929 recorded events, 1968–2026, from 21 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 226 311 service requests, 190 ACRIS deeds & mortgages, 180 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 76% of 100+-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 100+-unit residential buildings is 3.7 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 1. In ZIP 10024, 70% of residential buildings hold an A and 2% grade D or F. How grades work
Among 4,677 100+-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more
| Open HPD violations | 1 total — 0 class C (immediately hazardous), 0 class B, 1 class A. Oldest open since 2023-10-02. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
2 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2024–25: 2).
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
$2,530 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.
64 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Illegal Parking (9) · Noise (7) · Homeless Person Assistance (7) · Panhandling (6) · Missed Collection (5) · Special Projects Inspection Team (SPIT) (3).
$3,687,844 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (30 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 (1905) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (112) |
| 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) | 51 WEST 81ST STREET CORP |
| Head officer | PAMELA HARWOOD |
| Managing agent | RUDD MANAGEMENT LLC |
| Last registered | 2025-08-04 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $22,104,000 | $9,946,800 |
| 2026 | $24,008,000 | $10,803,600 |
| 2027 | $26,588,000 | $11,964,600 |
The city's market estimate has risen 20% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Tax exemptions on the roll: SENIOR CITIZEN HOMEOWNER
For property tax, the Department of Finance values this co-op as if it were a rental building. Its 2022 estimate: gross income $5,205,933 a year ($51.47 per sq ft), operating expenses $1,791,278 ($17.71 per sq ft), net operating income $3,414,655. These are the city's estimates from comparable rentals, not the building's actual budget, rents or maintenance charges.
| Heating fuel | NO2FUEL |
| Facade (Local Law 11) | SAFE (cycle 9) |
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| About Coffee | Coffee/Tea | A | Mice evidence |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
1 restaurant · 1 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map
1 Food Establishment complaint to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Toilet Facility) · 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.
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 | 81 St-Museum of Natural History — B C · 750 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: W 81 St / Columbus Av — M79-SBS BxM2 · 100 ft · Select Bus Service |
| Citi Bike | W 82 St & Central Park W · 800 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 009 Sarah Anderson. 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.
441 Columbus 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 |
| Food poisoning | Food poisoning |
| Food safety complaint | Food safety complaint |
| Anything else | Anything else |
64 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 1 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.
Managed by RUDD MANAGEMENT LLC — 36 buildings, 2,547 units. Grades across the portfolio: A28 · B7 · C1. See the whole portfolio
| Building | Borough | Units | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 301 East 69 Street | MN | 198 | A |
| 333 East 66 Street | MN | 191 | A |
| 420 East 72 Street | MN | 191 | A |
| 667 Lexington Avenue | MN | 156 | B |
| 504 Cathedral Parkway | MN | 148 | B |
| 56 Leonard Street | MN | 146 | A |
| 215 East 80 Street | MN | 145 | A |
| 1359 3 Avenue | MN | 126 | A |
| 66 Overlook Terrace | MN | 120 | A |
| 441 Columbus Avenue | MN | 112 | A |
| 230 East 79 Street | MN | 107 | B |
| 605 Park Avenue | MN | 105 | A |
| 689 Ft Washington Avenue | MN | 84 | A |
| 801 West End Avenue | MN | 74 | A |
| 205 East 69 Street | MN | 72 | A |
| 166 East 96 Street | MN | 65 | A |
| 305 West 52 Street | MN | 65 | A |
| 285 Central Park West | MN | 53 | A |
| 75 Central Park West | MN | 53 | A |
| 514 Cathedral Parkway | MN | 49 | A |
| 24 East 93 Street | MN | 45 | A |
| 40 West 67 Street | MN | 39 | A |
| 420 West 23 Street | MN | 38 | A |
| 310 West 85 Street | MN | 36 | A |
| 27 West 67 Street | MN | 32 | A |
| 236 West 26 Street | MN | 25 | A |
| 304 Columbus Avenue | MN | 14 | A |
| 21 West 20 Street | MN | 13 | A |
| 130 West 57 Street | MN | 10 | A |
| 425 Amsterdam Avenue | MN | 8 | B |
| 157 East 84 Street | MN | 6 | A |
| 55 West 86 Street | MN | 5 | B |
| 786 Lexington Avenue | MN | 4 | B |
| 12 West 10 Street | MN | 4 | A |
| 784 Lexington Avenue | MN | 4 | C |
| 105 Franklin Street | MN | 4 | B |
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $350,000 on 2021-05-18 (lender: Investors 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-22 | RPTT&RET $637,500 — from FLAX, EMILY to MILLS, MAURA | $637,500 | |
| 2026-09-18 | Sold for $637,500 | $637,500 | $5,692 |
| 2026-08-26 | RPTT&RET $2,400,000 — from MARY KATHERINE CLIFFORD, AS TRUSTEE; GAY S. MILLER AND PAUL GREGORY CLIFFORD to SONBOLIAN, JAY; SONBOLIAN, JENNY | $2,400,000 | |
| 2026-08-12 | Sold for $2,400,000 | $2,400,000 | $21,429 |
| 2026-03-27 | RPTT&RET $625,000 — from WILSON, DAVID REED JR.; WILSON, BERNADETTE B to KORKEAKIVI, ANNE | $625,000 | |
| 2026-03-26 | Sold for $625,000 | $625,000 | $5,580 |
| 2025-05-09 | RPTT&RET $849,000 — from RUBINO, STEPHANIE; RUBINO MCARTHUR, STEPHANIE to RUBINO, SUSAN B; RUBINO, ROBERT J | $849,000 | |
| 2025-04-15 | Sold for $849,000 | $849,000 | $7,580 |
| 2024-12-10 | RPTT&RET $610,000 — from ESTATE OF PAUL F. BIERSUCK to WILSON, DAVID REED JR; WILSON, BERNADETTE B | $610,000 | |
| 2024-12-10 | RPTT&RET $720,000 — from ST. JOHN, SCOTT JEREMY; ST. JOHN, LARA to ZOU, WENJUN | $720,000 | |
| 2024-12-05 | RPTT&RET $632,500 — from SEAN F CONNOLLY AND JEFFREY S GANTER LIV to CARINI, RUTH KRAMP; CARINI, GARY | $632,500 | |
| 2024-11-27 | Sold for $610,000 | $610,000 | $5,446 |
| 2024-11-26 | Sold for $720,000 | $720,000 | $6,429 |
| 2024-11-15 | Sold for $632,500 | $632,500 | $5,647 |
| 2024-11-08 | RPTT&RET $665,000 — from SCHWAM, ELIAS M; SCHWAM, NANCY U to HAGGERTY, MELISSA | $665,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 44 |
| 2018 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 41 |
| 2019 | 15 | 3 | 14 | 21 | 4 | 57 |
| 2020 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 28 |
| 2021 | 11 | 0 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 39 |
| 2022 | 9 | 1 | 30 | 2 | 3 | 45 |
| 2023 | 3 | 1 | 32 | 11 | 3 | 50 |
| 2024 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 43 |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 6 | 4 | 46 |
| 2026 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 33 |
Every one of the 929 recorded events, 1968–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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