1,255 recorded events, 1988–2026, from 18 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 531 311 service requests, 303 HPD complaints, 217 HPD housing violations.
Full record, year by year Support this site
A sustained record of distress well beyond its peers. More recorded distress than 96% 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 375.2. 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 | 30 total — 16 class C (immediately hazardous), 6 class B, 8 class A. Oldest open since 2018-11-22. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
68 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 6 · winter 2024–25: 29 · winter 2025–26: 26 · winter 2026–27: 2). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
112 service requests in the last three years. Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (32) · Dirty Condition (8) · GENERAL (8) · Food Establishment (6) · Residential Disposal Complaint (6) · ELECTRIC (6).
$652,500 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (20 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 (1900) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (9) |
| 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) | GOLDEN REALTY II |
| Head officer | MICHAEL HAROUNIAN |
| Managing agent | GOLDEN REALTY II |
| Last registered | 2025-09-11 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $2,566,000 | $1,154,700 |
| 2026 | $2,209,000 | $994,050 |
| 2027 | $2,464,000 | $1,108,800 |
The city's market estimate has fallen 4% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elias Casa Bianca | Italian | A | — |
| Two Sisters | Coffee/Tea | Not yet graded | — |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
2 restaurants · 0 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map
6 Food Establishment complaints to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Letter Grading, Pet/Animal, Bare Hands in Contact w/ Food), 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).
Hurricane evacuation zone 2 of 6 — zone 1 evacuates first.
Not in the city's stormwater (cloudburst) flood maps under any modeled scenario.
3 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2018 (1 in the last three years).
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 · 0.3 mi straight-line (about a 7-minute walk) · station accessibility: full 59 St — 4 5 6 N R W · 0.5 mi straight-line (about a 13-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: 1 Av / E 52 St — M15 · 150 ft |
| Citi Bike | E 51 St & 1 Ave · 300 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| Bike facility | Shared bike route mapped within 75 ft |
| 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.
944 1 Avenue
| 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 |
112 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 32 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.
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $1,000,000 on 1997-04-07 (lender: M&t Real Estate, INC.), covering 2 lots — the amount covers all of them. Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007-10-18 | Agreement $815,122 — from GOLDEN REALTY II to M&T REAL ESTATE TRUST; M&T REAL ESTATE, INC. | $815,122 | |
| 1997-04-07 | Mortgage $1,000,000 — from GOLDEN REALTY II to M&T REAL ESTATE, INC. | $1,000,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | 138 | 2 | 2 | 142 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 76 | 0 | 3 | 80 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 31 |
| 2020 | 16 | 5 | 49 | 0 | 2 | 72 |
| 2021 | 13 | 4 | 170 | 0 | 0 | 187 |
| 2022 | 0 | 4 | 100 | 0 | 1 | 105 |
| 2023 | 0 | 9 | 128 | 0 | 3 | 140 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 0 | 4 | 59 |
| 2025 | 4 | 0 | 119 | 0 | 9 | 132 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 2 | 46 |
Every one of the 1,255 recorded events, 1988–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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