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126 West 109th Street

A 5-story building with 30 apartments, built in 1900, in Manhattan, NY 10025.

Addresses on the lot: 126 West 109th Street, 128 West 109th Street, 130 West 109th Street.

HPD records as of October 27, 2026

65open HPD violations19 immediately hazardous
8complaints to HPD, past year1 about heat or hot water
29rent-stabilized apartmentsregistered in 2023
September 2024latest housing court case13 cases on record, all years

126 West 109th Street has 65 open HPD violations, 19 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 8 complaints to HPD in the past year, 1 about heat or hot water. It is registered to MANDELA HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND COMPANY INC. 29 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023.

Does 126 West 109th Street have open violations?

Yes: 65 open violations as of October 27, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:

ClassDeadlineOpen
C, immediately hazardous24 hours for most19
B, hazardous30 days36
A, non-hazardousAbout 90 days10

It has an open class C violation, as 66% of NYC buildings with 20 to 49 apartments do. More on buildings by size

What do tenants complain about?

Tenants made 8 complaints to HPD in the 12 months to October 27, 2026, 1 of them about heat or hot water. Complaints reach HPD through 311; an inspector may then write a violation.

Among NYC buildings with 20 to 49 apartments, 69% had at least one complaint to HPD in the past year, and 53% had one about heat or hot water.

Who owns 126 West 109th Street?

126 West 109th Street is registered with HPD to MANDELA HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND COMPANY INC. The registration also names a head officer, the person HPD contacts about the building.

The name is a co-op’s: residents own shares in the building, and an apartment for rent here is usually a sublet from a shareholder, which the board has to approve.

1 other building is registered to the same company name, with 0 open violations between them.

Housing court and evictions

The latest housing court case over conditions or harassment opened in September 2024. HPD’s record has 13 cases here in all, going back to the 1990s.

City marshals carried out 3 evictions here in the five years to May 30, 2026.

For comparison, 16% of residential buildings in 10025 had a housing court case in the past five years.

Is 126 West 109th Street rent stabilized?

29 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023, down from 30 in 2018. That’s 29 of the building’s 30 apartments. Whether one apartment is stabilized is in its rent history, which the tenant can ask the state for.

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HPD violations, complaints, registrations and housing court cases as of October 27, 2026; evictions and rent-stabilized counts as of May 30, 2026; size and age from the city’s PLUTO. All from NYC Open Data. Public records, not legal advice. Tax lot 1-01863-0049.