142 West 109 Street

Manhattan, NY

BBL 1-01863-0057BIN 1056025Plain-text version

Concern level2 of 4

Moderate

0118 open HPD violation(s)
021 eviction 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 3 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 13 apartments.

2018 — 4 units registered2023 — 3

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1920

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building7 others linked to the same owner

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

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 B · HAZARDOUSApt 4EIssued 2017-11-135 violations5+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR THE CEILINGS AND ALL WALLS THROUGH OUT IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 4E, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST
§ 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE WOOD FLOOR IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 4E, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST

3 more from the same inspection

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPLACE WITH NEW THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE MARBLE SADDLE AT DOORWAY IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 4E, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST
§ 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE CERAMIC FLOOR TILES IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 4E, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST
§ 27-2018 ADMIN. CODE: ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF MICE LOCATED AT APT 4E, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSIssued 2017-11-132 violations5+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2081 ADM CODE DISCONTINUE USE OF ROOMS FOR LIVING PURPOSES WALLS ERECTED FLOOR TO CEILING CREATING ROOMS FOR SLEPING PURPOSES AT REAR CELLAR
§ 300, 301, 302, M/D LAW FILE PLANS AND OBTAIN A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY TO LEGALIZE THE FOLLOWING ALTERATION OR RESTORE PREMISES TO PRIOR LEGAL CONDITION FLOOR PIERCED FROM 1 STY APT 1 REAR WITH STAIRS INSTALLED CREATING DUPLEX AT REAR CELLAR.

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSIssued 2017-07-185+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE FIRE RETARDANT MATERIAL AT CEILING 5TH STORY PUBLIC HALL

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

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSIssued 2008-07-012 violations5+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE & 309 M/D LAW ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF BARB WIRE ON FENCE EAST ROOF PARAPET.
§ 27-2005 ADM CODE & 309 M/D LAW ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF CABLE WIRE CREATING TRIP HAZARD GOOSENECK LADDER ROOF REAR.

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water7

Door/Window1

Unsanitary Condition1

Heat/Hot WaterApartment Only2025-03-03 · closed

Unsanitary ConditionPests2022-09-19 · closed

Heat/Hot WaterEntire Building2021-02-24 · 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

Much higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

1127

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential556

Street/Sidewalk304

Unspecified109

Commercial87

Vehicle60

Park7

Helicopter3

House of Worship1

311 noise complaints within about 1,000 ft (a few blocks) in the last year. Most reports here are about outdoor noise (mostly residential) — street life and traffic more than neighbors. 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

314

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony93

Misdemeanor147

Violation74

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

Infested, latest filing

Annual filings

2024–20250 infested · 0 eradicated

2023–20240 infested · 0 eradicated

2022–20230 infested · 0 eradicated

Self-reported by the owner for the year ending each filing. Counts are building-wide and do not say which apartment was affected.

Bedbug history

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

Balance due (active)

Active violations

Lost by default

These are separate from DOB violations. They are summonses written by DOB inspectors and decided at a hearing before OATH, the city's administrative court (formerly the Environmental Control Board), and they can carry a fine. "Lost by default" means the owner never appeared at the hearing. An unpaid balance is a stronger "ignoring the city" signal than a raw violation count.

ConstructionClass 22017-10-30$1,200 penalty

BoilersHazardous1997-01-03$1,000 penalty

OATH/ECB violations and fines

Evictions

Executed, all time

Last 3 years

2024-01-10Apt 1Wresidential

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

109 STREET LLC

Head officer

BITA SASSOUNI

Managing agent

RAFAEL SASSOUNI

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

1259 PARK AVENUEMANHATTAN 1261 PARK AVENUEMANHATTAN 144 WEST 109 STREETMANHATTAN 1864 LEXINGTON AVENUEMANHATTAN 247 WEST 11 STREETMANHATTAN

Landlord and related buildings

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2006-03-30 · $4,700,000

Most recent mortgage2022-03-03 · $1,705,915.87

Mortgage2022-03-03$1,705,915.87

borrower 109 STREET LLC · lender JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.

Mortgage2012-05-03$1,078,607.24

borrower 109 STREET LLC · lender JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.

Mortgage2012-05-03$4,300,000

borrower 109 STREET LLC · lender JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.

Sale2006-03-30$4,700,000

PACIFIC AVENUE ASSOCIATES L.P. → 109 STREET LLC

Mortgage2006-03-30$3,116,475.7

borrower 109 STREET LLC · lender WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK

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.

City debt & tax-lien sale