641 recorded events, 1900–2026, from 18 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 224 ACRIS deeds & mortgages, 117 311 service requests, 75 DOB permits.
Full record, year by year Support this site
The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less recorded distress than 79% 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 0.8. 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 | 12 total — 1 class C (immediately hazardous), 9 class B, 2 class A. Oldest open since 1987-01-09. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
2 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2025–26: 2).
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
$1,250 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.
27 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (11) · Missed Collection (5) · Illegal Parking (3) · Abandoned Bike (2) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (1) · Water Quality (1).
$626,623 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (9 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 (105) |
| 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) | 209 EAST 56TH STREET |
| Head officer | LISA GABLER |
| Managing agent | THE LOVETT COMPANY |
| Last registered | 2025-12-03 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $21,434,000 | $9,645,300 |
| 2026 | $24,119,000 | $10,853,550 |
| 2027 | $25,728,000 | $11,577,600 |
The city's market estimate has risen 20% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Tax exemptions on the roll: COLD WAR VETERAN - DISABILITY
For property tax, the Department of Finance values this co-op as if it were a rental building. Its 2022 estimate: gross income $3,719,170 a year ($42.70 per sq ft), operating expenses $1,159,301 ($13.31 per sq ft), net operating income $2,559,869. These are the city's estimates from comparable rentals, not the building's actual budget, rents or maintenance charges.
| Energy grade (LL33) | D — ENERGY STAR score 43/100, posted at the entrance by law (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) |
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amata | Italian | A | Mice evidence |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
1 restaurant · 1 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map
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 · 800 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: full 59 St — 4 5 6 N R W · 950 ft straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: E 57 St / 3 Av — M31 M57 · 250 ft |
| Citi Bike | E 56 St & 3 Ave · 150 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.
209 East 56 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 |
27 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 1 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 JOHN B LOVETT — 119 buildings, 12,500 units. Grades across the portfolio: A99 · B17 · C1 · D1. See the whole portfolio
showing 60 of 119 buildings
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $514,224 on 2020-12-14 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-25 | Sold for $402,000 | $402,000 | $3,829 |
| 2026-08-11 | RPTT&RET $612,000 — from GOMEZ, RENE; GOMEZ, SHELIA to SIGNORET, CAROLINA; SIGNORET, CARLOS; SIGNORET, MARIA | $612,000 | |
| 2026-08-11 | RPTT&RET $405,000 — from MENDLOVICH, GIZELLA; PARRY, MARK S to ULACIA, BRENELY MARIETTA | $405,000 | |
| 2026-08-05 | Sold for $405,000 | $405,000 | $3,857 |
| 2026-08-03 | Sold for $612,000 | $612,000 | $5,829 |
| 2026-01-27 | RPTT&RET $451,000 — from ENG, KEITH LAWRENCE; CHIU, YUN-CHU to GROSS, STEVEN; GROSS, DEBBIE | $451,000 | |
| 2026-01-16 | Sold for $451,000 | $451,000 | $4,295 |
| 2025-11-05 | RPTT&RET $930,000 — from EPNER, MITCHELL; MARY, MITCHELL to GREENBAUM, DENA | $930,000 | |
| 2025-10-31 | Sold for $930,000 | $930,000 | $8,857 |
| 2025-08-11 | RPTT&RET $402,000 — from LINDA M. KAUFMANN, AS TRUSTEE; THE INGRID M. KAUFMANN LIVING TRUST to 2B THE 209 TRUST; PENNY DECHOWITZ, AS CO-TRUSTEE; LISA H. GABLER, AS CO-TRUSTEE | $402,000 | |
| 2025-08-04 | RPTT&RET $610,000 — from JOHN D. KERMATH, EXECUTOR; ESTATE OF JANE D.M. KERMATH AKA JANE M. to GREENBAUM, DENA; GREENBAUM, PAMELA | $610,000 | |
| 2025-07-31 | Sold for $402,000 | $402,000 | $3,829 |
| 2025-07-21 | Sold for $610,000 | $610,000 | $5,810 |
| 2025-05-28 | RPTT&RET $400,000 — from SACHS, BENJAMIN R to COTE, STEPHAN; COTE, LISA JEAN | $400,000 | |
| 2025-05-21 | Sold for $400,000 | $400,000 | $3,810 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 21 |
| 2018 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 43 |
| 2019 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 17 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 21 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 21 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 28 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 17 |
| 2024 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 25 |
| 2025 | 9 | 0 | 13 | 16 | 3 | 41 |
| 2026 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 26 |
Every one of the 641 recorded events, 1900–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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