124 West 137 Street

Manhattan, NY

BBL 1-01921-0046BIN 1058345Plain-text version

Concern level4 of 4

Severe

01On HPD's Alternative Enforcement Program — the city's most-distressed-buildings list
0243 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 21 apartments
0318 of those issued in the last 3 years
0418 open rent-impairing violation(s)
056 active DOB violation(s)
064 evictions 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.

HPD enforcement

On the Alternative Enforcement Program

HPD placed this building in its Alternative Enforcement Program (AEP Round 11), active since 2018-01-31. AEP is the city's response to its most distressed buildings — it had 645 open B/C violations at selection.

Rent regulation

Likely rent-stabilized

The owner registered 21 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — essentially all of the building's 21 apartments.

2018 — 21 units registered2023 — 21

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.

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Rent regulation

The building

1910

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

Type

Energy-efficiency grade

Grade D — least efficient

ENERGY STAR score 13 of 100

Posted at the entrance of buildings over 25,000 sq ft (Local Law 33). It rates energy efficiency — a proxy for comfort and utility cost — not the landlord's upkeep.

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building38 others linked to the same owner

HPD housing-maintenance violations

280

Open now

607

On record

Open Class C

179

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 I · NON-HAZARDOUS

§27-2153 ADM CODE THE PREMISES HAS BEEN SELECTED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ALTERNATIVE ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM WHICH MAY RESULT IN BUILDING-WIDE INSPECTIONS, FEES, AND EXTENSIVE REPAIR WORK TO CORRECT VIOLATIONS AND UNDERLYING CONDITIONS. CHARGES FOR REPAIR WORK DONE PURSUANT TO THIS ORDER, IF NOT PAID, WILL BECOME LIENS ON THE PROPERTY

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

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 5BIssued 2026-10-012 violations

§ 27-2043.1 HMC INSTALL THE MISSING OR REPAIR/REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE WINDOW GUARD(S) IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SPECIFICATIONS OF THE NEW YORK CITY HEALTH CODE SECTION 24 RCNY CHAPTER 12. WG TO INSTALL = 1, WG TO REPLACE = 0, WG TO REPAIR = 0 IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 5B, 5th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH
HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF MICE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 5B, 5th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 5BIssued 2026-07-275 violations

§ 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE UPPER WINDOW SASH IS MISSING IN THE 2nd BATHROOM FROM EAST LOCATED AT APT 5B, 5th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH
§ 27-2005 ADM CODE & 309 M/D LAW ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF WINDOW OPENING SEALED WITH PLYWOOD OBSTRUCTING NATURAL LIGHT AND VENTILATION IN THE 1st ROOM FROM EAST AT SOUTH LOCATED AT APT 5B, 5th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

3 more from the same inspection

HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF ROACHES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 5B, 5th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH
§ 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE CERAMIC FLOOR TILES IN THE 2nd BATHROOM FROM EAST LOCATED AT APT 5B, 5th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH
HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF MICE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 5B, 5th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 1BIssued 2026-03-302 violations

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR AT CEILING IN THE 1st ROOM FROM EAST AT SOUTH LOCATED AT APT 1B, 1st STORY, 3rd APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST
§ 27-2026, 2027 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE EVIDENCE OF A WATER LEAK AT CEILING IN THE 1st ROOM FROM EAST AT SOUTH LOCATED AT APT 1B, 1st STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

260

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water132

Plumbing33

Door/Window23

Unsanitary Condition21

Water Leak13

Appliance12

Electric11

Paint/Plaster8

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

2043

Noise reports · last 12 mo

170

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Street/Sidewalk790

Residential778

Commercial327

Unspecified88

Vehicle43

House of Worship16

Park1

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.

Neighborhood noise

Neighborhood crime

Much higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

807

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony231

Misdemeanor374

Violation202

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

No bedbugs reported

The owner filed 2 annual bedbug reports and reported no infested units. Filing with zero infestations is the compliant, reassuring case.

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.

ACTIVE · EGRADE-FAILURE TO POST ENERGY GRADE/SCORE NONE2022-12-01

FAILURE TO DISPLAY ENERGY EFFICIENCY SCORE AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY GRADE AS PER ADCODE SEC. 28-309.12.3

ACTIVE · EGRADE-FAILURE TO POST ENERGY GRADE/SCORE NONE2021-12-01

FAILURE TO DISPLAY ENERGY EFFICIENCY SCORE AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY GRADE AS PER ADCODE SEC. 28-309.12.3

ACTIVE · EGRADE-FAILURE TO POST ENERGY GRADE/SCORE NONE2021-04-29

FAILURE TO DISPLAY ENERGY EFFICIENCY SCORE AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY GRADE AS PER ADCODE SEC. 28-309.12.3

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.

OATH/ECB violations and fines

Evictions

Executed, all time

Last 3 years

2025-02-13Apt 5Cresidential

2024-07-29Apt 1Cresidential

2024-02-23Apt 2Bresidential

2024-02-21Apt 4Dresidential

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

Cases on record

Open now

Tenant-brought

Harassment found

With a judgment

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.

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

BUFNY II ASSOCIATES, L.P.

Head officer

KIUMARZ GEULA

Managing agent

PILLAR PROPROPERTY MANAGEMENT LLC

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

106 WEST 137 STREETMANHATTAN 110 WEST 137 STREETMANHATTAN 126 WEST 124 STREETMANHATTAN 128 WEST 124 STREETMANHATTAN 130 WILLIS AVENUEBRONX

Landlord and related buildings

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale1998-10-29 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2012-02-28 · $1,798,110

Mortgage2012-02-28$1,798,110

borrower BUFNY II ASSOCIATES, L.P. · lender THE CITY OF NEW YORK - DEPT. OF HPD

Mortgage2005-05-11$2,000,000

borrower BUFNY II ASSOCIATES, L.P. · lender CHARTERMAC MORTGAGE CAPITAL CORPORATION

Mortgage1999-03-10$2,100,000

borrower BUFNY II ASSOCIATES,L.P. · lender CHASE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

Mortgage1999-03-10$2,000,000

borrower BUFNY II ASSOCIATES,L.P. · lender HOUSING TRUST FUND CORPORATION

Sale1998-10-29no recorded price

NYC HPD → BUFNY II ASSOCIATESL.P.

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

Flagged for the 2019 tax-lien sale

The owner owes enough in property taxes (and possibly water charges) to be listed for the city's tax-lien sale (most recently a 10-day notice). A listing can still be cured by paying or entering a payment plan.

Years listed

2019

Most recent

10-day noticeincl. property tax2019-07-01

30-day noticeincl. property tax2019-06-19

60-day noticeincl. property tax2019-05-20

90-day noticeincl. property tax2019-04-17

From DOF lien-sale lists (2019–2025). Financial distress is not proof of neglect, but owners behind on what they owe the city more often let repairs slide. Debt may since have been paid.

City debt & tax-lien sale