1,219 recorded events, 1900–2026, from 20 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 404 311 service requests, 320 HPD complaints, 156 HPD housing violations.
Full record, year by year Support this site
The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. More recorded distress than 58% of 6-24-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 6-24-unit residential buildings is 16.3 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 22.9. In ZIP 10002, 64% of residential buildings hold an A and 5% grade D or F. How grades work
Among 46,798 6-24-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more
| Open HPD violations | 9 total — 6 class C (immediately hazardous), 3 class B, 0 class A. Oldest open since 2019-01-08. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
20 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2024–25: 4 · winter 2025–26: 14). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
$6,400 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.
66 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (37) · HEAT/HOT WATER (10) · Lost Property (3) · Graffiti (3) · Illegal Parking (2) · Outdoor Dining (2).
$846,660 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (29 filings with a declared cost) — a rough measure of how actively the owner maintains the building. Permit costs cover filed construction work only — they do not capture routine maintenance or repairs done without a permit.
| Yes | Built before 1974 (1920) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (20) |
| No | 421-a / J-51 tax benefit on the current tax roll |
2 of 3 signals present. This is the classic profile of a rent-stabilized building (pre-1974, 6+ units) — many units in such buildings remain stabilized. The definitive answer for any unit: request its rent history from NYS Homes & Community Renewal (free, at hcr.ny.gov).
| Registered owner(s) | BLAKE-RIV REALTY, LLC |
| Head officer | BARRY MANDEL |
| Managing agent | BROWNSTONE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CORP |
| Last registered | 2025-08-27 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $7,151,000 | $3,217,950 |
| 2026 | $8,067,000 | $3,630,150 |
| 2027 | $8,222,000 | $3,699,900 |
The city's market estimate has risen 15% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bufon | Not yet graded | — | |
| The Oven's Slice | Pizza | A | — |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
2 restaurants · 0 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map
Not in the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary maps).
Not in a hurricane evacuation zone.
Not in the city's stormwater (cloudburst) flood maps under any modeled scenario.
1 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2021 (0 in the last three years).
Sources: FEMA flood maps (coastal), NYC DEP Stormwater Flood Maps (cloudburst), NYC hurricane evacuation zones, and 311 records for this address.
| Subway | Delancey St-Essex St — F J M Z · 700 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Allen St / Delancey St — B39 M15 · 400 ft |
| Citi Bike | Allen St & Rivington St · 200 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| Bike facility | Protected bike path mapped within 75 ft |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: Elementary schools in this district are not zoned. Confirm with the DOE's school search. |
Distances are straight-line, not walking routes. Transit locations from the MTA and Citi Bike, bike facilities from NYC DOT, school zones from the DOE's 2024–25 maps.
78 Rivington Street
| Heat or hot water | Heat or hot water |
| Apartment maintenance | Apartment maintenance |
| Bed bugs | Bed bugs |
| Residential pests | Residential pests |
| Rats or mice | Rats or mice |
| Food poisoning | Food poisoning |
| Food safety complaint | Food safety complaint |
| Anything else | Anything else |
66 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 10 of them about heat or hot water.
311 will ask for the address, the apartment if the problem is inside, and what's wrong. Contact details are optional for most complaints; food-poisoning reports can be anonymous. Complaints appear in the city's public 311 data, usually within a day or two, and then in the Live from 311 box on this page.
Managed by BROWNSTONE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CORP — 56 buildings, 811 units. Grades across the portfolio: A36 · B13 · C6 · F1. See the whole portfolio
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $481,995 on 2017-12-04 (lender: Valley National Bank). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-12-04 | AL&R $1,900,000 — from BLAKE-RIV REALTY, LLC to VALLEY NATIONAL BANK | $1,900,000 | |
| 2017-12-04 | Mortgage $481,996 — from BLAKE-RIV REALTY, LLC to VALLEY NATIONAL BANK | $481,996 | |
| 2017-12-04 | Agreement $1,900,000 — from BLAKE-RIV REALTY, LLC to VALLEY NATIONAL BANK | $1,900,000 | |
| 2012-02-27 | Mortgage $263,421 — from BLAKE-RIV REALTY, LLC to VALLEY NATIONAL BANK | $263,421 | |
| 2012-02-27 | Agreement $1,650,000 — from BLAKE-RIV REALTY, LLC to VALLEY NATIONAL BANK | $1,650,000 | |
| 2012-02-27 | AL&R $1,650,000 — from BLAKE-RIV REALTY, LLC to VALLEY NATIONAL BANK | $1,650,000 | |
| 2007-01-10 | AL&R $1,625,000 — from BLAKE-RIV REALTY, LLC to VALLEY NATIONAL BANK | $1,625,000 | |
| 2007-01-10 | Agreement $62,297 — from BLAKE-RIV REALTY, LLC to VALLEY NATIONAL BANK | $62,297 | |
| 2002-08-02 | Mortgage $1,700,000 — from BLAKE-RIV REALTY LLC to FLUSHING SAVINGS BANK, FSB | $1,700,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 24 |
| 2018 | 22 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 43 |
| 2019 | 20 | 3 | 318 | 0 | 14 | 355 |
| 2020 | 0 | 3 | 48 | 0 | 2 | 53 |
| 2021 | 2 | 8 | 86 | 0 | 2 | 98 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 0 | 5 | 60 |
| 2023 | 5 | 3 | 118 | 0 | 5 | 131 |
| 2024 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 0 | 6 | 41 |
| 2025 | 7 | 4 | 28 | 0 | 5 | 44 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 24 |
Every one of the 1,219 recorded events, 1900–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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