505 West 148 Street

Manhattan, NY

BBL 1-02080-0025BIN 1062030Plain-text version

Concern level2 of 4

Moderate

011 open class-C HPD violation (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 14 apartments
021 of those issued in the last 3 years
031 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

On the NYC DHCR 2024 registered rent-stabilized building list. This official list records the building, not a per-year unit count.

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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The building

1900

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building74 others linked to the same owner

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

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. 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 C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 4AIssued 2023-11-20

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

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 3BIssued 2017-08-285+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2018 ADMIN. CODE: ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF BEDBUGS IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 3B, 3rd STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 4BIssued 2017-08-245+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPLACE WITH NEW THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE EXTERIOR THERMO GLASS PANE AT WINDOW LOWER SASH TO FIRE ESCCAPE WINDOW IN THE 6th ROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT APT 4B, 4th STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 4BIssued 2017-08-013 violations5+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR CEILING AND SOUTH WALL , IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 4B, 4th STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH · Awaiting HPD re-inspection
§ 27-2045 ADM CODE REPAIR OR REPLACE THE SMOKE DETECTOR DEFECTIVE ( NO BATTERY , TOTAL 2 DEVICES ) LOCATED AT APT 4B, 4th STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH · Awaiting HPD re-inspection

1 more from the same inspection

§ 27-2046.1 HMC: REPAIR OR REPLACE THE CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTING DEVICE(S). DEFECTIVE ( NO BATTERY , TOTAL 2 DEVICES ) LOCATED AT APT 4B, 4th STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH · Notice issued, not yet certified

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Unsanitary Condition3

Heat/Hot Water2

General1

Water Leak1

Heat/Hot WaterEntire Building2026-02-14 · closed

Water LeakHeavy Flow2025-05-24 · closed

Unsanitary ConditionPests2023-11-01 · closed

Complaints record what a tenant reported, not a finding by the city. "Closed" often means the inspector could not gain access.

Neighborhood noise

Much higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

1929

Noise reports · last 12 mo

161

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential858

Street/Sidewalk667

Unspecified146

Vehicle130

Commercial117

House of Worship10

Helicopter1

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

498

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony153

Misdemeanor257

Violation88

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.

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 REQUIRED2023-06-30

VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2021 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION

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

Executed, all time

Last 3 years

2017-08-07Apt 4Cresidential

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: repair & harassment cases

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.

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

HAMILTON HEIGHTS COMMUNITY HDFC

Head officer

MICHAEL PADERNACHT

Managing agent

MIDAS PROPERTY MANAGEMENT

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

1 MORNINGSIDE AVENUEMANHATTAN 10-01 PENNYFIELD AVENUEBRONX 100 HURON STREETBROOKLYN 1015 SUMMIT AVENUEBRONX 1054 SOUTHERN BOULEVARDBRONX

Landlord and related buildings

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2011-12-15 · $3,888,210

Most recent mortgage2011-12-15 · $2,633,205

Mortgage2011-12-15$2,633,205

borrower HAMILTON HEIGHTS COMMUNITY HDFC · lender CITICORP USA, INC.

Sale2011-12-15$3,888,210

UHAB HDFC → HAMILTON HEIGHTS COMMUNITY HDFC

Mortgage2008-02-27$1,527,083

borrower UHAB HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND CORPORATION · lender CITICORP USA, INC.

Mortgage2008-02-27$1,106,122

borrower UHAB HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND CORPORATION · lender CITICORP USA, INC.

Mortgage2008-02-27$1,641,540

borrower UHAB HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND CORPORATION · lender THE CITY 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.

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.