1,091 recorded events, 1969–2026, from 19 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 445 311 service requests, 156 HPD complaints, 87 DOB violations.
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 59% 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 6. In ZIP 10017, 83% of residential buildings hold an A and 5% 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 | 1 total — 1 class C (immediately hazardous), 0 class B, 0 class A. Oldest open since 2024-09-02. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
52 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 6 · winter 2024–25: 18 · winter 2025–26: 24 · winter 2026–27: 2). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
3 bedbug-infested unit(s) reported in filings over the last three years.
$15,685 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.
145 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (61) · HEAT/HOT WATER (26) · SAFETY (8) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (7) · General Construction/Plumbing (6) · PLUMBING (5).
$1,351,648 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (11 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 (312) |
| 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) | BEAUX ARTS II LLC |
| Head officer | RICHARD F MASON |
| Managing agent | URBAN ASSOCIATES LLC |
| Last registered | 2025-10-14 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $40,992,000 | $18,446,400 |
| 2026 | $44,041,000 | $19,818,450 |
| 2027 | $47,562,000 | $21,402,900 |
The city's market estimate has risen 16% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Energy grade (LL33) | C — ENERGY STAR score 65/100 (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 | Grand Central-42 St — 4 5 6 7 S · 0.3 mi straight-line (about a 7-minute walk) · station accessibility: full 51 St — 6 E F · 0.4 mi straight-line (about an 11-minute walk) · station accessibility: full |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: 1 Av / E 45 St — M15 · 550 ft |
| Citi Bike | E 44 St & 2 Ave · 300 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: The River School 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.
307 East 44 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 |
| Anything else | Anything else |
145 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 26 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 URBAN ASSOCIATES LLC — 46 buildings, 7,756 units. Grades across the portfolio: A42 · B2. See the whole portfolio
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $5,000,000 on 2024-05-28 (lender: The Bank Of New York Mellon). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-05-28 | Agreement $19,000,000 — from BEAUX ARTS II LLC to THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON | $19,000,000 | |
| 2024-05-28 | AL&R $19,000,000 — from BEAUX ARTS II LLC to THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON | $19,000,000 | |
| 2024-05-28 | Mortgage $5,000,000 — from BEAUX ARTS II LLC to THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON | $5,000,000 | |
| 2014-06-09 | Mortgage $4,000,000 — from BEAUX ARTS II LLC to MANUFACTURERS & TRADERS TRUST | $4,000,000 | |
| 2014-06-09 | Agreement $14,000,000 — from BEAUX ARTS II LLC to MANUFACTURERS & TRADERS TRUST | $14,000,000 | |
| 2014-06-09 | AL&R $14,000,000 — from BEAUX ARTS II LLC to MANUFACTURERS & TRADERS TRUST COMPANY | $14,000,000 | |
| 2004-09-10 | Mortgage $2,500,000 — from BEAUX ARTS II LLC to M&T REAL ESTATE TRUST | $2,500,000 | |
| 2004-09-10 | Agreement $10,000,000 — from BEAUX ARTS II LLC to M&T REAL ESTATE TRUST | $10,000,000 | |
| 2004-09-10 | AL&R $10,000,000 — from M&T REAL ESTATE TRUST to BEAUX ARTS II LLC | $10,000,000 | |
| 1995-07-26 | Mortgage $1,656,201 — from BEAUX ARTS PROPERTIES CO. to EAST NEW YORK SAVINGS BANK | $1,656,201 | |
| 1986-04-02 | Mortgage $1,376,672 — from BEAUX ARTS PROPERTIES CO to JP MORGAN INVESTMENTETC | $1,376,672 | |
| 1982-04-02 | Mortgage $500,000 — from JONATHAN MANAGEMENTCO.; BEAUX ARTS PROPERTIES CO to LINCOLN SAVINGS BANK | $500,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 27 |
| 2018 | 1 | 17 | 54 | 0 | 5 | 77 |
| 2019 | 11 | 7 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 44 |
| 2020 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 0 | 5 | 38 |
| 2021 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 30 |
| 2022 | 9 | 0 | 75 | 0 | 2 | 86 |
| 2023 | 0 | 4 | 58 | 0 | 3 | 65 |
| 2024 | 7 | 7 | 83 | 5 | 4 | 106 |
| 2025 | 7 | 18 | 82 | 0 | 3 | 110 |
| 2026 | 10 | 3 | 63 | 0 | 2 | 78 |
Every one of the 1,091 recorded events, 1969–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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