# 140 West 131 Street, Manhattan, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/1019150051/140-west-131-street-manhattan).
BBL 1019150051 · BIN 1058063 · Generated 2026-10-23

## Concern level: high

- 2 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 2 apartments
- 2 of those issued in the last 3 years

Scale: low, moderate, high, severe. Set from open hazardous violations relative to building size, raised by distress signals (HPD's Alternative Enforcement Program, court harassment findings, evictions, unpaid OATH/ECB fines, open housing-court cases, a sold tax lien). It describes the public record, not any one apartment.

## Rent stabilization

Likely rent-stabilized. The owner registered 4 stabilized units for 2019, of about 4 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 4, 2019: 4.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1886, 3 floors, 4 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

9 open (class C immediately hazardous: 2, class B hazardous: 6, class A non-hazardous: 1); 24 on record.
2 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.

## DOB building violations

0 active (0 issued in the last 3 years); 6 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

0 active of 5 on record; 0 decided by default; $0 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

10 in the last 12 months; 12 on record.
Most common: ELECTRIC (4), SAFETY (4), HEAT/HOT WATER (2), PLUMBING (1), WATER LEAK (1).

## Bedbugs

8 annual bedbug filings by the owner; latest reports 0 infested units.

## Evictions

0 executed in the last 3 years; 0 on record.

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

0 cases on record, 0 open, 0 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## Landlord

- HeadOfficer: Thomasina White
- SiteManager: Francisco Morales
- Agent: Jose Mejia
- CorporateOwner: Central Harlem 203K HDFC Inc

The same owner is linked to 19 other buildings (Thomasina White at 121 Sixth Ave).

## Sources and limits

NYC Open Data (HPD, DOB, OATH/ECB, 311, DOF, PLUTO) and NYS DHCR building lists. This is a screening signal from public records, not legal advice; records lag and contain errors. Full interactive report with violation details and maps: https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/1019150051/140-west-131-street-manhattan