682 recorded events, 1983–2026, from 19 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 229 311 service requests, 79 HPD complaints, 56 DOB permits.
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The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less recorded distress than 64% 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 10.3. In ZIP 10025, 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
| Open HPD violations | 15 total — 4 class C (immediately hazardous), 8 class B, 3 class A. Oldest open since 2002-06-10. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
50 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 14 · winter 2024–25: 22 · winter 2025–26: 14). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
$7,300 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.
79 service requests in the last three years. Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (25) · Illegal Parking (19) · Noise (11) · General Construction/Plumbing (8) · Illegal Dumping (2) · Emergency Response Team (ERT) (1).
$964,550 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.
| Yes | Built before 1974 (1929) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (99) |
| 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) | WESTMAN REALTY CO LLC |
| Head officer | LAURI WEINSTEIN |
| Managing agent | ARGO REAL ESTATE, LLC |
| Last registered | 2026-07-23 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $17,594,000 | $7,917,300 |
| 2026 | $16,022,000 | $7,209,900 |
| 2027 | $15,643,000 | $7,039,350 |
The city's market estimate has fallen 11% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Energy grade (LL33) | B — ENERGY STAR score 78/100 (2022 disclosure cycle) |
| Heating fuel | NO2FUEL |
| Facade (Local Law 11) | UNSAFE — unsafe conditions reported (cycle 9) |
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 | 96 St — 1 2 3 · 500 ft straight-line (about a 2-minute walk) · station accessibility: full |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Broadway / W 94 St — M104 · 500 ft |
| Citi Bike | West End Ave & W 94 St · 150 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 075 Emily Dickinson. 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.
697 West End 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 |
| Anything else | Anything else |
79 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 25 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 ARGO REAL ESTATE, LLC — 140 buildings, 9,601 units. Grades across the portfolio: A126 · B14. See the whole portfolio
showing 60 of 140 buildings
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $2,509,336 on 2022-09-27 (lender: Apple Bank For Savings). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-09-27 | Agreement $7,000,000 — from WESTMAN REALTY COMPANY, LLC to APPLE BANK FOR SAVINGS | $7,000,000 | |
| 2022-09-27 | Mortgage $2,509,336 — from WESTMAN REALTY COMPANY, LLC to APPLE BANK FOR SAVINGS | $2,509,336 | |
| 2022-09-27 | AL&R $7,000,000 — from WESTMAN REALTY COMPANY, LLC to APPLE BANK FOR SAVINGS | $7,000,000 | |
| 2017-06-16 | Mortgage $2,500,000 — from WESTMAN REALTY COMPANY LLC to SANTANDER BANK, N.A. | $2,500,000 | |
| 2013-05-13 | Agreement $2,800,000 — from WESTMAN REALTY COMPANY, LLC FKA WESTMAN to SOVEREIGN BANK N.A. | $2,800,000 | |
| 2013-05-13 | Mortgage $165,502 — from WESTMAN REALTY COMPANY, LLC FKA WESTMAN to SOVEREIGN BANK N.A. | $165,502 | |
| 2003-05-27 | Mortgage $246,113 — from WESTMAN REALTY COMPANY to INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK | $246,113 | |
| 2003-05-27 | Agreement $2,983,887 — from INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK to WESTMAN REALTY COMPANY | $2,983,887 | |
| 1998-03-02 | Mortgage $1,090,552 — from WESTMAN REALTY COMPANY to INDEPENDENCE SAVINGSBANK | $1,090,552 | |
| 1992-09-09 | Mortgage $1,069,345 — from WESTMAN REALTY CO. to INDEPENDENCE SVGS BANK | $1,069,345 | |
| 1984-09-07 | Mortgage $1,275,000 — from WESTMAN REALTY COMPANY to AMERICAN SAVGS BANK,FSB | $1,275,000 | |
| 1984-06-18 | Mortgage $1,275,000 — from WESTMAN REALTY COMPANY to AMERICAN SAVINGS BANK | $1,275,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 12 | 43 |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 11 | 22 |
| 2019 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 27 |
| 2020 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 29 |
| 2021 | 7 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 32 |
| 2022 | 19 | 4 | 40 | 5 | 6 | 74 |
| 2023 | 7 | 3 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 37 |
| 2024 | 2 | 6 | 43 | 0 | 3 | 54 |
| 2025 | 7 | 4 | 47 | 0 | 4 | 62 |
| 2026 | 2 | 8 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 36 |
Every one of the 682 recorded events, 1983–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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