No HPD housing-court cases on record for this building.
DOB building violations
0
Active
5
On record
0
Active, last 3 yrs
No active DOB violations.
311 complaints from tenants
No 311 housing complaints on record for this building.
Rent regulation
Likely rent-stabilized
The owner registered 12 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 20 apartments.
18
19
20
21
22
23
2018 — 12 units registered2023 — 12
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.
No executed evictions on record for this building.
Neighborhood crime
Higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks
419
NYPD reports · last 12 mo
35
≈ per month
Felony133
Misdemeanor231
Violation55
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.
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.
HPD housing-maintenance violations
1
Open now
37
On record
1
Open Class C
0
Open Class B
0
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 1AIssued 2023-10-04
§ 27-2005, 27-2007, 27-2041.1 HMC, §238, § 309; § 107 (2) ( C) MDL AND 28 RCNY §25-171: REPLACE OR REPAIR THE SELF-CLOSING DOORS THAT IS MISSING OR DEFECTIVE HINGES IN THE ENTRANCE LOCATED AT APT 1A, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST
Status: Notice issued, not yet certified
Unpaid city fines
$0
Balance due (active)
0
Active violations
0
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.
Concern level2 of 4
Moderate
011 open class-C HPD violation (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 20 apartments
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.
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.
Landlord and related buildings
Registered owner
453 WEST 166TH STREET HDFC
Head officer
FRANCIA CASTILLO
Managing agent
FINGER MANAGEMENT CORP
No other buildings found sharing this building's registered contact.
This building and the landlord's others
This building
Ownership & money
9
Recorded sales
5
Mortgages / refinances
Last recorded sale2012-06-29 · $952,445
Most recent mortgage2012-06-29 · $75,603
Sale2012-06-29$952,445
453 W. 166 STREET L.P. → 453 WEST 166TH STREET HDFC
Mortgage2012-06-29$75,603
borrower 453 WEST 166TH STREET HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND · lender NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
Mortgage2012-06-29$65,726
borrower 453 WEST 166TH STREET HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND · lender THE CITY OF NEW YORK
Mortgage1991-09-27$1,040,444
borrower 453 WEST 166 STREETLP · lender CITY OF NEW YORK HPD
Sale1991-09-26no recorded price
NEW YORK CITY DEPT HPD → 453 WEST 166 STREETLP
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
1971
Noise reports · last 12 mo
164
≈ per month
15
% from neighbors
Street/Sidewalk1440
Residential299
Vehicle97
Unspecified87
Commercial48
311 noise complaints within about 1,000 ft (a few blocks) in the last year. Most reports here are about outdoor noise (mostly street/sidewalk) — 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.