138 recorded events, 1967–2026, from 13 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 42 311 service requests, 26 HPD complaints, 11 ACRIS deeds & mortgages.
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 51% 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 15.7. 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 | 5 total — 4 class C (immediately hazardous), 0 class B, 1 class A. Oldest open since 1998-03-17. |
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.
8 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Illegal Parking (3) · Noise (2) · Missed Collection (1) · For Hire Vehicle Complaint (1) · PLUMBING (1).
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 (1910) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (6) |
| 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) | MERTZ PROPERTY LLC |
| Head officer | ENID MANNING |
| Managing agent | CFA MANAGEMENT INC |
| Last registered | 2025-09-08 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $3,074,000 | $1,383,300 |
| 2026 | $3,689,000 | $1,660,050 |
| 2027 | $2,951,000 | $1,327,950 |
The city's market estimate has fallen 4% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Heating fuel | NO2FUEL |
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 · 950 ft straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: full 59 St — 4 5 6 N R W · 0.4 mi straight-line (about an 11-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: 1 Av / E 52 St — M15 · 450 ft |
| Citi Bike | E 51 St & 2 Ave · 400 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.
321 East 52 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 |
8 311 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 CFA MANAGEMENT, INC. — 49 buildings, 487 units. Grades across the portfolio: A41 · B3 · C4 · D1. See the whole portfolio
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $403,101 on 2021-07-16 (lender: Island Federal Credit Union). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-07-22 | AL&R $1,650,000 — from MERTZ PROPERTIES LLC to ISLAND FEDERAL CREDIT UNION | $1,650,000 | |
| 2021-07-22 | Agreement $1,650,000 — from MERTZ PROPERTIES LLC to ISLAND FEDERAL CREDIT UNION | $1,650,000 | |
| 2021-07-16 | Mortgage $403,101 — from MERTZ PROPERTIES LLC to ISLAND FEDERAL CREDIT UNION | $403,101 | |
| 2006-06-08 | AL&R $2,000,000 — from MERTZ PROPERTIES, LLC to NORTH FORK BANK | $2,000,000 | |
| 2006-06-08 | Mortgage $2,000,000 — from MERTZ PROPERTIES, LLC to NORTH FORK BANK | $2,000,000 | |
| 2006-06-08 | Deed $2,500,000 — from PADWEE, S. HOWARD to MERTZ PROPERTIES, LLC | $2,500,000 |
| Year | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 28 |
| 2018 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2020 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 2021 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 12 |
| 2022 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2023 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2024 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 2025 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 11 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Every one of the 138 recorded events, 1967–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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