640 West 139 Street
Manhattan · 10031 · BBL 1020870050
640 West 139 Street is a multi-family elevator building in Hamilton Heights, Manhattan, ZIP 10031. City records date it to 1910 and count 62 residential units of 63 total. The city's property file lists the owner of record as 618 Riverside Drive Owners INC. Its most recent total assessed value is $3.2M.
What the eviction record shows
No executed eviction is on record at 640 West 139 Street in the citywide marshal file, which runs from April 2024.
Rent stabilization at this address
DHCR registration records list 19 rent-stabilized units at this building in 2023, the most recent year PulseCities holds. That is down from 20 units in 2018. Registration is building-level and does not settle the status of any single apartment; the rent history does. Checking your own apartment starts with the free rent history. How to check rent-stabilized status →
Open violations
HPD and DOB inspectors have written 179 violations against this building, of which 123 remain unresolved. The most serious open grade here is immediately hazardous, with 63 open violations.
Classes run A (non-hazardous) to C (immediately hazardous); DOB class I carries a vacate order. Source: NYC HPD violations, current through August 26, 2026.
Building permits
| Work | Filed | Type |
|---|---|---|
| PLM5 new 3pc bathrooms in apartment APT# 7, 27, 37, 47, 57 AND 4 new kitchens in AP | Jul 1, 2026 | AL |
| PLMApplication filed to show plumbing work on apt 27 to comply with ECB violation # | May 1, 2026 | AL |
DOB job filings on this lot, past 12 months. Source: NYC DOB job filings, current through August 26, 2026.
311 housing complaints
50 complaints in the past 12 months
NYC 311 housing and building complaints logged for this address. Source: NYC 311, current through August 26, 2026.
How 640 West 139 Street compares in 10031
PulseCities tracks 1,598 lots in 10031, of which 228 carry an executed eviction from the marshal record, which starts in April 2024, and 85 carry a deed from the shorter ACRIS window. 10031 scores 51.7 out of 100 for displacement pressure, 14 of 177 scored NYC ZIP codes. The full signal breakdown for Hamilton Heights →
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Questions about 640 West 139 Street
Who owns 640 West 139 Street?
The most recent deed on file for 640 West 139 Street names 618 Riverside Drive Owners INC.. Deeds record the party that took title, which is often a holding company rather than the operator managing the building.
Has 640 West 139 Street changed hands recently?
No deed for 640 West 139 Street appears in the ACRIS records PulseCities holds. That means no transfer has been published for this lot in the current window, not that the building has never been sold.
Have there been evictions at 640 West 139 Street?
No executed eviction at 640 West 139 Street appears in the NYC evictions dataset, which PulseCities holds from April 2024 forward. Executed evictions are the end of the process, so a building with none may still have active housing court cases.
Is 640 West 139 Street rent stabilized?
DHCR registrations list 19 stabilized units at this building in 2023. Registration is building-level, so it does not settle whether one apartment is stabilized. The free rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal does.
What is the displacement risk around 640 West 139 Street?
10031 (Hamilton Heights) scores 51.7 out of 100 on the PulseCities displacement index. The score reads five ZIP-level signals: eviction rate, LLC acquisition rate, permit intensity, assessment spikes, and 311 complaint volume. It describes the area around the building, not the building itself.
Sourced from NYC public records: ACRIS deeds, DOB permits, the NYC evictions dataset, and 311. Records reflect what agencies have published and can lag events.