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629 2 Avenue

151Records
12City systems
10Open violations
116Penalty rate
Manhattan · ZIP 10016 · Neighborhood: Murray Hill-Kips Bay
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151 recorded events, 1981–2026, from 12 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 51 311 service requests, 20 HPD housing violations, 19 DOB violations.

BoroughManhattan 10016
Built1910
Floors4
Res. units3
ClassS3
Owner (PLUTO)629 SECOND CORP
BBL1009150030
BIN1020156

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GRADE D

A sustained record of distress well beyond its peers. More recorded distress than 98% of 1-5-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 1-5-unit residential buildings is 0 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 116. In ZIP 10016, 71% of residential buildings hold an A and 4% grade D or F. How grades work

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A
C

Among 699,345 1-5-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more

Open with the city right now

Open HPD violations10 total — 3 class C (immediately hazardous), 1 class B, 6 class A. Oldest open since 2017-06-06.

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

Patterns

No heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years.

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

What 311 hears from this address

22 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (9) · General Construction/Plumbing (3) · Food Establishment (2) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (2) · Real Time Enforcement (1) · Street Condition (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 (1910)
NoSix or more residential units (3)
No421-a / J-51 tax benefit on the current tax roll

1 of 3 signals present. Only a partial profile — stabilization is possible but less likely. 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)629 SECOND CORP
Head officerSamuel WEINBAUM
Managing agent629 SECOND CORP
Last registered2025-11-20

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$2,558,000 $1,151,100
2026$3,070,000 $1,381,500
2027$3,684,000 $1,657,800

The city's market estimate has risen 44% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Garlic Pizza BarPizzaAMice evidence

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

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

2 Food Establishment complaints to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Letter Grading, Rodents/Insects/Garbage) · complaints filed by the public; DOHMH investigates, outcomes aren't published.

Flood exposure

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.

Getting around

Subway33 St — 6 · 0.3 mi straight-line (about an 8-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
BusNearest boarding stop: E 34 St / 2 Av — M34-SBS M34A-SBS · 100 ft · Select Bus Service
Citi BikeE 33 St & 1 Ave · 800 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

629 2 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

22 311 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.

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $1,200,000 on 1989-08-18 (lender: Petrocelli, Attiliof.), covering 5 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.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
1989-08-18Mortgage $1,200,000 — from LAPWORTH RLTY CORP to PETROCELLI, ATTILIOF. $1,200,000

Ten-year activity

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EnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systems
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YearEnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systemsTotal
20172316
20180213
20190505
20200415
20210404
20220404
202355010
20242417
202519212
2026119222
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The full timeline

Construction 16Enforcement 38Housing & tenants 73Ownership & money 11Health & systems 13

Every one of the 151 recorded events, 1981–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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