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245 East 53rd Street

193Records
13City systems
7Open violations
24Penalty rate
Manhattan · ZIP 10022 · Neighborhood: East Midtown-Turtle Bay
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193 recorded events, 1998–2026, from 13 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 51 ACRIS deeds & mortgages, 36 311 service requests, 30 DOB job filings.

BoroughManhattan 10022
Built2017
Floors6
Res. units5
ClassRM
Owner (PLUTO)245 EAST 53RD STREET REALTY, LLC
BBL1013277503
BIN1090702

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GRADE C

A meaningful record of code violations or complaints relative to its peers. More recorded distress than 89% of 1-5-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 1-5-unit residential buildings is 0 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 24. In ZIP 10022, 72% of residential buildings hold an A and 6% grade D or F. How grades work

this building
A
C

Among 699,345 1-5-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more

Open with the city right now

Open HPD violations7 total — 3 class C (immediately hazardous), 0 class B, 4 class A. Oldest open since 2023-04-03.

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

Patterns

No heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years.

No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.

What 311 hears from this address

9 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (4) · Air Quality (1) · Urinating in Public (1) · Construction Safety Enforcement (1) · Food Poisoning (1) · Food Establishment (1).

Filed construction activity

$213,000 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (6 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.

Rent-stabilization signals

NoBuilt before 1974 (2017)
NoSix or more residential units (5)
No421-a / J-51 tax benefit on the current tax roll

0 of 3 signals present. None of the common signals are present — stabilization is unlikely (though never impossible). The definitive answer for any unit: request its rent history from NYS Homes & Community Renewal (free, at hcr.ny.gov).

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$1,435,500 $645,975
2026$1,470,000 $661,500
2027$1,310,500 $589,725

The city's market estimate has fallen 9% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Mala ProjectChineseA—

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

1 restaurant · 0 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)
1 Food Establishment complaint to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Rodents/Insects/Garbage) · complaints filed by the public; DOHMH investigates, outcomes aren't published.

Flood exposure

Not in the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary maps).

Not in a hurricane evacuation zone.

In the city's stormwater flood map only under the extreme-storm scenario (3.66 in/hr cloudburst with 2080 sea levels) — an Ida-scale event.

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.

Getting around

Subway51 St — 6 E F · 450 ft straight-line (about a 2-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
59 St — 4 5 6 N R W · 0.3 mi straight-line (about a 9-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: 2 Av / E 54 St — M15 · 200 ft
Citi BikeE 53 St & 3 Ave · 500 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.

Report a problem to 311

245 East 53rd Street

Heat or hot waterHeat or hot water
Apartment maintenanceApartment maintenance
Bed bugsBed bugs
Residential pestsResidential pests
Rats or miceRats or mice
Food poisoningFood poisoning
Food safety complaintFood safety complaint
Anything elseAnything else

9 311 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.

Sales, deeds & mortgages

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2025-10-06Deed $1,775,000 — from VINBAYTEL, AS TRUSTEE, RONALD; NTV PLANNING TRUST to GUPTA, CHARVI; BAKSHI, JASKARAN SINGH $1,775,000
2025-10-03Sold for $1,775,000 $1,775,000 $355,000
2025-10-03Sold for $1,775,000 $1,775,000 $355,000
2020-08-18Mortgage $1,596,000 — from VERMA, GAURAV; KHINDA, NAVJOT to MERS $1,596,000
2020-08-18Deed $1,995,000 — from 245 EAST 53RD STREET REALTY, LLC to KHINDA, NAVJOT; VERMA, GAURAV $1,995,000
2020-08-05Sold for $1,995,000 $1,995,000 $399,000
2020-07-28Mortgage $765,600 — from XUE ZHAO, VICTORIA; PENG, YUAN to MERS; POPULAR BANK $765,600
2020-07-28Deed $1,764,118 — from 245 EAST 53RD STREET REALTY LLC to PENG, YUAN; XUE ZHAO, VICTORIA $1,764,118
2020-07-21Sold for $1,764,118 $1,764,118 $352,824
2020-07-08Mortgage $600,000 — from WANG, SHANGJIA; LEI, YANG to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. $600,000
2020-07-08Deed $1,733,571 — from 245 EAST 53RD STREET REALTY, LLC to WANG, SHANGJIA; LEI, YANG $1,733,571
2020-06-26Sold for $1,733,571 $1,733,571 $346,714
2020-06-09Mortgage $1,480,000 — from K SUN HOLDINGS LLC to MERS; CITIBANK, N.A. $1,480,000
2020-06-09Deed $1,850,000 — from 245 EAST 53RD STREET REALTY, LLC to K SUN HOLDINGS LLC $1,850,000
2020-05-26Sold for $1,850,000 $1,850,000 $370,000

Ten-year activity

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ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
2017191100030
20186900015
20197400011
202080131141
202171207035
2022002002
2023006028
2024006006
202500522229
2026003003
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The full timeline

Construction 59Enforcement 26Housing & tenants 43Ownership & money 60Health & systems 5

Every one of the 193 recorded events, 1998–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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