171 Morningside Avenue

Manhattan, NY

BBL 1-01953-0063BIN 1059365Plain-text version

Concern level4 of 4

Severe

0119 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 10 apartments
029 of those issued in the last 3 years
035 open rent-impairing violation(s)
049 active DOB 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.

Rent regulation

Likely rent-stabilized

The owner registered 10 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — essentially all of the building's 10 apartments.

2018 — 10 units registered2023 — 10

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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The building

1901

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

Type

This building and the landlord's others

This building13 others linked to the same owner

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

219

On record

Open Class C

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 C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 1BIssued 2025-11-13

HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF MICE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 1B, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 3AIssued 2025-01-13RENT-IMPAIRING

§ 27-2031 ADM CODE PROVIDE HOT WATER AT ALL HOT WATER FIXTURES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 3A, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 1BIssued 2025-01-132 violationsRENT-IMPAIRING

§ 27-2029 ADM CODE PROVIDE AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF HEAT FOR THE APARTMENT IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 1B, 1st 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 1B, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2025-01-13

§ 27-2033 ADM CODE PROVIDE READY ACCESS TO BUILDINGS HEATING SYSTEM BOILER ROOM DOOR LOCKED AT BASEMENT

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water19

Unsanitary Condition10

Plumbing6

Door/Window2

Flooring/Stairs1

General1

Water Leak1

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

1418

Noise reports · last 12 mo

118

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Street/Sidewalk871

Residential315

Unspecified91

Commercial85

Vehicle55

House of Worship1

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

657

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony193

Misdemeanor340

Violation124

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 5 annual bedbug reports and reported no infested units. Filing with zero infestations is the compliant, reassuring case.

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 · LBLVIO-LOW PRESSURE BOILER BOILER REQUIRED2024-09-23

VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2023 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION

ACTIVE · LBLVIO-LOW PRESSURE BOILER BOILER REQUIRED2023-06-30

VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2020 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION

ACTIVE · LBLVIO-LOW PRESSURE BOILER BOILER REQUIRED2023-06-30

VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2021 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION

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.

ConstructionClass 22016-03-22$1,200 penalty

OATH/ECB violations and fines

Evictions

No marshal-executed evictions on record for this building. Eviction cases filed in court but not carried out aren't included.

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.

CLOSEDJUDGMENTOpened 2025-01-31

Heat / hot water

CLOSEDOpened 2018-02-22

Heat / hot water

CLOSEDOpened 2012-12-28

Comprehensive

CLOSEDOpened 2012-05-08

Tenant action

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.

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

161-171 MORNINGSIDE LLC

Head officer

CHAD JEWELL

Managing agent

MM PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC

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

104 AUDUBON AVENUEMANHATTAN 153 LENOX AVENUEMANHATTAN 163 MORNINGSIDE AVENUEMANHATTAN 164 WEST 141 STREETMANHATTAN 165 MORNINGSIDE AVENUEMANHATTAN

Landlord and related buildings

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2013-11-14 · $10,865,560

Most recent mortgage2016-01-07 · $1,344,461.84

Mortgage2016-01-07$1,344,461.84

borrower 161-171 MORNINGSIDE LLC · lender SIGNATURE BANK

Sale2013-11-14$10,865,560

MORNINGSIDE 126-127 LLC → 161-171 MORNINGSIDE LLC

Mortgage2013-11-14$4,061,250

borrower 161-171 MORNINGSIDE LLC · lender SIGNATURE BANK

Mortgage2007-02-15$1,070,000

borrower 145-153 EDGECOMBE LLC, 337 WEST 138 LLC, 17-25 ST. NICHOLAS AVENUE LLC, 1829 ADAM CLAYTON POWELL BLVD LLC, 707 ST. NICHOLAS AVENUE LLC, 2051-2059 FDB LLC, 2107-2109 8TH LLC, 6 MORNINGSIDE AVENUE LLC, MORNINGSIDE 126-127 LLC, 301,303,311 WEST 111 LLC, 349 MANHATTAN LLC, 2095-2099 8TH LLC, 345 MANHATTAN LLC, 557-561 WEST 149 LLC, 2010 7TH AVENUE LLC, 770 ST. NICHOLAS AVENUE LLC, 305 WEST 111 LLC, 1728 AMSTERDAM 510 W. 146 LLC, 617 WEST 143 LLC, 23 MANHATTAN VALLEY NORTH LLC, 35 MORNINGSIDE LLC, 1833-1835 7TH AVENUE LLC, 655 WEST 160 LLC, 164-172 WEST 141 LLC, 610-620 WEST 141 LLC, 153-157 LENOX LLC, 239-253 WEST 116 LLC, MANHATTAN VALLEY WEST LLC, WEST 112 LLC, 638 WEST 160 LLC, 303-309 WEST 113 LLC · lender AIMCO HARLEM FUNDING LLC

Mortgage2007-02-14$499,000

borrower 349 MANHATTAN LLC, 35 MORNINGSIDE LLC, 337 WEST 138 LLC, 345 MANHATTAN LLC, 610-620 WEST 141 LLC, 23 MANHATTAN VALLEY NORTH LLC, 1829 ADAM CLAYTON POWELL BLVD LLC, 164-172 WEST 141 LLC, WEST 112 LLC, 655 WEST 160 LLC, 2010 7TH AVENUE LLC, 1833-1835 7TH AVENUE LLC, 617 WEST 143 LLC, 638 WEST 160 LLC, 707 ST. NICHOLAS AVENUE LLC, 145-153 EDGECOMBE LLC, 153-157 LENOX LLC, 301,303,311 WEST 111 LLC, 305 WEST 111 LLC, 1728 AMSTERDAM 510 W. 146 LLC, 2095-2099 8TH LLC, 2107-2109 8TH LLC, MORNINGSIDE 126-127 LLC, 239-253 WEST 116 LLC, 6 MORNINGSIDE AVENUE LLC, 557-561 WEST 149 LLC, 303-309 WEST 113 LLC, 2051-2059 FDB LLC, 770 ST. NICHOLAS AVENUE LLC, MANHATTAN VALLEY WEST LLC, 17-25 ST. NICHOLAS AVENUE LLC · lender AIMCO HARLEM FUNDING, LLC

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

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.