530 recorded events, 1987–2026, from 17 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 254 311 service requests, 49 DOB permits, 44 DOB violations.
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The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less recorded distress than 94% 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 0.3. 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
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.
2 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 2).
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
70 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Illegal Parking (23) · Food Establishment (13) · Noise (4) · Lead (4) · Street Condition (3) · General Construction/Plumbing (2).
$863,500 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (23 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 (1927) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (75) |
| 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) | SEEKEN 79 REALTY LLC |
| Head officer | KENNETH ROTNER |
| Managing agent | SEEKEN 79 REALTY LLC |
| Last registered | 2026-07-30 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $17,298,000 | $7,784,100 |
| 2026 | $18,230,000 | $8,203,500 |
| 2027 | $19,055,000 | $8,574,750 |
The city's market estimate has risen 10% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Energy grade (LL33) | D — ENERGY STAR score 33/100, posted at the entrance by law (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) |
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Insomnia Cookies | Bakery Products/Desserts | A | Mice evidence |
| Saba's Pizza | Jewish/Kosher | A | — |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
2 restaurants · 1 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map
1 food-poisoning report to 311 at this address in the last three years (0 with three or more people sick), shared by 2 restaurants
13 Food Establishment complaints to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Letter Grading, Rodents/Insects/Garbage, Food Contains Foreign Object), shared by 2 restaurants · 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 | 79 St — 1 · 600 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: none 81 St-Museum of Natural History — B C · 0.3 mi straight-line (about an 8-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: W 79 St / Amsterdam Av — M79-SBS · 50 ft · Select Bus Service |
| Citi Bike | Amsterdam Ave & W 79 St · 250 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.
401 Amsterdam 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 |
70 311 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.
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $392,622 on 1997-01-30 (lender: Reliance Federal Savings 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-08-28 | RPTT&RET $17,150,000 — from ARNOLD J. DAVIS, AS EXECUTOR; DAVID E. SCHWAB II, AS EXECUTOR; WENDY DAVIS SCHWAM, AS EXEC to ROTNER, KENNETH | $17,150,000 | |
| 1997-01-30 | Mortgage $392,623 — from 175 WEST 79TH STREETRELATY, L.L.C. to RELIANCE FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK | $392,623 | |
| 1993-11-08 | Mortgage $1,000,000 — from PALEG, JEANETTE EST/; DAVIS, SEENA P. EXEC to QUEENS/STEINWAY TRANSIT | $1,000,000 | |
| 1989-05-11 | Mortgage $350,000 — from PALEG, JEANETTE to MURRAY M SALZBERG TRSTS; SCHWAB, DAVID E II(TRSTE; SALZBERG, HARRY E | $350,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 20 |
| 2018 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 5 | 44 |
| 2019 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 26 |
| 2020 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 3 | 30 |
| 2021 | 16 | 8 | 31 | 2 | 57 |
| 2022 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 7 | 41 |
| 2023 | 1 | 4 | 30 | 5 | 40 |
| 2024 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 4 | 34 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 3 | 39 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 23 |
Every one of the 530 recorded events, 1987–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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