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.
Evictions
No marshal-executed evictions on record for this building. Eviction cases filed in court but not carried out aren't included.
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.
311 complaints from tenants
13
All time
1
Last 12 months
Heat/Hot Water11
Plumbing1
Water Leak1
Heat/Hot WaterEntire Building2025-12-16 · closed
PlumbingRadiator2025-02-20 · closed
Heat/Hot WaterApartment Only2025-02-20 · closed
Complaints record what a tenant reported, not a finding by the city. "Closed" often means the inspector could not gain access.
OATH/ECB violations and fines
$0
Balance due (active)
0
Active violations
0
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.
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.
HPD housing-maintenance violations
15
Open now
98
On record
1
Open Class C
14
Open Class B
0
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 HAZARDOUSIssued 2024-05-03
§ 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 MISSING OR DEFECTIVE HINGES AT DOOR LEADING TO WEST COURTYARD AT PUBLIC HALL, 1st STORY
Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix
CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 3EIssued 2008-05-282 violations5+ YRS OLD
§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR CEILINGS FRONT ROOM AND 1 FROM FRONT ROOM 3 STY EAST APT 3E. , SECTION '' ''
§ 27-2045 ADM CODE REPAIR OR REPLACE THE SMOKE DETECTOR DEFECTIVE 3 STY EAST APT 3E MRS MELFORD. , SECTION '' ''
Status: HPD couldn't get in to re-inspect
CLASS B · HAZARDOUSIssued 2008-05-285+ YRS OLD
§ 27-2026 ADM CODE REPAIR THE LEAKY AND/OR DEFECTIVE FAUCETS BASIN 3 STY EAST APARTMENT 3E BATHROOM.
Status: HPD couldn't get in to re-inspect
CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 3WIssued 2008-05-285+ YRS OLD
D26-20.08 ADM CODE REPAIR OR REPLACE THE SMOKE DETECTOR DEFECTIVE 3 STY WEST APT 3W. LOCATED AT APT 3W
Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix
Concern level2 of 4
Moderate
011 open class-C HPD violation (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 15 apartments
021 of those issued in the last 3 years
031 open rent-impairing violation(s)
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.
DOB building violations
0
Active
3
On record
0
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.
The building
1910
Built
5
Floors
15
Residential units
Walk-up apartments
Type
Neighborhood crime
Higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks
309
NYPD reports · last 12 mo
26
≈ per month
Felony92
Misdemeanor143
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.
Rent regulation
Likely rent-stabilized
The owner registered 3 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 15 apartments.
18
19
20
21
22
23
2018 — 3 units registered2023 — 3
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.
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.
Ownership & money
4
Recorded sales
7
Mortgages / refinances
Last recorded sale2022-09-22 · $7,500,000
Most recent mortgage2025-09-22 · $320,000
Mortgage2025-09-22$320,000
borrower W 109 PROPERTY OWNER LLC · lender JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
Sale2022-09-22$7,500,000
170 W 109 ASSOCIATES LLC → W 109 PROPERTY OWNER LLC
Mortgage2022-09-22$2,259,042.41
borrower W 109 PROPERTY OWNER LLC · lender SIGNATURE BANK
Mortgage2014-07-24$1,350,716.47
borrower 170 W 109 ASSOCIATES LLC · lender JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
Mortgage2007-09-17$1,394,459.85
borrower 170 W 109 ASSOCITES 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.