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396 3 Avenue

256Records
15City systems
6Open violations
21Penalty rate
Manhattan · ZIP 10016 · Neighborhood: Murray Hill-Kips Bay
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256 recorded events, 1967–2026, from 15 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 86 311 service requests, 35 HPD complaints, 26 ACRIS deeds & mortgages.

BoroughManhattan 10016
Built1910
Floors5
Res. units8
ClassC7
Owner (PLUTO)POLPOONPIPAT, VIRACHART
BBL1008840040
BIN1018220

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GRADE A

The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. More recorded distress than 56% 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 21. In ZIP 10016, 71% of residential buildings hold an A and 4% grade D or F. How grades work

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C

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

Open with the city right now

Open HPD violations6 total — 3 class C (immediately hazardous), 3 class B, 0 class A. Oldest open since 1989-10-10.

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

Patterns

2 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2024–25: 2).

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

What 311 hears from this address

34 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (5) · Illegal Parking (5) · Homeless Person Assistance (2) · DOOR/WINDOW (2) · Dirty Condition (2) · Illegal Tree Damage (2).

Filed construction activity

$82,000 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (11 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 (1910)
YesSix or more residential units (8)
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)VIRACHART POKPOONPIPAT; WANNE POKPOONPIPAT
Managing agentVirachart Pokpoonpipat
Last registered2025-06-27

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$4,132,800 $1,859,760
2026$3,306,000 $1,487,700
2027$3,224,000 $1,450,800

The city's market estimate has fallen 22% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Building systems

Heating fuelNATURALGAS

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Blue MountainJapaneseGrade PendingMice evidence

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

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

1 food-poisoning report to 311 at this address in the last three years (0 with three or more people sick)
1 Food Establishment complaint to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Pesticide) · complaints filed by the public; DOHMH investigates, outcomes aren't published.

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 · 850 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: partial (Downtown only)
BusNearest boarding stop: 3 Av / E 29 St — M101 M102 M103 · 350 ft
Citi BikeLexington Ave & E 29 St · 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.

Report a problem to 311

396 3 Avenue

Heat or hot waterHeat or hot water
Apartment maintenanceApartment maintenance
Bed bugsBed bugs
Residential pestsResidential pests
Rats or miceRats or mice
Food poisoningFood poisoning
Food safety complaintFood safety complaint
Anything elseAnything else

34 311 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.

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $269,156 on 1998-09-04 (lender: Eastbank N.A.). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
1998-09-04Mortgage $269,156 — from POKPOONPIPAT, WANNE; POKPONPIPAT, VIRACHART to EASTBANK N.A. $269,156
1988-04-13Mortgage $575,000 — from POKPOONPIPAT, VIRACHART; POKPOONPIPAT, WANNE to EASTBANK N.A. $575,000
1986-02-07Mortgage $946,083 — from PI, TUNG CHIANG; CHIU, HENRY; TSI, WEN LIANG to FELDMAN, FREDERICK $946,083

Ten-year activity

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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systemsTotal
201700415
201802439
201901025136
202000617
20210012113
20220015116
20231719027
2024009312
20250024428
20260015419
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The full timeline

Construction 35Enforcement 22Housing & tenants 148Ownership & money 26Health & systems 25

Every one of the 256 recorded events, 1967–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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