550 West 144 Street

Manhattan, NY

BBL 1-02075-0053BIN 1061893Plain-text version

Concern level3 of 4

High

015 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 6 apartments
025 of those issued in the last 3 years
033 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 30 stabilized units with New York State for 2021 — essentially all of the building's 30 apartments.

2019 — 30 units registered2021 — 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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The building

1910

Built

Floors

Residential units

Elevator apartments

Type

Energy-efficiency grade

Grade B — above average

ENERGY STAR score 80 of 100

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.

This building and the landlord's others

This building1 others linked to the same owner

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

317

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 33Issued 2025-12-30

HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF MICE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 33, 3rd STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 44Issued 2025-12-30

HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF MICE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 44, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 32Issued 2024-06-11

HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF ROACHES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 32, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH

Status: Defect letter issued

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 42Issued 2024-03-21

HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF MICE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 42, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH

Status: Defect letter issued

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water12

Water Leak2

Electric1

General1

Door/Window1

Paint/Plaster1

Safety1

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

4531

Noise reports · last 12 mo

378

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential1752

Street/Sidewalk1649

Commercial906

Unspecified110

Vehicle108

Park3

House of Worship3

311 noise complaints within about 1,000 ft (a few blocks) in the last year. Most reports here are about outdoor noise (mostly residential) — 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

638

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony203

Misdemeanor323

Violation112

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

2024–20250 infested · 0 eradicated

2023–20240 infested · 0 eradicated

2022–20230 infested · 0 eradicated

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

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 REQUIRED2023-06-20

VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2019 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION

ACTIVE · LL1081-LOCAL LAW 10/81 - ELEVATOR ELEVATOROPTIONAL1997-01-13

ACTIVE · C-CONSTRUCTION OTHER OPTIONAL1991-06-25

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.

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.

CLOSEDOpened 2013-10-10

Access Warrant - Non-Lead

CLOSEDOpened 2008-12-08

Access Warrant - lead

CLOSEDOpened 2008-04-11

Access Warrant - lead

CLOSEDOpened 2008-01-03

False Certification Non-Lead

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

540-550 West 144th Street HDFC

Head officer

SHARAY LOUDEN

Managing agent

Finger Management Realty LLC

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

540 WEST 144 STREETMANHATTAN

Landlord and related buildings

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2016-05-09 · $12,963,964

Most recent mortgage2016-05-09 · $1,927,601

Mortgage2016-05-09$1,927,601

borrower 540-550 HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND CORPORATION · lender CPC FUNDING SPE 1 LLC

Mortgage2016-05-09$1,800,000

borrower 540-550 HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND CORPORATION · lender THE NEW YORK STATE AFFORDABLE HOUSING CORPORATION

Sale2016-05-09$12,963,964

UHAB HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND CORPORATION → 540-550 HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND CORPORATION

Mortgage2012-05-30$1,777,878

borrower UHAB HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND CORPORATION · lender THE COMMUNITY PRESERVATION CORPORATION

Mortgage2012-05-30$421,351

borrower UHAB HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND CORPORATION · lender THE COMMUNITY PRESERVATION CORPORATION

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.