661 recorded events, 1966–2026, from 15 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 357 311 service requests, 49 DOB job filings, 46 DOB permits.
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 82% 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 2.4. In ZIP 10023, 77% of residential buildings hold an A and 3% 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 | 23 total — 0 class C (immediately hazardous), 14 class B, 9 class A. Oldest open since 1988-07-28. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
No heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
121 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (70) · Outdoor Dining (14) · Dirty Condition (6) · Food Establishment (6) · Sewer Maintenance (3) · Commercial Disposal Complaint (2).
$622,310 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (20 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 (1878) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (23) |
| 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) | AYWID REALTY INC |
| Head officer | MICHAEL WIDLANSKI |
| Managing agent | PHILIP WIDLANSKI |
| Last registered | 2025-09-13 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $10,629,000 | $4,783,050 |
| 2026 | $10,805,000 | $4,862,250 |
| 2027 | $9,503,000 | $4,276,350 |
The city's market estimate has fallen 11% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bin 71 | French | B | Mice evidence |
| Friend of A Farmer | American | A | Mice evidence |
| Parm | Italian | A | — |
| Two Boots Pizza | Pizza | A | — |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
4 restaurants · 2 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map
2 food-poisoning reports to 311 at this address in the last three years (0 with three or more people sick), shared by 4 restaurants
6 Food Establishment complaints to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Rodents/Insects/Garbage, Dishwashing/Utensils, Food Contaminated), shared by 4 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.
1 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2026 (1 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 | 72 St — B C · 750 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: none 72 St — 1 2 3 · 0.2 mi straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: full |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Columbus Av / W 72 St — M7 M11 · 350 ft |
| Citi Bike | Columbus Ave & W 72 St · 250 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 199 Jessie Isador Straus. 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.
70 West 71 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 |
121 311 service requests from this address in the last three years.
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: $2,500,000 on 2002-10-21 (lender: Independence 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002-10-21 | Mortgage $2,500,000 — from AYWID REALTY, INC. to INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK | $2,500,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 11 |
| 2018 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 3 | 30 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 22 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 2 | 39 |
| 2021 | 1 | 3 | 40 | 2 | 46 |
| 2022 | 16 | 0 | 42 | 6 | 64 |
| 2023 | 8 | 2 | 44 | 15 | 69 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 7 | 38 |
| 2025 | 1 | 3 | 58 | 7 | 69 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 7 | 39 |
Every one of the 661 recorded events, 1966–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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