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137 East 28 Street

435Records
17City systems
13Open violations
0.8Penalty rate
Manhattan · ZIP 10016 · Neighborhood: Murray Hill-Kips Bay
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435 recorded events, 1966–2026, from 17 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 133 311 service requests, 109 ACRIS deeds & mortgages, 36 DOB permits.

BoroughManhattan 10016
Built1927
Floors9
Res. units37
ClassD4
Owner (PLUTO)28 ST TENANTS CORP
BBL1008840027
BIN1018215

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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 90% of 25-99-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 25-99-unit residential buildings is 23.6 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 0.8. In ZIP 10016, 71% of residential buildings hold an A and 4% grade D or F. How grades work

this building
A
B
C

Among 17,252 25-99-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more

Open with the city right now

Open HPD violations13 total — 0 class C (immediately hazardous), 7 class B, 6 class A. Oldest open since 1993-12-09.

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

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

20 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (6) · Illegal Parking (5) · Homeless Person Assistance (3) · Dirty Condition (3) · Overgrown Tree/Branches (1) · Vendor Enforcement (1).

Filed construction activity

$344,381 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (8 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 (1927)
YesSix or more residential units (37)
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)28TH STREET TENANTS CORP
Head officerDon McKnight
Managing agentB&D PROPERTY MANAGEMENT DBA DERMER MANAGEMENT
Last registered2025-12-31

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$6,504,000 $2,926,800
2026$6,985,000 $3,143,250
2027$7,300,000 $3,285,000

The city's market estimate has risen 12% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

For property tax, the Department of Finance values this co-op as if it were a rental building. Its 2022 estimate: gross income $1,132,375 a year ($39.57 per sq ft), operating expenses $432,689 ($15.12 per sq ft), net operating income $699,686. These are the city's estimates from comparable rentals, not the building's actual budget, rents or maintenance charges.

Building systems

Energy grade (LL33)B — ENERGY STAR score 83/100 (2022 disclosure cycle)
Heating fuelNATURALGAS
Facade (Local Law 11)SWARMP — "Safe With A Repair and Maintenance Program": known facade conditions that must be repaired (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.

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 — 6 · 550 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: partial (Downtown only)
BusNearest boarding stop: Lexington Av / E 28 St — M101 M102 M103 SIM6 +1 more · 250 ft
Citi BikeLexington Ave & E 29 St · 200 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

137 East 28 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

20 311 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 DERMER MANAGEMENT — 23 buildings, 712 units. Grades across the portfolio: A20 · B1 · C1. See the whole portfolio

BuildingBoroughUnitsGrade
900 Park Avenue MN124 A
114 West Street BK93 A
92 Horatio Street MN66 A
345 East 77 Street MN60 A
2 King Street MN40 A
137 East 28 Street MN37 A
140 East 52 Street MN32 A
22 Irving Place MN29 A
104 East 37 Street MN29 A
141 Wooster Street MN28 A
407 East 12 Street MN27 A
356 West 36 Street MN26 A
64 Grand Street MN22 A
476 Broadway MN22 A
138 West 124 Street MN21 A
361 West 36 Street MN18 A
127 Prince Street MN12 A
110 East 37 Street MN8 A
40 East 72 Street MN7 A
716 Madison Avenue MN4 B
1101 Lexington Avenue MN4 C
336 Lexington Avenue MN3 A
119 West 22 Street MN0 —

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $1,439,499 on 2021-06-14 (lender: Investors Bank). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2026-07-28RPTT&RET $680,000 — from BURGEVIN, AOUSSAM D to CERVENKA, ANDREA; FRIEDLAND, ABIGAIL; FRIEDLAND, SHAI $680,000
2026-07-15Sold for $680,000 $680,000 $18,378
2025-11-03RPTT&RET $590,000 — from RAKESTRAW, BRYAN; RAKESTRAW, CHARMAINE to BHATTACHARYYA, ABHINAV $590,000
2025-10-22Sold for $590,000 $590,000 $15,946
2025-06-13RPTT&RET $640,000 — from HUTCHINS, SARA STORM to NEHRBAS, JILL; NEHRBAS, ANDREW $640,000
2025-06-12Sold for $640,000 $640,000 $17,297
2025-04-18RPTT&RET $608,148 — from 28TH STREET INVESTORS CO., LLC to BATES, WILLIAM $608,148
2025-04-09Sold for $608,148 $608,148 $16,436
2024-11-25RPTT&RET $490,000 — from BOYAL, RAJVEER to WIN, RACHEL L $490,000
2024-11-15Sold for $490,000 $490,000 $13,243
2024-09-11Sold for $475,000 $475,000 $12,838
2024-09-11RPTT&RET $475,000 — from ALAM, EXECUTOR, SAYEDUL; ESTATE OF ALBERT MARTIN GARBER to ROREM, CAROLINE; ROREM, LINDA WILLIAMS $475,000
2024-06-21RPTT&RET $575,000 — from PODZIUS, BRYAN ROBERT JOHN to GONZALEZ, ENRIQUE; KAPLAN, MORGAN $575,000
2024-06-13Sold for $575,000 $575,000 $15,541
2023-04-25RPTT&RET $543,495 — from 28TH STREET INVESTORS CO., LLC to BURGEVIN, AOUSSAM D $543,495

Ten-year activity

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2026
ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
201780124125
20186183321
201942163227
202000114116
20210457218
202200711220
20230072110
20247056119
202510166326
2026102227
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The full timeline

Construction 57Enforcement 40Housing & tenants 183Ownership & money 130Health & systems 25

Every one of the 435 recorded events, 1966–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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