2,012 recorded events, 1900–2026, from 20 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 929 311 service requests, 280 HPD housing violations, 259 HPD complaints.
Full record, year by year Support this site
A sustained record of distress well beyond its peers. More recorded distress than 96% 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 376.7. In ZIP 10019, 65% 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 | 98 total — 11 class C (immediately hazardous), 59 class B, 28 class A. Oldest open since 1982-09-24. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
100 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 61 · winter 2024–25: 33 · winter 2025–26: 6). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
$15,312 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.
117 service requests in the last three years. Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (44) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (23) · Homeless Person Assistance (6) · Noise (5) · WATER LEAK (4) · Food Establishment (4).
$340,840 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (13 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 (12) |
| 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) | 8TH & 56 STREET ASSOCIATES |
| Head officer | LAURA BOUCAI |
| Managing agent | DAVID EISENSTEIN REAL ESTATE |
| Last registered | 2025-09-04 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $11,540,000 | $5,193,000 |
| 2026 | $11,783,000 | $5,302,350 |
| 2027 | $13,087,000 | $5,889,150 |
The city's market estimate has risen 13% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guantanamera | Latin American | A | Mice evidence |
| Sophie's Cuban Cuisine | Latin American | A | — |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
2 restaurants · 1 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map
1 food-poisoning report to 311 at this address in the last three years (0 with three or more people sick), shared by 2 restaurants
4 Food Establishment complaints to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Bare Hands in Contact w/ Food, Food Contains Foreign Object, Food Spoiled), shared by 2 restaurants · complaints filed by the public; DOHMH investigates, outcomes aren't published.
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.
2 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2011 (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 | 59 St-Columbus Circle — 1 A B C D · 250 ft straight-line (about a 1-minute walk) · station accessibility: full 57 St-7 Av — N Q R W · 950 ft straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: full |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: 8 Av / W 56 St — M20 M104 · 250 ft |
| Citi Bike | 8 Ave & W 55 St · 150 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.
939 8 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 |
117 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 44 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 DAVID EISENSTEIN REAL ESTATE — 136 buildings, 4,843 units. Grades across the portfolio: A34 · B42 · C35 · D20 · F3. See the whole portfolio
showing 60 of 136 buildings
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 12 | 2 | 110 | 2 | 126 |
| 2018 | 8 | 9 | 95 | 4 | 116 |
| 2019 | 4 | 14 | 73 | 6 | 97 |
| 2020 | 6 | 32 | 43 | 4 | 85 |
| 2021 | 0 | 12 | 71 | 3 | 86 |
| 2022 | 0 | 22 | 98 | 3 | 123 |
| 2023 | 5 | 25 | 223 | 5 | 258 |
| 2024 | 0 | 25 | 123 | 7 | 155 |
| 2025 | 4 | 10 | 37 | 5 | 56 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 21 |
Every one of the 2,012 recorded events, 1900–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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