278 Lenox Avenue

Owner: Harlem Village Academy

Debt: March 12, 2026, $6.9 million

Built: 1918

SF: 59,521

Dwelling units: 0

No. of buildings: 1

Class: Public Elementary Junior and Senior High Schools (W1)

Floors: 7

Transactions:

• Harlem Village Academy borrowed $6.9 million from Local Initiatives Support Corporation for 74 West 124th Street, Harlem, Manhattan on March 12, 2026.

• Harlem Village Academy borrowed $10.4 million from Local Initiatives Support Corporation for 276 Lenox Avenue, Central Harlem, Manhattan on January 19, 2021.

Development:

• Joseph Keeney filed major alteration job M00813825 for 66,396 sqft 57 building with 0 apartments in Harlem, Manhattan, on March 14, 2023.

• Joe Keeney filed major alteration job 121551114 for 59,521 sqft E building in Harlem, Manhattan, on March 12, 2013.

• Joseph Keeney filed alteration job M01266075 for 4,200 sqft 57 building with 0 apartments in Harlem, Manhattan, on August 11, 2025.

• Joseph Keeney filed alteration job M01050348 for 100 sqft 57 building with 0 apartments in Harlem, Manhattan, on May 27, 2024.

• Joseph Keeney filed alteration job M00764544 for 2,800 sqft E building with 0 apartments in Harlem, Manhattan, on June 28, 2022.

• Joseph Keeney filed alteration job M00729406 for 1,500 sqft E building with 0 apartments in Harlem, Manhattan, on May 19, 2022.

• Joseph Keeney filed alteration job M00539951 for 7,800 sqft E building with 0 apartments in Harlem, Manhattan, on June 22, 2021.

Violations:

According to city public data, the properties have received $10,000 in ECB penalties and $15,000 in OATH penalties in the last year.