2,188 recorded events, 1900–2026, from 20 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 1,153 311 service requests, 353 HPD complaints, 238 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 73% 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 5.5. 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
| Open HPD violations | 46 total — 7 class C (immediately hazardous), 24 class B, 15 class A. Oldest open since 1985-05-07. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
4 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2024–25: 2 · winter 2025–26: 2). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
75 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (47) · Water System (5) · Missed Collection (4) · PAINT/PLASTER (3) · Dead/Dying Tree (2) · HEAT/HOT WATER (2).
$710,744 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (25 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 (1962) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (84) |
| 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) | 229 EAST 28TH STREET OWNERS CORP |
| Head officer | TANUJA PULAKHANDAM |
| Managing agent | FirstService Residential |
| Last registered | 2025-08-30 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $13,168,000 | $5,925,600 |
| 2026 | $13,937,000 | $6,271,650 |
| 2027 | $14,603,000 | $6,571,350 |
The city's market estimate has risen 11% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Tax exemptions on the roll: 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 $2,784,993 a year ($62.01 per sq ft), operating expenses $1,160,077 ($25.83 per sq ft), net operating income $1,624,916. These are the city's estimates from comparable rentals, not the building's actual budget, rents or maintenance charges.
| Energy grade (LL33) | C — ENERGY STAR score 63/100 (2022 disclosure cycle) |
| Heating fuel | NO2FUEL |
| Facade (Local Law 11) | SAFE (cycle 10) |
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 · 0.3 mi straight-line (about a 7-minute walk) · station accessibility: partial (Downtown only) |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: 2 Av / E 28 St — M9 M15 M34-SBS M34A-SBS · 250 ft · Select Bus Service |
| Citi Bike | 2 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.
229 East 28 Street
| 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 |
75 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 2 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.
Managed by FIRSTSERVICE RESIDENTIAL — 556 buildings, 66,420 units. Grades across the portfolio: A464 · B61 · C14 · D3 · F1. See the whole portfolio
showing 60 of 556 buildings
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $213,377 on 2024-07-17 (lender: Wilmington Trust, N.A.). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-24 | RPTT&RET $380,000 — from ALBA, ERNESTO to HO, VICTOR; HO, BRANDON; HO, MAY HSUAN | $380,000 | |
| 2026-08-05 | Sold for $380,000 | $380,000 | $4,524 |
| 2026-08-03 | RPTT&RET $350,000 — from DAVIS, ELLEN S; DAVIS, LEONARD A; DAVIS, JOSHUA to MANIAR, GINA; MANIAR, MAGGIE; MANIAR, MIHIR | $350,000 | |
| 2026-07-16 | Sold for $350,000 | $350,000 | $4,167 |
| 2026-07-01 | RPTT&RET $365,000 — from MANSOURI, MEHRAN; MANSOURI, NIEMA to GREFFENIUS, LESLIE; GREFFENIUS, EMILY | $365,000 | |
| 2026-06-17 | Sold for $365,000 | $365,000 | $4,345 |
| 2026-04-17 | RPTT&RET $364,000 — from RODELL, DOROTHY; RODELL, AMANDA to VANHOOK, HERBERT L; SUK, DIANA M; VANHOOK, TRACY B | $364,000 | |
| 2026-04-15 | Sold for $364,000 | $364,000 | $4,333 |
| 2025-10-08 | RPTT&RET $435,000 — from GOLD, MATTHEW to FRANKSON, JOHN; DBEIS, OMAR | $435,000 | |
| 2025-09-26 | Sold for $435,000 | $435,000 | $5,179 |
| 2025-09-24 | RPTT&RET $405,000 — from MCKININN, ALY; YATH, KININN to HUANG, TERRY; COSTA, SERGIO | $405,000 | |
| 2025-09-10 | Sold for $405,000 | $405,000 | $4,821 |
| 2025-09-09 | RPTT&RET $313,000 — from CHENG, PATRICK CHIA-WEI; CHENG, HAI-YI; CHENG, HSING-CHIEN JAMES; CHENG, HSING-CHIEN to SCIRICA, FRANK; SCIRICA, MIRA | $313,000 | |
| 2025-08-27 | Sold for $313,000 | $313,000 | $3,726 |
| 2025-08-01 | RPTT&RET $415,000 — from GROTT, MICHELLE to COHEN, DEANNA | $415,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 8 | 2 | 62 |
| 2018 | 8 | 25 | 72 | 12 | 3 | 120 |
| 2019 | 7 | 12 | 90 | 6 | 3 | 118 |
| 2020 | 4 | 1 | 278 | 11 | 1 | 295 |
| 2021 | 4 | 0 | 181 | 16 | 1 | 202 |
| 2022 | 10 | 1 | 129 | 12 | 3 | 155 |
| 2023 | 7 | 0 | 105 | 14 | 2 | 128 |
| 2024 | 10 | 2 | 42 | 11 | 1 | 66 |
| 2025 | 8 | 3 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 52 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 38 |
Every one of the 2,188 recorded events, 1900–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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