503 recorded events, 1900–2026, from 19 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 138 311 service requests, 135 HPD complaints, 43 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 56% 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 12.4. 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 | 5 total — 0 class C (immediately hazardous), 4 class B, 1 class A. Oldest open since 2026-03-05. |
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.
8 service requests in the last three years. Most common: UNSANITARY CONDITION (2) · HEAT/HOT WATER (2) · Noise (1) · Missed Collection (1) · Illegal Dumping (1) · Homeless Person Assistance (1).
$266,760 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (11 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 (1910) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (20) |
| 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) | THIRD CHRIS LP |
| Head officer | MARK SCHARFMAN |
| Managing agent | THIRD CHRIS LP |
| Last registered | 2025-09-15 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $3,585,000 | $1,613,250 |
| 2026 | $3,534,000 | $1,590,300 |
| 2027 | $3,790,000 | $1,705,500 |
The city's market estimate has risen 6% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Heating fuel | NO2FUEL |
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| QQ Boba Tea House | Coffee/Tea | Not yet graded | — |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
1 restaurant · 0 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map
Not in the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary maps).
Hurricane evacuation zone 5 of 6 — zone 1 evacuates first.
Not in the city's stormwater (cloudburst) flood maps under any modeled scenario.
1 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2017 (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 6-minute walk) · station accessibility: none Grand Central-42 St — 4 5 6 7 S · 0.3 mi straight-line (about an 8-minute walk) · station accessibility: full |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: E 34 St / 3 Av — M34-SBS M34A-SBS BM5 · 400 ft · Select Bus Service |
| Citi Bike | Lexington Ave & E 36 St · 600 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.
533 3 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 |
| Food poisoning | Food poisoning |
| Food safety complaint | Food safety complaint |
| Anything else | Anything else |
8 311 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.
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $1,425,000 on 2006-12-19 (lender: New York Community 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-07-29 | Agreement $2,632,296 — from THIRD CHRIS L.P. to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $2,632,296 | |
| 2019-07-29 | AL&R $2,632,296 — from THIRD CHRIS L.P. to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $2,632,296 | |
| 2013-08-13 | AL&R $2,941,131 — from THIRD CHRIS, L.P. to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $2,941,131 | |
| 2013-08-13 | Agreement $2,941,131 — from THIRD CHRIS, L.P. to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $2,941,131 | |
| 2010-11-12 | Agreement $3,072,740 — from THIRD CHRIS, LP to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $3,072,740 | |
| 2006-12-19 | Mortgage $1,425,000 — from THIRD CHRIS, LP to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $1,425,000 | |
| 2005-01-20 | Mortgage $104,837 — from THIRD CHRIS, L.P. to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $104,837 | |
| 2005-01-20 | Agreement $1,860,000 — from THIRD CHRIS, L.P. to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $1,860,000 | |
| 2001-03-22 | Mortgage $556,120 — from THIRD CHRIS, L.P. to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $556,120 | |
| 1998-10-19 | Mortgage $499,292 — from THIRD CHRIS, L.P. to QUEENS COUNTY SAVINGS BANK | $499,292 | |
| 1990-02-16 | Mortgage $291,693 — from 533 REALTY CO to EAST NEW YORK SVGS BK | $291,693 | |
| 1986-02-11 | Mortgage $450,000 — from 533 REALTY CO to 533 THIRD AVENUE CO | $450,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 2 | 124 | 0 | 3 | 129 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 14 |
| 2019 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 20 |
| 2020 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 20 |
| 2021 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 16 |
| 2022 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 14 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 17 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 13 |
Every one of the 503 recorded events, 1900–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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