887 recorded events, 1976–2026, from 21 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 350 311 service requests, 163 ACRIS deeds & mortgages, 91 HPD complaints.
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The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less recorded distress than 78% of 25-99-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 25-99-unit residential buildings is 23.6 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 3.6. In ZIP 10019, 65% of residential buildings hold an A and 4% grade D or F. How grades work
Among 17,252 25-99-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more
| Open HPD violations | 9 total — 0 class C (immediately hazardous), 9 class B, 0 class A. Oldest open since 1994-07-13. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
3 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 3).
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
71 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Illegal Parking (20) · Noise (17) · Street Condition (9) · Water System (7) · Homeless Person Assistance (2) · Dirty Condition (2).
$859,810 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (16 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 (1903) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (74) |
| 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) | 205-54 HOUSE INC. |
| Head officer | CHAIM BABAD |
| Managing agent | CHAIM BABAD |
| Last registered | 2025-08-29 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $18,309,000 | $8,239,050 |
| 2026 | $19,465,000 | $8,759,250 |
| 2027 | $19,883,000 | $8,947,350 |
The city's market estimate has risen 9% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Tax exemptions on the roll: COLD WAR VETERAN - DISABILITY · SENIOR CITIZEN HOMEOWNER
For property tax, the Department of Finance values this co-op as if it were a rental building. Its 2022 estimate: gross income $3,362,183 a year ($51.92 per sq ft), operating expenses $972,650 ($15.02 per sq ft), net operating income $2,389,533. These are the city's estimates from comparable rentals, not the building's actual budget, rents or maintenance charges.
| Energy grade (LL33) | C — ENERGY STAR score 68/100 (2022 disclosure cycle) |
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
| Facade (Local Law 11) | SAFE (cycle 9) |
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flute | French | A | Mice evidence |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
1 restaurant · 1 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map
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.
| Subway | 57 St-7 Av — N Q R W · 200 ft straight-line (about a 1-minute walk) · station accessibility: full 7 Av — B D E · 300 ft straight-line (about a 2-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: 7 Av / W 55 St — M20 · 150 ft |
| Citi Bike | 7 Ave & W 55 St · 250 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 111 Adolph S. Ochs Middle: M.S. 297. 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.
203 West 54 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 |
| Food poisoning | Food poisoning |
| Food safety complaint | Food safety complaint |
| Anything else | Anything else |
71 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 1 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: $100,000 on 2021-07-27 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-21 | RPTT&RET $560,000 — from RAPPA, FRANK to SUBRAMANIAM, RAJESH | $560,000 | |
| 2026-07-15 | Sold for $560,000 | $560,000 | $7,568 |
| 2025-05-15 | RPTT&RET $520,000 — from KOCHIS, KYMBERLY to JIANG, YAN; FRATUS, TIMOTHY PATRICK | $520,000 | |
| 2025-05-07 | Sold for $520,000 | $520,000 | $7,027 |
| 2025-04-29 | RPTT&RET $550,000 — from DICKSON, ADAM PATRICK; SANDOVAL-DICKSON, JESSICA MARIE to HUGEC, VLADIMIR III; HUGEC, VLADIMIR II | $550,000 | |
| 2025-04-23 | Sold for $550,000 | $550,000 | $7,432 |
| 2025-04-14 | RPTT&RET $440,000 — from THE ESTATE OF NEIL ROSENBERG; ATTAR, AS EXECUTOR, LAILA to TYSON, JONATHAN; TYSON, CHRISTY | $440,000 | |
| 2025-03-27 | Sold for $440,000 | $440,000 | $5,946 |
| 2024-11-29 | RPTT&RET $573,000 — from PEGUES, TOMMIE L to HORN, JACOB L | $573,000 | |
| 2024-11-26 | RPTT&RET $310,000 — from 205-54 HOUSE INC. to 1801 53RD STREET LLC | $310,000 | |
| 2024-11-19 | RPTT&RET $870,000 — from GUTHRIE, DANIEL; STRAUSS, AMANDA to COLLETTI, ANTHONY; FIGHT, JOSEPH | $870,000 | |
| 2024-11-19 | Sold for $573,000 | $573,000 | $7,743 |
| 2024-11-12 | RPTT&RET $915,000 — from BADER, ELI L; BADER, LIN ZHANG to BEVILACQUA, MATTHEW; BUCZYNSKI, ALYSSA | $915,000 | |
| 2024-11-12 | Sold for $870,000 | $870,000 | $11,757 |
| 2024-11-04 | Sold for $915,000 | $915,000 | $12,365 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 39 |
| 2018 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 12 | 1 | 46 |
| 2019 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 39 |
| 2020 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 18 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 10 | 1 | 39 |
| 2022 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 2 | 2 | 39 |
| 2023 | 2 | 3 | 38 | 4 | 6 | 53 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 33 |
| 2025 | 5 | 3 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 44 |
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 32 |
Every one of the 887 recorded events, 1976–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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