The owner filed 6 annual bedbug reports and reported no infested units. Filing with zero infestations is the compliant, reassuring case.
Rent regulation
Likely rent-stabilized
The owner registered 8 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 9 apartments.
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19
20
21
22
23
2018 — 8 units registered2023 — 8
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.
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.
The building
1920
Built
5
Floors
9
Residential units
Walk-up apartments
Type
Unpaid city fines
No DOB/ECB violations on record for this building.
DOB building violations
0
Active
4
On record
0
Active, last 3 yrs
No active DOB violations.
Housing court
No HPD housing-court cases on record for this building.
HPD housing-maintenance violations
15
Open now
123
On record
5
Open Class C
5
Open Class B
5
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.
CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 1AIssued 2024-08-05
§ 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... APPROXIMATELY 12 SQ.FT. AT EAST WALL IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 1A, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH ORIGINAL VIOLATION 17024676 ISSUED 30-MAY-24 HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO CLASS C PER ADMINISTRATIVE CODE §27-2017.3a(5)(a) or (b).
Status: Defect letter issued
CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2024-02-22
§ 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 ENTRANCE FIRE DOOR TO CELLAR
Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix
CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 5AIssued 2023-09-14
HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF MICE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 5A, 5th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST
Status: Defect letter issued
CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 3AIssued 2023-05-01
HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF ROACHES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 3A, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST
Status: Defect letter issued
Evictions
No executed evictions on record for this building.
Concern level4 of 4
Severe
015 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 9 apartments
022 of those issued 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 DOB 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.
311 complaints from tenants
87
All time
5
Last 12 months
Paint/Plaster19
Unsanitary Condition18
Flooring/Stairs11
Heat/Hot Water10
Appliance7
Door/Window7
Plumbing5
Electric3
Complaints record what a tenant reported, not a finding by the city. "Closed" often means the inspector could not gain access.
GeneralCabinet2026-04-29 · closed
Unsanitary ConditionMold2026-04-29 · closed
Paint/PlasterWall2026-04-29 · closed
Neighborhood crime
Much higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks
621
NYPD reports · last 12 mo
52
≈ per month
Felony214
Misdemeanor325
Violation82
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.
Landlord and related buildings
Registered owner
129 WEST 116TH OWNER, LLC
Head officer
SCOTT CASTELLANO
Managing agent
CHOICE NY MANAGEMENT
31 other buildings share this owner's registration contacts. Shared contacts suggest common control, but they are not proof of ownership.
borrower 117-129 WEST 116 LLC · lender SIGNATURE BANK
Sale2013-11-14$15,701,107
23 MANHATTAN VALLEY NORTH LLC → 117-129 WEST 116 LLC
Mortgage2013-11-14$12,041,250
borrower 117-129 WEST 116 LLC · lender SIGNATURE 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.
This building and the landlord's others
This building31 others linked to the same owner
Neighborhood noise
Much higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks
2452
Noise reports · last 12 mo
204
≈ per month
39
% from neighbors
Street/Sidewalk1210
Residential948
Unspecified118
Vehicle112
Commercial62
House of Worship2
311 noise complaints within about 1,000 ft (a few blocks) in the last year. Most reports here are about outdoor noise (mostly street/sidewalk) — 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.