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523 West 121 Street

MANHATTAN, NY 10027 BBL 1019760013 24 units · 6 floors · 1926

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HPD violations vs. neighborhood
Class B/C violations on record vs. a typical building in Morningside Heights
? vs. avg
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Rent & eviction protection

Is 523 West 121 Street rent-stabilized?

Rent stabilization caps how much your rent can rise and protects your right to renew. Here's how this building scores on the four signals that usually point to it.

Built before 1974
Built 1926
6 or more units
24 units
Registered with RGB
Not found
421-A / J-51 abatement
None found
Potential rent stabilization. Building age and size suggest eligibility — confirm with the DHCR (Division of Housing and Community Renewal) or request a rent history.

Based on public NYC records. Not legal advice — verify with the DHCR (Division of Housing and Community Renewal) at apps.hcr.ny.gov.

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AI summary · updated June 2026

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How we score buildings

How 523 West 121 Street's risk score is calculated

We trained a model on 7 years of city inspection data — HPD violation filings, tenant complaints, and owner track records across their entire portfolio. It estimates the probability that HPD inspectors will find serious or dangerous violations at this address in the next 12 months. Lower % = safer.

What the score means for you

Neighborhood percentile
52th percentile

Out of 257 buildings in this neighborhood, 134 have a higher predicted risk.

RiskiestSafest
Predicted violation outcome
55.3%
No serious
violations
37.9%
Some violations
(1–9)
6.8%
Many violations
(10+)
Risk factors

What's driving this score

These are the three data points that most influenced this building's score — ranked by how much weight the model placed on each one.

Number of apartments

The number of residential units affects how the model interprets complaint and violation totals — more units means more potential sources.

Building size

Total residential square footage — a proxy for building scale and the number of systems (plumbing, HVAC, etc.) that can fail.

Emergency violations, property manager's portfolio

Emergency violations across buildings under this property manager.

Building characteristics
Total units24
Floors6
Year built1926
Gross area28,668 sq ft
Building class
Tax abatementNone
Issue trend & model projection

Violations & complaints per year — solid line is historical record, dashed line is AI projection.

Who's behind the building

523 West 121 Street's landlord & ownership

The people and companies registered to this building, the other properties they run, and their court record. A landlord's wider portfolio is often the best predictor of how your building will be treated.

Corporate Owner

Registered contact for this building.

Name
Spencer Apartments Inc
Address
231 West 29 Street 901
New York, NY 10001
Landlord portfolio

Other properties owned.

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