688 recorded events, 1993–2026, from 16 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 350 ACRIS deeds & mortgages, 141 311 service requests, 41 DOF property sales.
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The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less recorded distress than 94% 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 0.3. 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
No current HPD flags in the latest weekly snapshot: no open violations, no pending litigation, no active vacate orders, and not in the Alternative Enforcement Program.
2 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2024–25: 2).
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
32 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (7) · Illegal Parking (6) · Street Condition (4) · Blocked Driveway (3) · Lead (2) · General Construction/Plumbing (2).
$70,000 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (2 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 (1930) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (30) |
| 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) | THE SORTING HOUSE CONDOMINIUM |
| Head officer | LEWIS TAFFER |
| Managing agent | MAXWELL-KATES INC. |
| Last registered | 2025-09-22 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $573,665 | $258,149 |
| 2026 | $573,470 | $258,061 |
| 2027 | $490,050 | $220,522 |
The city's market estimate has fallen 15% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Tax exemptions on the roll: FED GOVT LAND BLDGS
For property tax, the Department of Finance values this condo as if it were a rental building. Its 2023 estimate: gross income $2,560,985 a year ($65.93 per sq ft), operating expenses $563,238 ($14.50 per sq ft), net operating income $1,997,747. These are the city's estimates from comparable rentals, not the building's actual budget, rents or maintenance charges.
| Energy grade (LL33) | D — ENERGY STAR score 7/100, posted at the entrance by law (2022 disclosure cycle) |
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
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.
4 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2018 (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 | 50 St — C E · 450 ft straight-line (about a 2-minute walk) · station accessibility: partial (Downtown only) 50 St — 1 · 1,000 ft straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: 8 Av / W 52 St — M20 M104 · 450 ft |
| Citi Bike | 8 Ave & W 52 St · 350 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.
322 West 52 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 |
32 311 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.
Managed by MAXWELL-KATES INC. — 196 buildings, 14,349 units. Grades across the portfolio: A182 · B9 · C2 · F1. See the whole portfolio
showing 60 of 196 buildings
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-09 | Mortgage $700,000 — from LEE, SUNG WOO to MERS; GR AFFINITY, LLC | $700,000 | |
| 2026-06-05 | Mortgage $400,000 — from SORENSEN TR, JEFFREY; SORENSEN-LEE FAMILY TRUST; LEE TR, HYUNMI to CITIZENS BANK NA | $400,000 | |
| 2025-04-11 | Mortgage $1,239,000 — from SOONG, CHEN-YAO to CITIZENS BANK, N.A. | $1,239,000 | |
| 2025-04-11 | Deed $1,770,000 — from JANSING, CHRISTINE to SOONG, CHEN-YAO | $1,770,000 | |
| 2025-03-26 | Sold for $1,770,000 | $1,770,000 | $59,000 |
| 2024-12-27 | Mortgage $669,000 — from SZ NY RE 2 LLC to COREVEST AMERICAN FINANCE LENDER LLC | $669,000 | |
| 2024-04-15 | Deed $2,450,000 — from BIVINS, OLIVER to 318 WEST 52ND STREET 4H LLC | $2,450,000 | |
| 2024-04-01 | Sold for $2,450,000 | $2,450,000 | $81,667 |
| 2023-09-18 | Deed $2,450,000 — from JAFFA, SCOTT; BORMAN, ERIC; HERBERT, SHANE to KCHATT HOLDINGS LLC | $2,450,000 | |
| 2023-08-28 | Sold for $2,450,000 | $2,450,000 | $81,667 |
| 2022-10-05 | Mortgage $85,000 — from KING, LUIS ALFONSO to POINT DIGITAL FINANCE INC | $85,000 | |
| 2022-06-29 | Mortgage $1,425,000 — from ZIMMERMAN, HARRON ETESS to UBS BANK USA; MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS | $1,425,000 | |
| 2022-06-29 | Deed $2,425,000 — from LUNIN-PACK, JUSTIN; BERMAN, DANIEL CARTER to ZIMMERMAN, HARRON ETESS | $2,425,000 | |
| 2022-06-01 | Sold for $2,425,000 | $2,425,000 | $80,833 |
| 2022-01-10 | Mortgage $1,814,400 — from HUDDLE, MATTHEW; ZAMPELLA, JOHN to WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. | $1,814,400 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 8 | 20 | 8 | 259 | 2 | 297 |
| 2018 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 31 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 36 | 1 | 40 |
| 2020 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 20 | 0 | 39 |
| 2021 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 21 | 1 | 42 |
| 2022 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 39 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 13 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 22 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 20 |
| 2026 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 21 |
Every one of the 688 recorded events, 1993–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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