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34 West 73 Street

256Records
14City systems
0Open violations
15.8Penalty rate
Manhattan · ZIP 10023 · Neighborhood: Upper West Side-Lincoln Square
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256 recorded events, 1970–2026, from 14 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 123 311 service requests, 33 DOB permits, 22 rodent inspections.

BoroughManhattan 10023
Built1891
Floors4
Res. units10
ClassC5
Owner (PLUTO)34 WEST 73RD STREET, LLC
BBL1011250156
BIN1028647

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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 50% 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 15.8. In ZIP 10023, 77% of residential buildings hold an A and 3% grade D or F. How grades work

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C

Among 46,798 6-24-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more

Open with the city right now

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.

Patterns

4 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2024–25: 2 · winter 2025–26: 2). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.

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No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.

What 311 hears from this address

67 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (55) · Rodent (2) · HEAT/HOT WATER (2) · Smoking or Vaping (2) · Lead (1) · Dirty Condition (1).

Filed construction activity

$227,400 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (7 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.

Rent-stabilization signals

YesBuilt before 1974 (1891)
YesSix or more residential units (10)
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)34 WEST 73RD STREET LLC
Head officerNICHOLAS BRUSCO
Managing agentR.E.M. RESIDENTIAL
Last registered2025-09-18

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$3,080,000 $1,386,000
2026$3,696,000 $1,663,200
2027$4,042,000 $1,818,900

The city's market estimate has risen 31% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Building systems

Heating fuelNATURALGAS

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.

Getting around

Subway72 St — B C · 600 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
72 St — 1 2 3 · 0.2 mi straight-line (about a 6-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
BusNearest boarding stop: Columbus Av / W 72 St — M7 M11 · 350 ft
Citi BikeW 74 St & Columbus Ave · 350 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 087 William Sherman. 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.

Report a problem to 311

34 West 73 Street

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

67 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 2 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 R.E.M. RESIDENTIAL — 117 buildings, 3,819 units. Grades across the portfolio: A65 · B30 · C15 · D5 · F1. See the whole portfolio

BuildingBoroughUnitsGrade
304 East 41 Street MN200 A
225 East 63 Street MN151 B
25 Hillside Avenue MN142 D
305 2 Avenue MN127 A
25-10 30 Road QN120 B
3410 Kingsbridge Avenue BX117 D
88 Bleecker Street MN107 A
45-35 44 Street QN100 B
235 West 75 Street MN97 A
85-05 35 Avenue QN90 B
570 West 204 Street MN89 C
85-50 85 Drive QN84 A
63-70 Austin Street QN84 C
76-09 34 Avenue QN83 A
2800 Heath Avenue BX78 B
940 St Nicholas Avenue MN73 B
244 Fieldston Terrace BX72 C
4360 Baychester Avenue BX72 C
22-43 Jackson Avenue QN71 A
255 Hudson Street MN64 A
40-15 Hampton Street QN60 B
94-06 34 Road QN59 C
34 Seaman Avenue MN59 D
24 Bennett Avenue MN58 A
545 Cathedral Parkway MN54 A
44-46 Purves Street QN49 A
2340 Valentine Avenue BX49 C
86-20 Park Lane South QN48 A
3512 Broadway MN40 B
235 East 84 Street MN38 A
35-19 147 Street QN37 B
312 West 48 Street MN35 A
2024 68 Street BK34 B
15 East 19th Street BK33 A
387 Greenwich Street MN33 A
25 Cornelia Street MN32 A
234 Union Avenue BK32 B
251 West 98 Street MN32 A
1133 Park Avenue MN32 A
14 Hope Street BK30 A
323 West 75 Street MN30 A
265 West 87 Street MN26 A
250 East 31 Street MN25 A
2118 64 Street BK24 B
61 St Nicholas Place MN24 C
116 East 17 Street MN22 A
2129 Amsterdam Avenue MN21 D
3612 Broadway MN21 F
632 East 186 Street BX20 C
293 Hawthorne Street BK20 B
55 West 74 Street MN19 A
1376 1 Avenue MN18 A
32-02 34 Avenue QN18 C
353 Central Park West MN17 A
330 East 94 Street MN16 A
57 West 8 Street MN16 A
489 Columbus Avenue MN16 C
18 East 23 Street MN16 A
190 Claremont Avenue MN16 B
107 West 106 Street MN16 A

showing 60 of 117 buildings

Sales, deeds & mortgages

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2022-10-13RPTT&RET $113,400,000 — from BRUSCO, LUCY A; BRUSCO, NICHOLAS to L & N REALTY CO., A GENERAL PARTNERSHIP $113,400,000
2022-10-06RPTT&RET $34,480,000 — from JNPJC BRUSCO ASSOCIATES to BRUSCO, NICHOLAS; BRUSCO, LUCY A $34,480,000

Ten-year activity

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2021
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ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
2017600039
2018600028
2019112026
2020002013
202100130114
20220082313
202300520254
202400450954
202500150318
2026000011
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The full timeline

Construction 46Enforcement 5Housing & tenants 157Ownership & money 13Health & systems 35

Every one of the 256 recorded events, 1970–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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