578 recorded events, 1966–2026, from 18 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 292 311 service requests, 64 HPD housing violations, 53 HPD complaints.
Full record, year by year Support this site
The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. More recorded distress than 50% 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 16.3. In ZIP 10022, 72% of residential buildings hold an A and 6% grade D or F. How grades work
Among 46,798 6-24-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more
| Open HPD violations | 3 total — 2 class C (immediately hazardous), 1 class B, 0 class A. Oldest open since 2017-08-02. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
14 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2024–25: 8 · winter 2026–27: 4). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
32 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (9) · HEAT/HOT WATER (7) · Food Establishment (3) · Sidewalk Condition (3) · Lost Property (2) · Non (2).
No permitted work with a declared cost filed in the last decade. Permit costs cover filed construction work only — they do not capture routine maintenance or repairs done without a permit.
| Yes | Built before 1974 (1904) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (13) |
| 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) | ELK MAS 229 East 53rd LLC |
| Head officer | Elliot Mossanen |
| Managing agent | Mossanen Group LLC |
| Last registered | 2025-09-05 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $4,794,000 | $2,157,300 |
| 2026 | $5,249,000 | $2,362,050 |
| 2027 | $4,728,000 | $2,127,600 |
The city's market estimate has fallen 1% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Strange Love | American | A | Mice evidence |
| The Kati Roll Company | Indian | Grade Pending | Mice evidence |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
2 restaurants · 2 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map
3 Food Establishment complaints to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Food Contains Foreign Object, Food Spoiled, Pet/Animal), 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 | 51 St — 6 E F · 300 ft straight-line (about a 1-minute walk) · station accessibility: full 59 St — 4 5 6 N R W · 0.3 mi straight-line (about an 8-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: 2 Av / E 54 St — M15 · 350 ft |
| Citi Bike | E 53 St & 3 Ave · 350 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.
229 East 53 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 |
| Food poisoning | Food poisoning |
| Food safety complaint | Food safety complaint |
| Anything else | Anything else |
32 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 7 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 MOSSANEN GROUP LLC — 7 buildings, 287 units. Grades across the portfolio: A7. See the whole portfolio
| Building | Borough | Units | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 232 East 54 Street | MN | 130 | A |
| 207 East 37 Street | MN | 48 | A |
| 131 East 83 Street | MN | 42 | A |
| 577 2 Avenue | MN | 39 | A |
| 229 East 53 Street | MN | 13 | A |
| 571 3 Avenue | MN | 8 | A |
| 569 3 Avenue | MN | 7 | A |
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $626,215 on 2025-06-24 (lender: JPMorgan Chase Bank NA). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-06-24 | Agreement $3,950,000 — from ELK MAS 229 EAST 53RD LLC to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK NA | $3,950,000 | |
| 2025-06-24 | Mortgage $626,215 — from ELK MAS 229 EAST 53RD LLC to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK NA | $626,215 | |
| 2021-08-12 | RPTT&RET $6,500,000 — from NEW YORK FLOWER LLC to MOSSANEN, SHAHZAD; SBM TRUST; MOSSANEN, BETTY | $6,500,000 | |
| 2014-12-24 | Mortgage $4,250,000 — from ELK MAS 229 EAST 53RD LLC to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. | $4,250,000 | |
| 1989-11-17 | Mortgage $150,000 — from 229 E 53 ST ASSOC to COLUMBIA FED SVGS BK | $150,000 | |
| 1989-09-14 | Mortgage $860,000 — from 229 E. 53RD ASSOCIATES to CARVIN, MIKEL | $860,000 | |
| 1989-09-14 | Mortgage $1,200,000 — from 229 E 53RD ST ASSOCIATES to COMMERCIAL BANK N Y | $1,200,000 | |
| 1984-07-03 | Mortgage $575,000 — from ROMIS REALTY CORP. to EAST NY SAVINGS BANK | $575,000 |
| Year | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 14 |
| 2018 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| 2019 | 4 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 27 |
| 2020 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| 2021 | 0 | 90 | 1 | 1 | 92 |
| 2022 | 0 | 86 | 0 | 1 | 87 |
| 2023 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 2024 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 4 | 31 |
| 2025 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 13 |
| 2026 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 21 |
Every one of the 578 recorded events, 1966–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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