT

Mortgage2012-06-28$18,633,750

borrower CITYWIDE PRESERVATION LLC, ECDO CITYWIDE PRESERVATION HOUSING DEVELOPMENT · lender NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

Mortgage2012-06-28$18,140,191

borrower ECDO CITYWIDE PRESERVATION HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, CITYWIDE PRESERVATION LLC · lender NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

Mortgage2012-06-28$4,326,059

borrower CITYWIDE PRESERVATION LLC, ECDO CITYWIDE PRESERVATION HOUSING DEVELOPMENT · lender NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

From ACRIS recorded documents. Amounts are often $0 or nominal for transfers between related parties, and LLCs can obscure who is really involved — treat this as public-record context, not a valuation.

Ownership & money

City debt & tax-lien sale

Not on the city's tax-lien sale list (2019–2025). The owner has not fallen far enough behind on property tax or water charges to be flagged for a lien sale.