656 recorded events, 1967–2026, from 18 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 187 DOB permits, 104 DOB job filings, 97 ACRIS deeds & mortgages.
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 80% 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 3. In ZIP 10024, 70% of residential buildings hold an A and 2% grade D or F. How grades work
Among 17,252 25-99-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more
| Open HPD violations | 2 total — 0 class C (immediately hazardous), 0 class B, 2 class A. Oldest open since 2026-06-12. |
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.
$5,625 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.
31 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (16) · Illegal Parking (3) · General Construction/Plumbing (2) · DOOR/WINDOW (2) · Missed Collection (1) · Encampment (1).
$6,072,814 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (52 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 (1926) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (80) |
| 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) | 54 RIVERSIDE DRIVE CORP |
| Head officer | GRACE VANDECRUZE |
| Managing agent | BUCHBINDER & WARREN LLC |
| Last registered | 2025-07-18 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $33,978,000 | $15,290,100 |
| 2026 | $34,742,000 | $15,633,900 |
| 2027 | $35,420,000 | $15,939,000 |
The city's market estimate has risen 4% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Tax exemptions on the roll: COLD WAR VETERAN - DISABILITY
For property tax, the Department of Finance values this co-op as if it were a rental building. Its 2021 estimate: gross income $6,513,614 a year ($44.31 per sq ft), operating expenses $2,393,176 ($16.28 per sq ft), net operating income $4,120,438. These are the city's estimates from comparable rentals, not the building's actual budget, rents or maintenance charges.
| Energy grade (LL33) | B — ENERGY STAR score 84/100 (2022 disclosure cycle) |
| Heating fuel | NO2FUEL |
| Facade (Local Law 11) | SWARMP — "Safe With A Repair and Maintenance Program": known facade conditions that must be repaired (cycle 9) |
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 · 750 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: none 72 St — 1 2 3 · 0.3 mi straight-line (about a 9-minute walk) · station accessibility: full |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Riverside Dr / W 77 St — M5 · 150 ft |
| Citi Bike | Riverside Dr & W 78 St · 200 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| Bike facility | Painted bike lane mapped within 75 ft |
| 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.
54 Riverside Drive
| 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 |
31 311 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 BUCHBINDER & WARREN LLC — 106 buildings, 2,394 units. Grades across the portfolio: A90 · B8 · C2 · D3. See the whole portfolio
showing 60 of 106 buildings
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $2,000,000 on 2022-01-04 (lender: Flushing 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-31 | RPTT&RET $875,000 — from RUBEN, STEPHEN; NIEHAUS, SHARILYN to MONKARSH, RANDY | $875,000 | |
| 2026-07-16 | Sold for $875,000 | $875,000 | $10,938 |
| 2026-07-02 | RPTT&RET $1,900,000 — from HENRY, JOHN; HENRY, SARAH to ROSENTHAL, LILY; FLOYD, MALCOLM-WILEY | $1,900,000 | |
| 2026-06-05 | Sold for $1,900,000 | $1,900,000 | $23,750 |
| 2025-10-09 | RPTT&RET $1,995,000 — from JOHNSON, JAMES ALLEN to LESLIE, CRAIG; DANIELS, ROBERT PAUL | $1,995,000 | |
| 2025-10-03 | Sold for $1,995,000 | $1,995,000 | $24,938 |
| 2025-09-10 | RPTT&RET $1,960,000 — from SMITH, ELISABETH M to LEDES, RICHARD | $1,960,000 | |
| 2025-05-23 | Sold for $1,960,000 | $1,960,000 | $24,500 |
| 2024-08-13 | RPTT&RET $6,250,000 — from LEVINE, ELIZABETH; LEVINE, MARK to NEFF-HAVILAND 2023 JOINT REVOCABLE TRUST; MARY LYNDON HAVILAND, AS TRUSTEE; THOMAS MICHAEL | $6,250,000 | |
| 2024-08-13 | RPTT&RET $6,250,000 — from LEVINE, ELIZABETH; LEVINE, MARK to NEFF-HAVILAND 2023 JOINT REVOCABLE TRUST; MARY LYNDON HAVILAND, AS TRUSTEE; THOMAS MICHAEL | $6,250,000 | |
| 2024-08-07 | Sold for $6,250,000 | $6,250,000 | $78,125 |
| 2023-09-07 | RPTT $2,075,000 — from DIANA SISKIND ESTATE to COOK, BRIAN | $2,075,000 | |
| 2023-08-25 | RPTT&RET $2,325,000 — from SELLER, JEFFREY; LEHRER, JOSHUA to FINE, MELINDA; LOCKMAN, ZACHARY | $2,325,000 | |
| 2023-08-15 | Sold for $2,325,000 | $2,325,000 | $29,063 |
| 2023-07-05 | RPTT&RET $2,385,000 — from GOTTSEGEN, CARLY; KOEN, JONATHAN to LENET, ALISON E; SMEDLEY, GIOVANNI L | $2,385,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 12 |
| 2018 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 34 |
| 2019 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 12 |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 20 |
| 2021 | 20 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 37 |
| 2022 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 27 |
| 2023 | 16 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 43 |
| 2024 | 14 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 42 |
| 2025 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 37 |
| 2026 | 34 | 3 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 67 |
Every one of the 656 recorded events, 1967–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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