383 recorded events, 1900–2026, from 20 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 110 311 service requests, 48 ACRIS deeds & mortgages, 39 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 79% 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 3.2. 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.
No heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
$2,560 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.
32 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (17) · Street Condition (5) · Air Quality (4) · WATER LEAK (1) · PAINT/PLASTER (1) · General Construction/Plumbing (1).
$879,218 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (7 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 (59) |
| 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) | BLDG 147 WEST 79TH STREET LLC |
| Head officer | CHRISTOPHER ORPHEUS |
| Managing agent | BLDG MANAGEMENT CO. INC. |
| Last registered | 2025-08-04 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $14,048,000 | $6,321,600 |
| 2026 | $15,288,000 | $6,879,600 |
| 2027 | $16,666,000 | $7,499,700 |
The city's market estimate has risen 19% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Energy grade (LL33) | D — ENERGY STAR score 39/100, posted at the entrance by law (2022 disclosure cycle) |
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
| Facade (Local Law 11) | SAFE (cycle 10) |
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 · 850 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: none 81 St-Museum of Natural History — B C · 0.3 mi straight-line (about a 7-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: W 79 St / Amsterdam Av — M79-SBS · 250 ft · Select Bus Service |
| Citi Bike | Amsterdam Ave & W 79 St · 450 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.
147 West 79 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 |
32 311 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 BLDG MANAGEMENT CO., INC. — 76 buildings, 5,436 units. Grades across the portfolio: A58 · B14 · C2. See the whole portfolio
showing 60 of 76 buildings
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $2,500,000 on 2002-10-04 (lender: North Fork Bank), covering 2 lots — the amount covers all of them. Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-01-11 | RPTT&RET $69,590,000 — from GOLDMAN, KATJA B; GOLDMAN, DORIAN S; GOLDMAN, LLOYD; BLDG ASSOCIATES, INC. to BLDG HOLDINGS II LLC | $69,590,000 | |
| 2002-10-04 | Mortgage $2,500,000 — from I BLDG CO., INC.; NEW 56-79 IG ASSOCIATES, L.P.; IG SECOND GENERATIONPARTNERS, L.P. to NORTH FORK BANK | $2,500,000 | |
| 1988-09-14 | Mortgage $1,916,000 — from DUPONT ASSOCIATES INC to ROCKVILLE EQUITIES INC | $1,916,000 | |
| 1984-01-13 | Agreement $710,194 — from DUPNT ASSOCIATES, INC. to ROCKVILLE EQUITIES,INC | $710,194 | |
| 1984-01-13 | Mortgage $710,194 — from DUPONT ASSOCIATES, INC. to ROCKVILLE EQUITIES,INC. | $710,194 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 15 |
| 2018 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 16 |
| 2019 | 2 | 2 | 39 | 0 | 2 | 45 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 13 |
| 2021 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 19 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 11 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 12 |
| 2024 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 15 |
| 2026 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 26 |
Every one of the 383 recorded events, 1900–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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