233 West 140 Street

Manhattan, NY

BBL 1-02026-0009BIN 1060401

Concern level4 of 4

Severe

0130 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 31 apartments
0211 of those issued in the last 3 years
039 open rent-impairing violation(s)
049 active DOB violation(s)
052 DOB fines lost by default (unpaid)

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 30 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 31 apartments.

2018 — 31 units registered2023 — 30

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

1926

Built

Floors

Residential units

Elevator apartments

Type

Energy-efficiency grade

Grade F — did not comply

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 building7 others linked to the same owner

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

165

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 1FIssued 2026-08-31

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

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2026-06-22RENT-IMPAIRING

567 (C) § 27-2017, 27-2017.1, 27-2017.4, 27-2017.5, 27-2017.8, 27-2019, 27-2021 HMC: ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF EVIDENCE OF RATS AND ALL UNDERLYING CAUSES CREATING THE PEST INFESTATIONS, BY USING INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT (IPM), ELIMINATE ALL BURROW ENTRY AND PASSAGEWAYS, PEST NESTS, HOLES, GAPS OR CRACKS IN WALLS, CEILINGS, FLOORS, FIXING LEAKS AND MANAGING GARBAGE IN PUBLIC AREAS. EVIDENCE FOUND AT ... AT PUBLIC HALL, 5th STORY

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2025-09-25

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

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 4EIssued 2025-09-25RENT-IMPAIRING

§ 27-2031 ADM CODE PROVIDE HOT WATER AT ALL HOT WATER FIXTURES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 4E, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

220

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water112

Unsanitary Condition36

Plumbing23

General11

Paint/Plaster11

Electric9

Door/Window9

311 complaints from tenants

Neighborhood noise

Much higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

2093

Noise reports · last 12 mo

174

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential1073

Street/Sidewalk737

Commercial181

Unspecified69

Vehicle30

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

541

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony165

Misdemeanor243

Violation133

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

Infested, latest filing

Annual filings

Re-infestation reported

2020–20210 infested · 0 eradicated

2019–20208 infested · 8 eradicated · 1 re-infested

Self-reported by the owner for the year ending each filing. Counts are building-wide and do not say which apartment was affected.

Bedbug history

DOB building violations

Active

On record

Active, last 3 yrs

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

ACTIVE · BENCH-FAILURE TO BENCHMARK NONE2021-02-02

FAILURE TO FILE BENCHMARKING REPORT OF ENERGY USE AS PER AD. CODE SEC. 28-309.4

ACTIVE · BENCH-FAILURE TO BENCHMARK NONE2020-11-02

FAILURE TO FILE BENCHMARKING REPORT OF ENERGY USE AS PER AD. CODE SEC. 28-309.4

DOB building violations

Evictions

Executed, all time

Last 3 years

2018-11-21Apt 3Aresidential

2018-03-21Apt 1Eresidential

2017-04-10Apt 1Eresidential

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

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 2025-10-02

Heat / hot water

CLOSEDOpened 2023-03-07

Heat / hot water

CLOSEDOpened 2020-10-19

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2020-10-19

Tenant action

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

MAXWELL DEVELOPMENT LP

Head officer

KENNETH MORRISON

Managing agent

LEMOR REALTY CORP

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

141 WEST 128 STREETMANHATTAN 151 WEST 140 STREETMANHATTAN 159 WEST 145 STREETMANHATTAN 228 WEST 141 STREETMANHATTAN 2288 FREDERICK DOUGLASS BOULEVARDMANHATTAN

Landlord and related buildings

Unpaid city fines

$6,250

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.

DEFAULTBoilersClass 22021-03-30$3,125 due

Unpaid city fines

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2001-12-14 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2004-12-30 · $1,794,450

Mortgage2004-12-30$1,794,450

borrower MAXWELL DEVELOPMENT, L.P., · lender THE CITY OF NEW YORK

Mortgage2002-01-14$5,670,479

borrower MAXWELL DEVELOPMENT,L.P. · lender NYC HPD

Sale2001-12-14no recorded price

NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERSHIP HOUSING DVLPMNT FUND ETC → MAXWELL DEVELOPMENTL.P.

Mortgage1999-11-10$3,315,887

borrower MAXWELL REAL ESTATEDEVELOPMENT CORP., NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERSHP HOUSING DVPMNT FUND CO INC · lender CHASE MANHATTAN BANK

Mortgage1999-11-10$394,511

borrower NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERSHP HOUSING DVPMNT FUND CO INC, MAXWELL REAL ESTATEDEVELOPMENT CORP. · lender CHASE MANHATTAN BANK

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 2025 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

2025

Most recent

10-day noticeincl. property tax2025-05-01

30-day noticeincl. property tax2025-04-01

60-day noticeincl. property tax2025-03-01

90-day noticeincl. property tax2025-02-01

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