Most cases are tenants taking the owner to court to force repairs. A case is not proof of wrongdoing; a harassment finding or judgment is a court ruling against the owner.
CLOSEDOpened 2026-05-15
Tenant action
CLOSEDOpened 2011-06-08
CONH
CLOSEDOpened 2005-11-07
CONH
Evictions
No executed evictions on record for this building.
The building
1910
Built
3
Floors
4
Residential units
Walk-up apartments
Type
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.
Rent regulation
Not on the rent-stabilized list
Not found in the DOF tax-bill records nor the 2024 DHCR registered building list. Absence isn't proof a unit is unregulated — buildings can be missing or newly deregulated.
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.
·Bought and resold within a few years — rapid turnover is a common speculation signal
A pattern, not a prediction — many transfers are ordinary or between related companies.
11
Recorded sales
6
Mortgages / refinances
Last recorded sale2010-11-30 · no recorded price
Most recent mortgage2017-06-23 · $2,840,988.94
Mortgage2017-06-23$2,840,988.94
borrower 136 W 136TH STREET LLC · lender JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NA
Mortgage2017-06-23$871,802.21
borrower 136 W 136TH STREET LLC · lender JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NA
Mortgage2011-08-05$3,500,000
borrower ICER OF 145 W. 131ST STREET, LLC, ICER OF 322 W. 138TH STREET, LLC, ICER OF 141 W. 131ST STREET, LLC, 136 W. 136TH STREET, LLC, ICER OF 236 W. 139TH STREET, LLC · lender SAFRA NATIONAL BANK OF NEW YORK
Sale2010-11-30no recorded price
JEMAL, LAWRENCE → 136 W. 136TH STREET LLC
Sale2010-04-30$500,000
PENNHARRIS GARDENS CORP → JEMAL, LAWRENCE
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.
Bedbug history
No bedbugs reported
The owner filed 6 annual bedbug reports and reported no infested units. Filing with zero infestations is the compliant, reassuring case.
Neighborhood crime
Much higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks
985
NYPD reports · last 12 mo
82
≈ per month
Felony303
Misdemeanor487
Violation195
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 noise
Much higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks
2183
Noise reports · last 12 mo
182
≈ per month
38
% from neighbors
Street/Sidewalk844
Residential826
Commercial348
Unspecified95
Vehicle50
House of Worship20
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.
Unpaid city fines
$0
Balance due (active)
0
Active violations
0
Lost by default
DOB violations adjudicated by OATH carry money penalties. "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.
Concern level4 of 4
Severe
014 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 4 apartments
024 of those issued in the last 3 years
032 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 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.
HPD housing-maintenance violations
9
Open now
80
On record
4
Open Class C
4
Open Class B
1
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 HAZARDOUSIssued 2026-06-12RENT-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 LIVE RATS AT YARD
Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix
CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 1Issued 2026-06-04
HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF ROACHES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 1, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST
Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix
CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2026-06-04RENT-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 YARDS THROUGHOUT YARD
Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix
CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 4Issued 2026-03-11
§ 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 IN THE ENTRANCE LOCATED AT APT 4, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST
