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217 East 29 Street

265Records
15City systems
0Open violations
1.9Penalty rate
Manhattan · ZIP 10016 · Neighborhood: Murray Hill-Kips Bay
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265 recorded events, 1967–2026, from 15 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 89 311 service requests, 51 ACRIS deeds & mortgages, 40 HPD complaints.

BoroughManhattan 10016
Built1900
Floors6
Res. units21
ClassC7
Owner (PLUTO)29TH STREET ASSOCIATES
BBL1009100013
BIN1019922

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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 84% 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 1.9. In ZIP 10016, 71% of residential buildings hold an A and 4% grade D or F. How grades work

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

Open with the city right now

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.

Patterns

8 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 2 · winter 2025–26: 6). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.

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’23–24
6
’25–26

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

What 311 hears from this address

16 service requests in the last three years. Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (4) · Illegal Parking (3) · Noise (3) · Encampment (2) · Street Light Condition (1) · Missed Collection (1).

Filed construction activity

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.

Rent-stabilization signals

YesBuilt before 1974 (1900)
YesSix or more residential units (21)
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)29TH ST ASSOCIATES LLC
Head officerJONATHAN RUHL
Managing agentTOMAS APONTE
Last registered2025-07-16

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$2,678,000 $1,205,100
2026$2,986,000 $1,343,700
2027$2,821,000 $1,269,450

The city's market estimate has risen 5% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Building systems

Heating fuelNO2FUEL

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Current CoffeeCoffee/TeaA—

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

1 restaurant · 0 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map

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 · 0.2 mi straight-line (about a 6-minute walk) · station accessibility: partial (Downtown only)
BusNearest boarding stop: 3 Av / E 29 St — M101 M102 M103 · 250 ft
Citi Bike2 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

217 East 29 Street

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

16 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 4 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: $301,786 on 2020-10-23 (lender: JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2020-10-23Agreement $1,750,000 — from 29TH STREET ASSOCIATES LLC to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NA $1,750,000
2020-10-23Mortgage $301,787 — from 29TH STREET ASSOCIATES LLC to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NA $301,787
2013-11-06Agreement $1,700,000 — from 29TH STREET ASSOCIATES LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK $1,700,000
2013-11-06Mortgage $264,851 — from 29TH STREET ASSOCIATES LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK $264,851
2011-01-31Agreement $1,508,025 — from 29TH STREET ASSOCIATES LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK $1,508,025
2004-06-02Mortgage $258,551 — from 29TH STREET ASSOCIATES LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK $258,551
2004-06-02Agreement $1,687,500 — from NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK to 29TH STREET ASSOCIATES LLC $1,687,500
2001-10-11Mortgage $1,236,905 — from 29TH STREET ASSOCIATES LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK $1,236,905
1986-01-02Mortgage $212,154 — from RICCOBONO PROPERTIESLTD to BANKERS FEDL SAVGS &ETC $212,154
1986-01-02Mortgage $50,000 — from RICCOBONO PROPERTIESLTD to 217 E. 29TH EQUITS GRP $50,000
1985-01-08Mortgage $180,000 — from 217 E 29 EQUITIES GROUP to DAUSEY, MARUA; LANGELLA, ROSAMOND $180,000
1982-08-05Mortgage $105,000 — from DAUSEY, MAURA; LANGELLA, ROSAMOND to VOLK, RONALD $105,000

Ten-year activity

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YearEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
2017080311
2018170412
201905016
20200193224
20210180220
202204037
202305027
202404026
20250120517
2026150612
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The full timeline

Construction 10Enforcement 21Housing & tenants 144Ownership & money 51Health & systems 39

Every one of the 265 recorded events, 1967–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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