224 West 140 Street

Manhattan, NY

BBL 1-02025-0055BIN 1060384

Concern level4 of 4

Severe

0112 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 18 apartments
0212 of those issued in the last 3 years
032 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 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 18 stabilized units with New York State for 2022 — essentially all of the building's 18 apartments.

2018 — 18 units registered2022 — 18

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

1920

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building4 others linked to the same owner

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

185

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 1BIssued 2026-08-21

§ 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE UNCAPPED BASEBOARD HEATER HOT WATER PIPE AT EAST WALL IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 1B, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH

Status: Civ14 Mailed

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 5CIssued 2026-08-21

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE CERAMIC FLOOR TILES IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 5C, 5th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

Status: Civ14 Mailed

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 1CIssued 2026-08-17

§ 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE CERAMIC FLOOR TILES IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 1C, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

Status: Civ14 Mailed

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 1CIssued 2026-08-17

§ 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... APPROX 10SQFT AT CEILING IN THE 1st ROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT APT 1C, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH ORIGINAL VIOLATION 16544648 ISSUED 20-DEC-23 HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO CLASS C PER ADMINISTRATIVE CODE 27-2017.3a(5)(a) or (b).

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Door/Window15

Plumbing15

Heat/Hot Water14

Paint/Plaster12

Unsanitary Condition10

Flooring/Stairs10

Water Leak9

Electric6

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

2053

Noise reports · last 12 mo

171

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential1027

Street/Sidewalk741

Commercial183

Unspecified67

Vehicle32

Park3

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

499

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony161

Misdemeanor222

Violation116

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 4 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

ACTIVE · LBLVIO-LOW PRESSURE BOILER BOILER REQUIRED2011-12-13

VIOLATION ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO FILE ANNUAL BOILER 2010 INSPECTION REPORT

ACTIVE · LL6291-LOCAL LAW 62/91 - BOILERS BOILER REQUIRED2007-01-19

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 2021-05-14

Access Warrant - Non-Lead

CLOSEDOpened 2020-09-01

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2014-04-04

Heat / hot water

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

140th Street Realty LLC

Head officer

John SISMANOGLOU

Managing agent

VICTOR SISMANOGLOU

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

11-58 49 AVENUEQUEENS 226 WEST 140 STREETMANHATTAN 228 WEST 140 STREETMANHATTAN 315 WEST 121 STREETMANHATTAN

Landlord and related buildings

Unpaid city fines

No DOB/ECB violations on record for this building.

Unpaid city fines

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2014-06-25 · $6,572,706

Most recent mortgage1998-05-15 · $4,385,770

Sale2014-06-25$6,572,706

FS DEVELOPMENT CO., L.P. → FS 140TH STREET HOUSING DEVELOPMENT

Mortgage1998-05-15$4,385,770

borrower NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERSHIP HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ETC., F & S REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT CORP. · lender NYC HPD

Sale1997-12-12no recorded price

NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERSHIP HOUSING DEV. FUND COMPANY → F S DEVELOPMENT CO.,L.P.

Mortgage1996-04-17$7,860,379

borrower F&S REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT CORP. · lender CHEMICAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, INC.

Mortgage1996-04-17$1,024,621

borrower F&S REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT CORP. · lender CHEMICAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, INC.

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 2021 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

2021

Most recent

10-day noticeincl. property tax2021-12-03

30-day noticeincl. property tax2021-11-10

60-day noticeincl. property tax2021-10-18

90-day noticeincl. property tax2021-09-13

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