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479 1 Avenue

804Records
19City systems
1Open violations
5.9Penalty rate

804 recorded events, 1966–2026, from 19 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 440 311 service requests, 71 DOB permits, 68 HPD housing violations.

BoroughManhattan
Built1972
Floors20
Res. units204
ClassD6
Owner (PLUTO)HENRY PHIPPS PLAZA EIN
BBL1009340024
BIN—

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GRADE A

The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. More recorded distress than 58% of 100+-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 100+-unit residential buildings is 3.7 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 5.9. How grades work

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A
B
C

Among 4,677 100+-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more

Open with the city right now

Open HPD violations1 total — 0 class C (immediately hazardous), 1 class B, 0 class A. Oldest open since 2025-02-24.

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

Patterns

14 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2024–25: 6 · winter 2025–26: 8). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.

6
’24–25
8
’25–26

1 bedbug-infested unit(s) reported in filings over the last three years.

$1,250 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.

What 311 hears from this address

72 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (12) · For Hire Vehicle Complaint (8) · HEAT/HOT WATER (7) · Illegal Parking (6) · Homeless Person Assistance (4) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (4).

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 (1972)
YesSix or more residential units (204)
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)HENRY PHIPPS PLAZA EAST, INC
Head officerADAM WEINSTEIN
Managing agentPHIPPS HOUSES SERVICES, INC
Last registered2025-12-02

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$26,222,000 $11,799,900
2026$27,464,000 $12,358,800
2027$0 $0

The city's market estimate has fallen 100% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Tax exemptions on the roll: MITCHELL-LAMA

Building systems

Energy grade (LL33)D — ENERGY STAR score 10/100, posted at the entrance by law (2022 disclosure cycle)
Heating fuelNATURALGAS
Facade (Local Law 11)UNSAFE — unsafe conditions reported (cycle 9)

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.

Report a problem to 311

479 1 Avenue

Heat or hot waterHeat or hot water
Apartment maintenanceApartment maintenance
Bed bugsBed bugs
Residential pestsResidential pests
Rats or miceRats or mice
Anything elseAnything else

72 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 7 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.

The landlord's report card

Managed by PHIPPS HOUSES SERVICES, INC — 80 buildings, 6,786 units. Grades across the portfolio: A24 · B38 · C8 · D1. See the whole portfolio

BuildingBoroughUnitsGrade
50-01 39 Avenue QN472 B
62-11 108th Street QN441 A
254 Euclid Avenue BK436 A
444 2 Avenue MN404 B
250 Euclid Avenue BK403 A
3960 3 Avenue BX280 B
315 East 102 Street MN259 B
361 East 161 Street BX255 C
700 Brook Avenue BX222 B
383 East 162 Street BX217 C
479 1 Avenue MN204 A
315 East 29 Street MN204 B
432 East 162 Street BX199 C
600 East 156th Street BX175 B
988 East 180th Street BX163 B
625 West 140 Street MN113 B
49 East 73 Street MN101 A
565 Manhattan Avenue MN101 B
4278 3 Avenue BX97 A
1050 Amsterdam Avenue MN94 A
125 Walker Street MN88 A
3097 3 Avenue BX85 A
128 West 128 Street MN80 A
314 East 100 Street MN80 A
44-20 63 Street QN78 A
927 Courtlandt Avenue BX77 B
870 Courtlandt Avenue BX71 B
140 West 142 Street MN66 A
3103 3 Avenue BX61 B
325 East 25 Street MN56 A
1691 Fulton Avenue BX56 C
123 West 104 Street MN56 A
350 West 124 Street MN53 B
1409 Fulton Avenue BX50 B
1605 Fulton Avenue BX49 B
2185 Adam C Powell Blvd MN48 B
1581 Fulton Avenue BX47 B
1591 Fulton Avenue BX46 B
1743 Fulton Avenue BX45 B
1485 Fulton Avenue BX44 A
710 East 9 Street MN44 B
1033 Boston Road BX42 A
311 Bowery MN42 A
1639 Fulton Avenue BX42 B
1735 Fulton Avenue BX41 B
906 East 178 Street BX35 B
1413 Fulton Avenue BX32 B
334 East 96 Street MN30 A
635 Jefferson Place BX28 B
25 West 128 Street MN27 B
1326 Fulton Avenue BX24 A
1725 Fulton Avenue BX22 B
63 Thompson Street MN21 B
1451 Crotona Place BX21 B
1573 Fulton Avenue BX21 B
1469 Fulton Avenue BX20 B
1465 Fulton Avenue BX19 B
212 East 7 Street MN18 B
545 St Pauls Place BX18 B
428 East 11 Street MN17 A

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Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $1,700,295 on 2025-04-22 (lender: New York City Housing Development Corporation). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2025-04-22Mortgage $1,700,295 — from HENRY PHIPPS PLAZA EAST, INC. to NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPOR $1,700,295
2014-11-15RPTT $69,852,905 — from MACQUARIE NEW YORK PARKING 2 LLC; MACQUARIE NEW YORK PARKING 2 LLC to CITIZENS ICON HOLDINGS, LLC; CITIZENS ICON HOLDINGS, LLC $69,852,905
2014-11-15RPTT $69,852,905 — from MACQUARIE NEW YORK PARKING 2 LLC; MACQUARIE NEW YORK PARKING 2 LLC to CITIZENS ICON HOLDINGS, LLC; CITIZENS ICON HOLDINGS, LLC $69,852,905
2006-03-24RPTT $362,419,501 — from TMO PARENT LLC to MACQUARIE NEW YORK PARKING 3 LLC; MACQUARIE NEW YORK PARKING 2 LLC $362,419,501

Ten-year activity

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ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
201720341239
201890390351
201944880298
202023410248
202125640273
202205320340
202303440350
202402510558
202509589884
202602100315
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The full timeline

Construction 85Enforcement 79Housing & tenants 554Ownership & money 41Health & systems 45

Every one of the 804 recorded events, 1966–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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