No HPD housing-court cases on record for this building.
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.
Evictions
1
Executed, all time
0
Last 3 years
2018-09-28Apt 3Aresidential
Executed by a city marshal. An eviction can be lawful; a high or rising count is a displacement signal, not proof of wrongdoing.
Rent regulation
Likely rent-stabilized
The owner registered 9 stabilized units with New York State for 2019 — of about 10 apartments.
18
19
2018 — 10 units registered2019 — 9
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.
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
§27-2107 ADM CODE OWNER FAILED TO FILE A VALID REGISTRATION STATEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT AS REQUIRED BY ADM CODE §27-2097 AND IS THEREFORE SUBJECT TO CIVIL PENALTIES, PROHIBITED FROM CERTIFYING VIOLATIONS, AND DENIED THE RIGHT TO RECOVER POSSESSION OF PREMISES FOR NONPAYMENT OF RENT UNTIL A VALID REGISTRATION STATEMENT IS FILED.
Status: Notice issued, not yet certified
CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2025-01-22
§ 27-2033 ADM CODE PROVIDE READY ACCESS TO BUILDINGS HEATING SYSTEM DOOR TO BOILER ROOM LOCKED
Status: Notice issued, not yet certified
CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 3BIssued 2025-01-22RENT-IMPAIRING
§ 27-2029 ADM CODE PROVIDE AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF HEAT FOR THE APARTMENT IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 3B, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST
Status: Notice issued, not yet certified
CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 5AIssued 2015-02-095+ YRS OLD
SECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE APARTMENT DOOR MORTISE LOCKSET ASSEMBLY IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 5A, 5th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH
Status: Certified late
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.
OATH/ECB violations and fines
No OATH/ECB violations on record for this building.
Concern level4 of 4
Severe
015 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 2 apartments
022 of those issued in the last 3 years
032 open rent-impairing violation(s)
044 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.
311 complaints from tenants
2
All time
0
Last 12 months
Heat/Hot Water2
Heat/Hot WaterEntire Building2025-01-17 · closed
Heat/Hot WaterEntire Building2024-12-21 · closed
Complaints record what a tenant reported, not a finding by the city. "Closed" often means the inspector could not gain access.
The building
1926
Built
5
Floors
10
Residential units
Walk-up apartments
Type
DOB building violations
4
Active
5
On record
2
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 REQUIRED2025-11-14
VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2024 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION
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 REQUIRED2023-06-20
VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2018 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION
Bedbug history
No annual bedbug report on file. Owners of buildings with three or more apartments must file one each year — its absence can mean a smaller building, or an owner that has not filed.
Landlord and related buildings
Registered owner
273 WEST 140TH STREET LLC
Head officer
KWEI CHU
Managing agent
JIM CHU
No other buildings found sharing this building's registered contact.
This building and the landlord's others
This building
Neighborhood crime
Much higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks
528
NYPD reports · last 12 mo
44
≈ per month
Felony161
Misdemeanor230
Violation137
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.
Ownership & money
8
Recorded sales
6
Mortgages / refinances
Last recorded sale2015-07-15 · $2,700,000
Most recent mortgage2015-07-15 · $1,050,000
Sale2015-07-15$2,700,000
273 W. 140TH ST. REALTY, INC. → 273 W. 140TH STREET, LLC.
Mortgage2015-07-15$1,050,000
borrower 273 W. 140TH STREET LLC · lender JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
Mortgage1996-07-11$337,000
borrower 273 W. 140 ST. REALTY INC · lender NYC HPD
Mortgage1996-07-11$15,291
borrower 273 W. 140 ST. REALTY INC · lender NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSINGSERVICES OF NEW YORK
Mortgage1996-07-11$217,709
borrower 273 W. 140TH ST. REALTY INC · lender NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSINGSERVICES OF NEW YORK
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.
Neighborhood noise
Much higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks
1765
Noise reports · last 12 mo
147
≈ per month
60
% from neighbors
Residential1055
Street/Sidewalk468
Commercial151
Unspecified63
Vehicle25
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.