182 recorded events, 1974–2026, from 16 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 76 311 service requests, 24 HPD complaints, 20 ACRIS deeds & mortgages.
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 87% 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 1.2. In ZIP 10016, 71% of residential buildings hold an A and 4% grade D or F. How grades work
Among 46,798 6-24-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more
| Open HPD violations | 1 total — 0 class C (immediately hazardous), 1 class B, 0 class A. Oldest open since 2022-02-03. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
4 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2025–26: 4).
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
20 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (15) · HEAT/HOT WATER (2) · Graffiti (1) · Lead (1) · Cannabis Retailer (1).
$20,000 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (1 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 (1900) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (17) |
| 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) | 231 EAST 34TH STREET LLC |
| Head officer | ESTELLE FARINA |
| Managing agent | REM RESIDENTIAL |
| Last registered | 2025-10-28 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $2,407,000 | $1,083,150 |
| 2026 | $2,679,000 | $1,205,550 |
| 2027 | $2,585,000 | $1,163,250 |
The city's market estimate has risen 7% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
Not in the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary maps).
Hurricane evacuation zone 4 of 6 — zone 1 evacuates first.
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 | 33 St — 6 · 0.3 mi straight-line (about a 7-minute walk) · station accessibility: none Grand Central-42 St — 4 5 6 7 S · 0.4 mi straight-line (about a 10-minute walk) · station accessibility: full |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: E 34 St / 2 Av — M34-SBS M34A-SBS · 150 ft · Select Bus Service |
| Citi Bike | 2 Ave & E 31 St · 900 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.
231 East 34 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 |
20 311 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 REM RESIDENTIAL — 138 buildings, 2,863 units. Grades across the portfolio: A66 · B32 · C23 · D15 · F2. See the whole portfolio
showing 60 of 138 buildings
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $45,300,000 on 2005-07-05 (lender: Bank Of America, N.A.), covering 2 lots — the amount covers all of them. Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005-07-05 | Mortgage $45,300,000 — from 225 EAST 34TH STREET LLC to BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. | $45,300,000 | |
| 2005-04-19 | DEVR $3,090,750 — from FARINA, ESTELLE; FARINA, FRANK to 221 E 34TH ST CO. LLC | $3,090,750 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 21 |
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 15 |
| 2023 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 14 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
Every one of the 182 recorded events, 1974–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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