617 recorded events, 1970–2026, from 17 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 181 ACRIS deeds & mortgages, 144 311 service requests, 75 DOB permits.
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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 0.9. In ZIP 10016, 71% of residential buildings hold an A and 4% grade D or F. How grades work
Among 17,252 25-99-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more
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.
No heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
29 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Street Condition (9) · Noise (4) · For Hire Vehicle Complaint (3) · Illegal Parking (3) · Sewer (2) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (2).
$1,397,468 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (38 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 (1940) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (94) |
| 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) | 123 EAST 37TH OWNERS CORP |
| Head officer | LIZETTE VELEZ |
| Managing agent | HALSTEAD MANAGEMENT COMPANY |
| Last registered | 2025-09-10 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $18,635,000 | $8,385,750 |
| 2026 | $20,536,000 | $9,241,200 |
| 2027 | $22,047,000 | $9,921,150 |
The city's market estimate has risen 18% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Tax exemptions on the roll: COLD WAR VETERAN - DISABILITY · SENIOR CITIZEN HOMEOWNER
For property tax, the Department of Finance values this co-op as if it were a rental building. Its 2021 estimate: gross income $3,763,650 a year ($50.00 per sq ft), operating expenses $1,339,859 ($17.80 per sq ft), net operating income $2,423,791. These are the city's estimates from comparable rentals, not the building's actual budget, rents or maintenance charges.
| Energy grade (LL33) | A — ENERGY STAR score 85/100 (2022 disclosure cycle) |
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
| Facade (Local Law 11) | SAFE (cycle 9) |
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 2010 (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.
| Subway | 33 St — 6 · 0.2 mi straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: none Grand Central-42 St — 4 5 6 7 S · 0.2 mi straight-line (about a 6-minute walk) · station accessibility: full |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Lexington Av / E 37 St — M101 M102 M103 · 150 ft |
| Citi Bike | Lexington Ave & E 36 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.
296 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 |
| Anything else | Anything else |
29 311 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.
Managed by HALSTEAD MANAGEMENT CO. — 190 buildings, 17,333 units. Grades across the portfolio: A172 · B10 · C4. See the whole portfolio
showing 60 of 190 buildings
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $1,200,000 on 2021-01-20 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-03 | RPTT&RET $750,000 — from STEREN, DIANE; STEREN, ALBERT; STEREN, BENJAMIN to WANG, WILLIAM; WANG, CHRISTOPHER; WANG, YUXIN MEI | $750,000 | |
| 2026-07-23 | Sold for $750,000 | $750,000 | $7,979 |
| 2026-04-23 | RPTT&RET $360,000 — from WONG, JOANNE to LOPREIATO, MATTEO JOSEPH; LOPREIATO, ELIZABETH PATRICIA | $360,000 | |
| 2026-04-15 | RPTT&RET $630,000 — from SCOTT, MERRYL ELLEN to ANALOUI, SARA | $630,000 | |
| 2026-04-10 | Sold for $630,000 | $630,000 | $6,702 |
| 2026-04-08 | Sold for $360,000 | $360,000 | $3,830 |
| 2026-01-16 | RPTT&RET $378,000 — from MCCABE, BENJAMIN F to WARSHAW, CAROLE | $378,000 | |
| 2026-01-09 | Sold for $378,000 | $378,000 | $4,021 |
| 2025-09-24 | RPTT&RET $785,000 — from HEANEY, ANN; HEANEY, JOSEPH to PAYLAGO, ROXANNE MARIE; PAYLAGO, STANLEY URBANO | $785,000 | |
| 2025-09-05 | Sold for $785,000 | $785,000 | $8,351 |
| 2025-07-02 | RPTT&RET $467,500 — from GALLAGHER, KATHERINE to BARTSCH, MICHAEL; SHEN, JIAN | $467,500 | |
| 2025-06-25 | Sold for $467,500 | $467,500 | $4,973 |
| 2024-10-29 | RPTT&RET $650,000 — from LUKATELA, KATARINA; SWADLOW, HARVEY to GONUL, BAHADIR; AMEDURI, NICOLE | $650,000 | |
| 2024-10-22 | Sold for $650,000 | $650,000 | $6,915 |
| 2024-10-10 | RPTT&RET $385,000 — from ESTATE OF JOHN S. WHINSTON; JAMES P. WHINSTON, ADMINISTRATOR to ARENA, REILLY; REILLY, ELIZABETH A | $385,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 29 |
| 2018 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 38 |
| 2019 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 31 |
| 2020 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 21 |
| 2021 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 34 |
| 2022 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 39 |
| 2023 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 31 |
| 2024 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 24 |
| 2025 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 30 |
| 2026 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 34 |
Every one of the 617 recorded events, 1970–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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