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3 East 28 Street

420Records
14City systems
0Open violations
—Penalty rate

420 recorded events, 1968–2026, from 14 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 122 DOB permits, 122 DOB job filings, 53 DOB violations.

BoroughManhattan 10016
Built1912
Floors12
Res. units0
ClassO6
Owner (PLUTO)MALWIN REALTY LLC
BBL1008580006
BIN1016898

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Patterns

No heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years.

No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.

What 311 hears from this address

16 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (7) · Encampment (3) · Illegal Parking (3) · Rodent (1) · Lost Property (1) · Residential Disposal Complaint (1).

Filed construction activity

$13,628,613 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (99 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.

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$14,873,000 $6,692,850
2026$15,089,000 $6,790,050
2027$18,330,000 $8,248,500

The city's market estimate has risen 23% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Building systems

Energy grade (LL33)D — ENERGY STAR score 39/100, posted at the entrance by law (2022 disclosure cycle)
Heating fuelNO2FUEL
Facade (Local Law 11)SWARMP — "Safe With A Repair and Maintenance Program": known facade conditions that must be repaired (cycle 9)

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
ObvioMediterraneanNot yet graded—

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

1 restaurant · 0 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map

Flood exposure

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.

No street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints on record at this address.

Sources: FEMA flood maps (coastal), NYC DEP Stormwater Flood Maps (cloudburst), NYC hurricane evacuation zones, and 311 records for this address.

Getting around

Subway28 St — R W · 600 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
28 St — 6 · 700 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: partial (Downtown only)
BusNearest boarding stop: 5 Av / W 28 St — M1 M2 M3 M55 · 300 ft
Citi Bike5 Ave & E 30 St · 500 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 116 Mary Lindley Murray
Middle: J.H.S. 104 Simon Baruch. 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.

Report a problem to 311

3 East 28 Street

Rats or miceRats or mice
Food poisoningFood poisoning
Food safety complaintFood safety complaint
Anything elseAnything else

16 311 service requests from this address in the last three years.

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.

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $17,500,000 on 2019-05-06 (lender: Principal Life Insurance Company). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2019-05-06Agreement $37,500,000 — from MALWIN REALTY LLC to PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY $37,500,000
2019-05-06Mortgage $17,500,000 — from MALWIN REALTY LLC to PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY $17,500,000
2016-08-05Mortgage $19,429,774 — from MALWIN REALTY LLC to PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY $19,429,774
2016-08-05Mortgage $570,226 — from MALWIN REALTY LLC to PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY $570,226

Ten-year activity

100500
2017
77
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
201761320066
201866540277
201911124119
202017310122
2021311027
2022403029
202313040118
202429060237
20253040714
2026002024
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The full timeline

Construction 269Enforcement 72Housing & tenants 37Ownership & money 19Health & systems 23

Every one of the 420 recorded events, 1968–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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