354 recorded events, 1977–2026, from 17 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 107 311 service requests, 82 HPD complaints, 42 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. Less recorded distress than 75% 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 5. 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 | 25 total — 8 class C (immediately hazardous), 8 class B, 9 class A. Oldest open since 1991-02-01. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
2 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 2).
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
16 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (3) · Water System (2) · Street Condition (2) · Food Poisoning (2) · HEAT/HOT WATER (1) · Non (1).
No permitted work with a declared cost filed in the last decade. Permit costs cover filed construction work only — they do not capture routine maintenance or repairs done without a permit.
| Yes | Built before 1974 (1915) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (8) |
| 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) | 108 E.G. LEX LLC |
| Head officer | EBRAHIM GABBAIZABEH |
| Managing agent | 108 E.G. LEX LLC |
| Last registered | 2025-09-10 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $2,695,000 | $1,212,750 |
| 2026 | $3,234,000 | $1,455,300 |
| 2027 | $3,499,000 | $1,574,550 |
The city's market estimate has risen 30% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dhaba Indian Cuisine | Indian | A | Mice evidence |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
1 restaurant · 1 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map
2 food-poisoning reports to 311 at this address in the last three years (1 with three or more people sick) · 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 · 350 ft straight-line (about a 2-minute walk) · station accessibility: partial (Downtown only) |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Lexington Av / E 28 St — M101 M102 M103 SIM6 +1 more · 50 ft |
| Citi Bike | Lexington Ave & E 29 St · 350 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.
108 Lexington Avenue
| 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 |
16 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 1 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: $984,540 on 2021-06-09 (lender: Investors 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-06-09 | Mortgage $984,540 — from 108 E.G. LEX, LLC to INVESTORS BANK | $984,540 | |
| 2021-06-09 | Agreement $1,500,000 — from 108 E.G. LEX, LLC to INVESTORS BANK | $1,500,000 | |
| 2021-06-09 | AL&R $1,500,000 — from 108 E.G. LEX, LLC to INVESTORS BANK | $1,500,000 | |
| 2013-11-26 | Mortgage $673,178 — from 108 E.G. LEX, LLC to ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIA | $673,178 | |
| 2013-11-26 | Agreement $1,400,000 — from 108 E.G. LEX, LLC to ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIA | $1,400,000 | |
| 2005-01-12 | Mortgage $1,380,000 — from 108 E.G.LEX LLC to ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LAON ASSOCIA | $1,380,000 | |
| 1987-05-12 | Mortgage $310,836 — from GABBAYZADEH, EBRAHIM to REPUBLIC NTL BK/NY | $310,836 | |
| 1983-09-02 | Mortgage $389,000 — from ZADEH, EBRAHIM GABBAY to SILBER, HARRY | $389,000 |
| Year | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 2018 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 2019 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 26 |
| 2020 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 21 |
| 2021 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 12 |
| 2022 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| 2023 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 2024 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| 2025 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 11 |
| 2026 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
Every one of the 354 recorded events, 1977–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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