176 recorded events, 1966–2026, from 16 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 42 311 service requests, 40 HPD housing violations, 16 DOB job filings.
Full record, year by year Support this site
The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less recorded distress than 76% 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 4.3. In ZIP 10016, 71% of residential buildings hold an A and 4% 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 | 22 total — 3 class C (immediately hazardous), 10 class B, 9 class A. Oldest open since 1983-10-19. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
4 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2024–25: 2 · winter 2025–26: 2). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
13 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Food Establishment (3) · Vendor Enforcement (3) · HEAT/HOT WATER (2) · Real Time Enforcement (1) · Indoor Air Quality (1) · Mobile Food Vendor (1).
$177,000 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (4 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 (1925) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (7) |
| 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) | 29 EAST 28TH CORP |
| Head officer | MO H CHE |
| Managing agent | 29 EAST 28TH CORP |
| Last registered | 2026-07-28 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $5,081,000 | $2,286,450 |
| 2026 | $4,065,000 | $1,829,250 |
| 2027 | $3,493,000 | $1,571,850 |
The city's market estimate has fallen 31% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chef 28 | Chinese | Not yet graded | Closed by DOHMH on 2024-08-01 |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
1 restaurant · 0 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map
3 Food Establishment complaints to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: No Permit or License, Food Contaminated) · complaints filed by the public; DOHMH investigates, outcomes aren't published.
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.
| Subway | 28 St — 6 · 200 ft straight-line (about a 1-minute walk) · station accessibility: partial (Downtown only) |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Madison Av / E 28 St — M1 M2 M3 · 150 ft |
| Citi Bike | E 27 St & Park Ave S · 450 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.
29 East 28 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 |
13 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 2 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.
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $150,000 on 1986-11-12 (lender: Armcap Realty INC.). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986-11-12 | Mortgage $150,000 — from 29 EAST 28TH CORP. to ARMCAP REALTY INC. | $150,000 | |
| 1986-11-12 | Mortgage $500,000 — from 29 EAST 28TH CORP. to HOME FED. SAVINGS BANK | $500,000 | |
| 1982-10-29 | Mortgage $350,000 — from ARMCAP REALTY INC. to KATZENELL, MARGARET | $350,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| 2018 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| 2019 | 6 | 1 | 33 | 1 | 41 |
| 2020 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 7 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 13 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 9 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
Every one of the 176 recorded events, 1966–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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