275 recorded events, 1968–2026, from 14 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 76 ACRIS deeds & mortgages, 55 311 service requests, 32 HPD housing violations.
Full record, year by year Support this site
The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. More recorded distress than 56% 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 21.3. In ZIP 10024, 70% of residential buildings hold an A and 2% 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 | 5 total — 0 class C (immediately hazardous), 2 class B, 3 class A. Oldest open since 1987-05-26. |
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.
5 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Hazardous Materials (2) · General Construction/Plumbing (2) · Abandoned Bike (1).
$423,500 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (6 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 (1890) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (8) |
| 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) | 344 WEST END AVENUE INC |
| Head officer | SHAWN WHITFIELD |
| Managing agent | Marbrose Realty Inc. |
| Last registered | 2025-12-26 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $2,405,000 | $1,082,250 |
| 2026 | $2,886,000 | $1,298,700 |
| 2027 | $3,043,000 | $1,369,350 |
The city's market estimate has risen 27% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
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 | 79 St — 1 · 700 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 |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Broadway / W 76 St — M104 · 350 ft |
| Citi Bike | W 78 St & Broadway · 500 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.
344 West End 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 |
| Anything else | Anything else |
5 311 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.
Managed by MARBROSE REALTY INC — 41 buildings, 505 units. Grades across the portfolio: A38 · B3. See the whole portfolio
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $300,000 on 2026-07-08 (lender: Ostlund, Camille). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-08 | AL&R $966,000 — from 344 WEST END AVENUE, INC. to OSTLUND, CAMILLE | $966,000 | |
| 2026-07-08 | Mortgage $300,000 — from 344 WEST END AVENUE, INC. to OSTLUND, CAMILLE | $300,000 | |
| 2026-07-08 | Agreement $966,000 — from 344 WEST END AVENUE, INC. to OSTLUND, CAMILLE | $966,000 | |
| 2023-12-27 | Agreement $680,000 — from 344 WEST END AVENUE INC to OSTLUND, OSCAR | $680,000 | |
| 2023-12-27 | AL&R $680,000 — from 344 WEST END AVENUE INC to OSTLUND, OSCAR | $680,000 | |
| 2023-12-27 | Mortgage $163,076 — from 344 WEST END AVENUE INC to OSTLUND, OSCAR | $163,076 | |
| 2023-09-28 | RPTT&RET $935,000 — from WATERSTONE EQUITY LLC to BENMARK, TYLER; MUNCH, ALEXANDRA | $935,000 | |
| 2022-08-30 | RPTT&RET $505,000 — from SHASTEEN-SMITH, KYLE; SHASTEEN-SMITH, BROOKE to BESHAY, AMIR | $505,000 | |
| 2021-05-10 | RPTT&RET $510,000 — from WATANABE, YUKO; WATANABE, MAKOTO to SUSAN, SIMMONS; POLLINA, MARC | $510,000 | |
| 2021-04-20 | Sold for $510,000 | $510,000 | $63,750 |
| 2019-04-10 | RPTT&RET $530,000 — from MCKIERNAN, KATHLEEN to SCHASTEEN-SMITH, KYLE; SCHASTEEN-SMITH, BROOKE | $530,000 | |
| 2019-04-01 | Sold for $530,000 | $530,000 | $66,250 |
| 2017-05-05 | RPTT&RET $630,000 — from GILES, VALERIE to RONEN, ASSAF | $630,000 | |
| 2017-04-28 | RPTT&RET $2,800,000 — from OSTLUND, OSCAR; ALEXANDER, BARBARA to OSTLUND, OSCAR | $2,800,000 | |
| 2017-04-28 | RPTT&RET $360,000 — from ALEXANDER, BARBARA to OSTLUND, OSCAR | $360,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 23 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 2023 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 24 |
| 2024 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 2025 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 23 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
Every one of the 275 recorded events, 1968–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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