1,206 recorded events, 1967–2026, from 19 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 301 311 service requests, 292 ACRIS deeds & mortgages, 189 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 90% 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 0.4. In ZIP 10022, 72% of residential buildings hold an A and 6% 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 | 3 total — 1 class C (immediately hazardous), 0 class B, 2 class A. Oldest open since 1980-04-22. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
No heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
119 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Illegal Parking (30) · Noise (26) · Mobile Food Vendor (11) · Air Quality (9) · Homeless Person Assistance (6) · Vendor Enforcement (6).
$3,109,674 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (40 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 (1960) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (191) |
| 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) | 251 EAST 51ST STREET CORPORATION |
| Head officer | JOAN SHACTER |
| Managing agent | WALLACK MANAGEMENT COMPANY, INC. |
| Last registered | 2025-11-01 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $50,461,000 | $22,707,450 |
| 2026 | $52,490,000 | $23,620,500 |
| 2027 | $52,151,000 | $23,467,950 |
The city's market estimate has risen 3% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Tax exemptions on the roll: COLD WAR VETERAN - DISABILITY · 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 $8,147,425 a year ($39.37 per sq ft), operating expenses $2,533,007 ($12.24 per sq ft), net operating income $5,614,418. These are the city's estimates from comparable rentals, not the building's actual budget, rents or maintenance charges.
| Energy grade (LL33) | C — ENERGY STAR score 57/100 (2022 disclosure cycle) |
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
| Facade (Local Law 11) | SWARMP — "Safe With A Repair and Maintenance Program": known facade conditions that must be repaired (cycle 10) |
Not in the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary maps).
Hurricane evacuation zone 6 of 6 — zone 1 evacuates first.
Not in the city's stormwater (cloudburst) flood maps under any modeled scenario.
5 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2012 (4 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 | 51 St — 6 E F · 650 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: full |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: E 50 St / 2 Av — M50 · 400 ft |
| Citi Bike | E 51 St & 2 Ave · 300 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 059 Beekman Hill International Middle: J.H.S. 104 Simon Baruch. 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.
963 2 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 |
119 311 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 WALLACK MANAGEMENT COMPANY, INC. — 61 buildings, 4,120 units. Grades across the portfolio: A59 · B1. See the whole portfolio
showing 60 of 61 buildings
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $550,000,000 on 2012-04-25 (lender: U.S. Bank National Association), covering 12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-12 | RPTT&RET $645,000 — from LE, AMY MINH NGOC; SMITH, THOMAS to MANSO, LISAMARIE; MANSO, CHRISTY | $645,000 | |
| 2026-08-05 | Sold for $645,000 | $645,000 | $3,377 |
| 2026-07-15 | RPTT&RET $670,000 — from ROSAS, JAVIER; ROSAS, BRENDA to WU, JIA Y | $670,000 | |
| 2026-06-29 | Sold for $670,000 | $670,000 | $3,508 |
| 2026-05-06 | RPTT&RET $505,000 — from JOHN W THOMAS REVOCABLE LIVING TRUST DTD; LARS HARDING, AS TRUSTEE to BAAMONDE, ROCH C; BAAMONDE, VICTORIA L | $505,000 | |
| 2026-04-20 | Sold for $505,000 | $505,000 | $2,644 |
| 2026-02-24 | RPTT&RET $450,000 — from IVANOV, DMITRI; GAMBURG, JULIA to MARTIN, CHARLES; MARTIN, ANYA | $450,000 | |
| 2026-02-19 | RPTT&RET $637,500 — from SKOLNICK, DAVID to RIGAU, DANIELLE DR; RIGAU, CHARLES DR.; RIGAU, MARY | $637,500 | |
| 2026-02-18 | RPTT&RET $675,000 — from PAPSON, COSTAS; PAPSON, DAVID M; KOLOSAKAS, ERENE to HO, OLIVIA | $675,000 | |
| 2026-02-18 | Sold for $450,000 | $450,000 | $2,356 |
| 2026-02-11 | Sold for $675,000 | $675,000 | $3,534 |
| 2026-02-09 | Sold for $637,500 | $637,500 | $3,338 |
| 2026-01-30 | RPTT&RET $385,000 — from LIU, ANNIE M to CHERNYSHOFF, VERA; CHERNYSHOFF, OLEG | $385,000 | |
| 2026-01-27 | Sold for $385,000 | $385,000 | $2,016 |
| 2025-09-02 | RPTT&RET $490,000 — from HUCKE, JENINE; HUCKE, PETER to DANOFF, CAROL | $490,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 1 | 45 |
| 2018 | 17 | 2 | 8 | 22 | 15 | 64 |
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 19 | 13 | 60 |
| 2020 | 7 | 0 | 33 | 15 | 4 | 59 |
| 2021 | 16 | 1 | 23 | 17 | 3 | 60 |
| 2022 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 20 | 4 | 51 |
| 2023 | 9 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 45 |
| 2024 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 18 | 2 | 51 |
| 2025 | 7 | 3 | 81 | 17 | 8 | 116 |
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 16 | 2 | 31 |
Every one of the 1,206 recorded events, 1967–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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