131 recorded events, 1966–2026, from 12 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 50 ACRIS deeds & mortgages, 22 311 service requests, 20 rodent inspections.
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The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less recorded distress than 83% 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 2. In ZIP 10025, 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
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.
No heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
10 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Missed Collection (3) · Street Condition (2) · New Tree Request (1) · Standing Water (1) · Sewer (1) · Illegal Parking (1).
$127,439 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (4 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 (1897) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (10) |
| 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) | 36 W 96 OWNERS CORP |
| Head officer | JOSEPH DIPIETRO |
| Managing agent | SYNOPTIC MANAGEMENT CORP |
| Last registered | 2026-07-16 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,395,000 | $627,750 |
| 2026 | $1,332,000 | $599,400 |
| 2027 | $1,299,000 | $584,550 |
The city's market estimate has fallen 7% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
For property tax, the Department of Finance values this co-op as if it were a rental building. Its 2022 estimate: gross income $248,847 a year ($46.47 per sq ft), operating expenses $75,880 ($14.17 per sq ft), net operating income $172,967. These are the city's estimates from comparable rentals, not the building's actual budget, rents or maintenance charges.
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
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.
1 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2024 (1 in the last three years).
Sources: FEMA flood maps (coastal), NYC DEP Stormwater Flood Maps (cloudburst), NYC hurricane evacuation zones, and 311 records for this address.
| Subway | 96 St — B C · 350 ft straight-line (about a 2-minute walk) · station accessibility: none 96 St — 1 2 3 · 0.4 mi straight-line (about a 9-minute walk) · station accessibility: full |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: W 96 St / Central Park West — M96 M106 · 350 ft |
| Citi Bike | Columbus Ave & W 95 St · 550 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 163 Alfred E. Smith. 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.
36 West 96 Street
| 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 |
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.
Managed by SYNOPTIC MANAGEMENT CORP — 91 buildings, 1,632 units. Grades across the portfolio: A71 · B14 · C3 · D1. See the whole portfolio
showing 60 of 91 buildings
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $375,000 on 2021-08-09 (lender: National Consumer Cooperative 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-08-09 | AL&R $375,000 — from 36 W 96 OWNERS CORP to NATIONAL CONSUMER COOPERATIVE BANK | $375,000 | |
| 2021-08-09 | Mortgage $375,000 — from 36 W 96 OWNERS CORP to NATIONAL CONSUMER COOPERATIVE BANK | $375,000 | |
| 2017-06-29 | RPTT&RET $888,000 — from FLAMM, MAYA to SHARMA, MEGAN; SHARMA, ASHISH | $888,000 | |
| 2017-06-15 | Sold for $888,000 | $888,000 | $88,800 |
| 2017-02-17 | RPTT&RET $777,777 — from RICHARDSON, KATHERINE K to SACHDEVA, SUNANDA | $777,777 | |
| 2017-02-02 | Sold for $777,777 | $777,777 | $77,778 |
| 2015-09-01 | RPTT&RET $749,000 — from ELKINS, DEBRA to SOO HAN, CHARLES; GYU-JIN KIM, SUSANNA | $749,000 | |
| 2013-05-21 | RPTT&RET $680,000 — from WINFIELD, THOMAS F to GORDON-ELLIOTT, JANNA S | $680,000 | |
| 2012-05-10 | AL&R $275,000 — from 36 W. 96 OWNERS CORP. to NCB; NATIONAL CONSUMER COOPERATIVE BANK | $275,000 | |
| 2012-05-10 | Mortgage $275,000 — from 36 W. 96 OWNERS CORP. to NCB; NATIONAL CONSUMER COOPERATIVE BANK | $275,000 | |
| 2006-09-26 | RPTT&RET $569,500 — from MARCUS, IRIS D to WINFIELD , SANDRA J; WINFIELD, THOMAS F | $569,500 | |
| 2002-12-23 | Mortgage $260,000 — from 36 W. 96 OWNERS CORP. to NATIONAL CONSUMER COOPERATIVE BANK | $260,000 | |
| 1996-06-27 | Mortgage $250,000 — from 36 W. 96 OWNERS CORP. to NATIONAL CONSUMER COOPERATIVE BANK | $250,000 | |
| 1986-06-20 | Mortgage $250,000 — from PUTNAM, ANNE C. to FOURTH FEDL SAVGS &ETC. | $250,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 13 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Every one of the 131 recorded events, 1966–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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