525 West 135 Street

Manhattan, NY

BBL 1-01988-0085BIN 1059784

Concern level4 of 4

Severe

0115 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 25 apartments
0215 of those issued in the last 3 years
039 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.

Rent regulation

Likely rent-stabilized

The owner registered 13 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 25 apartments.

2018 — 13 units registered2023 — 13

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1910

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building10 others linked to the same owner

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

193

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.

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 34Issued 2026-07-20

§ 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... GREATER THAN 10SQ.FT. AT EAST AND SOUTH WALL IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 34, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH ORIGINAL VIOLATION 18137545 ISSUED 04-AUG-25 HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO CLASS C PER ADMINISTRATIVE CODE 27-2017.3a(5)(a) or (b).

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2026-05-26

§ 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 LATCH SET AT VESTIBULE DOOR AT PUBLIC HALL, 1st STORY

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 34Issued 2026-04-27

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE & 309 M/D LAW ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF A KEY OPERATED LOCK INSTALLED AT DOOR TO THE ROOM WITH FIRE ESCAPE WINDOW IN THE 1st ROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT APT 34, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 31Issued 2026-04-27

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE & 309 M/D LAW ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF A KEY OPERATED LOCK INSTALLED AT DOOR TO THE ROOM WITH FIRE ESCAPE WINDOW IN THE 4th ROOM FROM NORTH AT WEST LOCATED AT APT 31, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

104

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water28

Unsanitary Condition19

General18

Appliance11

Water Leak9

Electric5

Paint/Plaster5

Plumbing5

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

1806

Noise reports · last 12 mo

151

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential1016

Street/Sidewalk593

Unspecified80

Commercial56

Vehicle54

Park7

311 noise complaints within about 1,000 ft (a few blocks) in the last year. Most reports here are about noise from inside buildings — neighbors, not the street. 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

551

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony164

Misdemeanor255

Violation132

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 8 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

No active DOB violations.

DOB building violations

Evictions

No executed evictions on record for this building.

Evictions

Housing court

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.

CLOSEDOpened 2025-07-24

Heat / hot water

CLOSEDOpened 2023-07-31

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2014-09-26

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2011-03-24

Access Warrant - Non-Lead

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

525 - 527 W 135, LLC

Head officer

MARIEL ARISMENDY

Managing agent

NEW CITY MANAGEMENT LLC

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

1317 PROSPECT AVENUEBRONX 1382 COLLEGE AVENUEBRONX 1722 AMSTERDAM AVENUEMANHATTAN 1724 AMSTERDAM AVENUEMANHATTAN 2002 AMSTERDAM AVENUEMANHATTAN

Landlord and related buildings

Unpaid city fines

Balance due (active)

Active violations

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.

Unpaid city fines

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2008-03-28 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2016-04-22 · $2,958,761.96

Mortgage2016-04-22$2,958,761.96

borrower 525-527 W 135TH LLC · lender ARBOR COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE,LLC

Mortgage2016-04-22$716,238.04

borrower 525-527 W 135TH LLC · lender ARBOR COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE,LLC

Mortgage2014-12-19$2,474,090.83

borrower 525-527 W 135 LLC · lender PEOPLE'S UNITED BANK

Mortgage2012-12-14$1,046,058.3

borrower 525-527 W 135 LLC · lender FLUSHING BANK, FSB

Sale2008-03-28no recorded price

CITY COLLEGE DORMS LLC → 525-527 W 135 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.

City debt & tax-lien sale