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302 West 79 Street

424Records
18City systems
0Open violations
0Penalty rate
Manhattan · ZIP 10024 · Neighborhood: Upper West Side (Central)
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424 recorded events, 1900–2026, from 18 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 85 ACRIS deeds & mortgages, 77 311 service requests, 62 DOB permits.

BoroughManhattan 10024
Built1905
Floors8
Res. units45
ClassD4
Owner (PLUTO)ORIENTA OWNERS INC
BBL1011860084
BIN1031128

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GRADE A

The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less recorded distress than 100% 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 0. In ZIP 10024, 70% of residential buildings hold an A and 2% grade D or F. How grades work

this building
A
B
C

Among 17,252 25-99-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

No heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years.

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

What 311 hears from this address

10 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (4) · Illegal Parking (3) · Snow or Ice (2) · Street Condition (1).

Filed construction activity

$1,586,020 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (26 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 (1905)
YesSix or more residential units (45)
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)ORIENTA OWNERS CORP
Head officerPAUL SCHORR
Managing agentVERITAS PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
Last registered2025-08-01

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$9,354,000 $4,209,300
2026$9,514,000 $4,281,300
2027$9,736,000 $4,381,200

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 2022 estimate: gross income $1,758,526 a year ($42.07 per sq ft), operating expenses $603,174 ($14.43 per sq ft), net operating income $1,155,352. These are the city's estimates from comparable rentals, not the building's actual budget, rents or maintenance charges.

Building systems

Energy grade (LL33)A — ENERGY STAR score 90/100 (2022 disclosure cycle)
Heating fuelNO2FUEL
Facade (Local Law 11)SAFE (cycle 9)

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

Subway79 St — 1 · 500 ft straight-line (about a 2-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
72 St — 1 2 3 · 0.4 mi straight-line (about a 9-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
BusNearest boarding stop: W 79 St / Riverside Dr — M79-SBS · 200 ft · Select Bus Service
Citi BikeW 78 St & Broadway · 450 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

302 West 79 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

10 311 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.

The landlord's report card

Managed by VERITAS PROPERTY MANAGEMENT LLC — 140 buildings, 5,208 units. Grades across the portfolio: A120 · B18. See the whole portfolio

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3530 Henry Hudson Pkwy E BX216 A
211 East 53 Street MN146 A
626 East 14 Street MN117 A
3103 Fairfield Avenue BX108 A
3636 Fieldston Road BX102 B
86-22 98 Street QN95 A
581 Academy Street MN89 A
3200 Netherland Avenue BX80 A
445 West 240 Street BX78 A
5620 Sylvan Avenue BX77 A
49 East 96 Street MN75 A
3050 Fairfield Avenue BX73 A
3600 Fieldston Road BX73 A
2711 Avenue X BK66 A
511 West 232 Street BX66 A
109-20 Queens Boulevard QN64 A
6300 Riverdale Avenue BX64 A
51 Tiemann Place MN62 B
1521 Watson Avenue BX61 A
306 West 97 Street MN61 A
3117 Broadway MN60 A
525 Avenue of the Americas MN60 A
6535 Broadway BX60 A
222 East 35 Street MN59 A
50 King Street MN57 A
2576 Broadway MN56 B
3656 Johnson Avenue BX56 A
3260 Netherland Avenue BX54 A
25 West 64 Street MN53 A
4265 Webster Avenue BX53 A
2400 Davidson Avenue BX51 A
2410 Davidson Avenue BX51 A
3279 Hull Avenue BX51 A
256 West 117 Street MN50 B
3701 Henry Hudson Pkwy W BX49 A
527 East 12 Street MN48 B
152 East 35 Street MN48 A
3603 Broadway MN48 A
131 West 16 Street MN48 A
45 Central Park North MN47 A
302 West 79 Street MN45 A
3512 Oxford Avenue BX45 A
649 2 Avenue MN44 A
982 Amsterdam Avenue MN44 A
5730 Mosholu Avenue BX43 A
463 West 44 Street MN43 A
29 West 64 Street MN43 A
333 East 209 Street BX43 A
145 Central Park North MN41 A
166 West 76 Street MN41 A
190 Garfield Place BK40 A
237 Eldridge Street MN40 A
321 East 71 Street MN39 A
123 Prospect Park West BK38 A
27 King Street MN38 A
322 West 90 Street MN37 A
15 Ft Washington Avenue MN36 A
175 Claremont Avenue MN36 A
319 East 105 Street MN36 A
3115 Broadway MN36 A

showing 60 of 140 buildings

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $500,000 on 2021-06-17 (lender: National Consumer Cooperative Bank). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2026-08-12RPTT&RET $1,935,000 — from MEHBOOB, SHER AFGAN; ZAFAR, MONAA to LANGSAM, ALEX; FALCHI, JULIET $1,935,000
2026-08-10RPTT&RET $1,849,000 — from MURPHY, CHARLES; MURPHY, MARY CLARE to STRAW, SAMUEL; STRAW, ALEXANDRA C $1,849,000
2026-07-31Sold for $1,935,000 $1,935,000 $43,000
2026-07-29Sold for $1,849,000 $1,849,000 $41,089
2024-08-19RPTT&RET $1,150,000 — from KERSHAW, BRIAN J; GRUND, LAURA to KLENA, DEREK; KLENA, ELYCIA $1,150,000
2024-08-16Sold for $1,150,000 $1,150,000 $25,556
2023-08-29RPTT&RET $925,000 — from GUNDLACH, JUSTIN; GAMER, MEREDITH to BINKLEY, LAUREN $925,000
2023-08-23Sold for $925,000 $925,000 $20,556
2023-08-07RPTT&RET $610,000 — from MIDTOWN PROPERTIES, LLC to HALL, SIMON; COOK, ELIZABETH $610,000
2023-08-01Sold for $610,000 $610,000 $13,556
2022-11-21RPTT&RET $1,795,000 — from 2018 WEST SIDE TRUST; DANA LOCATELL, TRUSTEE to MURPHY, MARY C; MURPHY, CHARLES $1,795,000
2022-11-11Sold for $1,795,000 $1,795,000 $39,889
2022-11-01RPTT&RET $425,000 — from MIDTOWN PROPERTIES, LLC to ROSSI, MATTEO; CAVALLI, NATASHA FIORELLA $425,000
2022-10-27Sold for $425,000 $425,000 $9,444
2021-06-17Mortgage $2,200,000 — from ORIENTA OWNERS CORP to NATIONAL CONSUMER COOPERATIVE BANK $2,200,000

Ten-year activity

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2020
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2023
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2025
2026
ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
201741110218
20187106216
20190164314
202010055121
2021104714136
202292154636
20234044416
2024301239
20252080212
20265034113
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The full timeline

Construction 112Enforcement 37Housing & tenants 135Ownership & money 103Health & systems 37

Every one of the 424 recorded events, 1900–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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