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105 East 16 Street

222Records
12City systems
0Open violations
0.6Penalty rate
Manhattan · ZIP 10003 · Neighborhood: Gramercy
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222 recorded events, 2000–2026, from 12 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 68 DOB job filings, 60 311 service requests, 29 DOB permits.

BoroughManhattan 10003
Built1914
Floors10
Res. units14
ClassRM
Owner (PLUTO)UNAVAILABLE OWNER
BBL1008727501
BIN—

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GRADE A

The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less recorded distress than 89% 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 0.6. In ZIP 10003, 67% of residential buildings hold an A and 4% grade D or F. How grades work

this building
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B
C

Among 46,798 6-24-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more

Open with the city right now

No current HPD flags in the latest weekly snapshot: no open violations, no pending litigation, no active vacate orders, and not in the Alternative Enforcement Program.

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

26 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Encampment (11) · Vendor Enforcement (7) · Noise (3) · APPLIANCE (2) · Sidewalk Condition (1) · Non (1).

Filed construction activity

$1,197,735 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (16 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.

Rent-stabilization signals

YesBuilt before 1974 (1914)
YesSix or more residential units (14)
No421-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 with HPD — the names behind the building

Registered owner(s)THE 105-107 EAST 16TH STREET CORP
Head officerJENNIFEr SCRIBNEr
Managing agentBUCHBINDER & WARREN LLC
Last registered2025-07-25

as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$1,727,500 $777,375
2026$10,449,000 $4,702,050
2027$1,808,000 $813,600

The city's market estimate has risen 5% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Tax exemptions on the roll: CHARITABLE

For property tax, the Department of Finance values this condo as if it were a rental building. Its 2023 estimate: gross income $1,690,137 a year ($39.54 per sq ft), operating expenses $608,261 ($14.23 per sq ft), net operating income $1,081,876. These are the city's estimates from comparable rentals, not the building's actual budget, rents or maintenance charges.

Building systems

Heating fuelNO2FUEL
Facade (Local Law 11)SAFE (cycle 9)

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.

1 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2020 (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.

Getting around

Subway14 St-Union Sq — 4 5 6 L N Q R W · 400 ft straight-line (about a 2-minute walk) · station accessibility: partial
BusNearest boarding stop: Union Sq East / E 15 St — M1 M2 M3 · 300 ft
Citi BikeE 16 St & Irving Pl · 250 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 040 Augustus Saint-Gaudens
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

105 East 16 Street

Heat or hot waterHeat or hot water
Apartment maintenanceApartment maintenance
Bed bugsBed bugs
Residential pestsResidential pests
Rats or miceRats or mice
Anything elseAnything else

26 311 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.

The landlord's report card

Managed by BUCHBINDER & WARREN LLC — 106 buildings, 2,394 units. Grades across the portfolio: A90 · B8 · C2 · D3. See the whole portfolio

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30 East 21 Street MN13 A

showing 60 of 106 buildings

Sales, deeds & mortgages

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2026-06-10RPTT&RET $6,375,000 — from MEMMOLO, DEBORAH A; TAXIN, GREGORY P to ROSE, BRIAN; THAYER, KRISTIN $6,375,000
2026-05-29Sold for $6,375,000 $6,375,000 $455,357
2024-12-27RPTT&RET $2,195,000 — from GOLUB, ROGER BARRY to KANG PUI, ANTHONY CHI; TABARU, MIHO $2,195,000
2024-12-18Sold for $2,195,000 $2,195,000 $156,786
2024-01-22RPTT&RET $4,995,000 — from MARK LEE REVOCABLE TRUST U/A DATED 10/13; LEE, MARK TEE to BROOKS, JOHN M $4,995,000
2023-12-19Sold for $4,995,000 $4,995,000 $356,786
2023-11-01RPTT&RET $4,944,000 — from LOVE, ROSS; ROBERTS, AMANDA to SMITHLINE, RUTI; SMITHLINE, JEFFREY $4,944,000
2023-10-18Sold for $4,944,000 $4,944,000 $353,143
2023-03-01RPTT&RET $5,295,000 — from KITAGAWA, SHARON S to WU, JEFFREY; YEH, CORINNE $5,295,000
2022-04-22AL&R $1,250,000 — from 105 EAST 16TH STREET CORP. to VALLEY NATIONAL BANK $1,250,000
2022-04-22Agreement $1,250,000 — from 105 EAST 16TH STREET CORP. to VALLEY NATIONAL BANK $1,250,000
2022-04-22Mortgage $250,000 — from 105 EAST 16TH STREET CORP. to VALLEY NATIONAL BANK $250,000
2020-06-08M&CON $23,000,000 — from CHABAD OF GRAMERCY PARK to MANUFACTURERS AND TRADERS TRUST COMPANY $23,000,000
2018-12-27RPTT&RET $4,000,000 — from ADLER, DENNIS to LEE, MARK $4,000,000
2018-12-12Sold for $4,000,000 $4,000,000 $285,714

Ten-year activity

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ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
201715262025
20183094218
2019205029
20203063012
2021405009
20226053014
20232054011
202420176227
2025009009
202610022014
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The full timeline

Construction 97Enforcement 4Housing & tenants 71Ownership & money 38Health & systems 12

Every one of the 222 recorded events, 2000–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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