1,240 recorded events, 1900–2026, from 20 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 307 ACRIS deeds & mortgages, 231 311 service requests, 158 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 54% 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 2.9. 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 | 11 total — 2 class C (immediately hazardous), 6 class B, 3 class A. Oldest open since 2013-02-25. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
10 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2024–25: 10).
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
$15,000 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.
80 service requests in the last three years. Most common: APPLIANCE (17) · Noise (15) · PLUMBING (12) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (6) · HEAT/HOT WATER (5) · Illegal Parking (3).
$8,129,848 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (52 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 (1956) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (237) |
| 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) | Sutton Gardens Owners Corp. |
| Head officer | ED BENJAMIN |
| Managing agent | AKAM ASSOCIATES, INC. |
| Last registered | 2025-08-27 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $54,742,000 | $24,633,900 |
| 2026 | $56,523,000 | $25,435,350 |
| 2027 | $57,081,000 | $25,686,450 |
The city's market estimate has risen 4% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Tax exemptions on the roll: COLD WAR VETERAN - DISABILITY · DISABLED HOMEOWNER · SENIOR CITIZEN HOMEOWNER
For property tax, the Department of Finance values this co-op as if it were a rental building. Its 2021 estimate: gross income $10,501,384 a year ($48.33 per sq ft), operating expenses $3,876,364 ($17.84 per sq ft), net operating income $6,625,020. These are the city's estimates from comparable rentals, not the building's actual budget, rents or maintenance charges.
| Energy grade (LL33) | C — ENERGY STAR score 68/100 (2022 disclosure cycle) |
| Heating fuel | NO2FUEL |
| Facade (Local Law 11) | SWARMP — "Safe With A Repair and Maintenance Program": known facade conditions that must be repaired (cycle 9) |
Not in the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary maps).
Hurricane evacuation zone 5 of 6 — zone 1 evacuates first.
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 · 0.4 mi straight-line (about a 9-minute walk) · station accessibility: full 59 St — 4 5 6 N R W · 0.4 mi straight-line (about a 12-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Sutton Pl / E 55 St — M57 · 250 ft |
| Citi Bike | E 54 St & 1 Ave · 450 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.
425 East 54 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 |
80 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 5 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 AKAM ASSOCIATES, INC. — 372 buildings, 55,744 units. Grades across the portfolio: A328 · B33 · C5. See the whole portfolio
showing 60 of 372 buildings
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $2,499,627 on 2025-04-04 (lender: M&t Realty Capital Corporation). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-10 | RPTT&RET $780,000 — from WEISMAN, DEBORAH D to CALDEIRA HOLSTON, OLIVIA; PIRES DO RIO CALDEIRA, TERESA; HOLSTON, JAMES M | $780,000 | |
| 2026-09-01 | RPTT&RET $670,000 — from ESTATE OF PENELOPE DEAN ROBB; ZOE VLACHOS, EXECUTOR to SWEET, CHRISTIAN T; CHENG, CHRISTY | $670,000 | |
| 2026-08-24 | Sold for $780,000 | $780,000 | $3,291 |
| 2026-08-21 | Sold for $670,000 | $670,000 | $2,827 |
| 2026-08-21 | RPTT&RET $445,000 — from KENNEDY, BETH to DILIBERTO, SERENA | $445,000 | |
| 2026-08-04 | Sold for $445,000 | $445,000 | $1,878 |
| 2026-05-05 | RPTT&RET $1,201,026 — from SUTTON ASSOCIATES to GHOSH, SUSOM; GHOSH, SNIGDHA | $1,201,026 | |
| 2026-05-01 | Sold for $1,201,026 | $1,201,026 | $5,068 |
| 2025-12-23 | RPTT&RET $623,678 — from SUTTON ASSOCIATES to RUFFIN, CLAUDIA MARIA PEREZ | $623,678 | |
| 2025-12-19 | Sold for $623,678 | $623,678 | $2,632 |
| 2025-07-07 | RPTT&RET $615,000 — from ROBERT GOLDSTEIN, CO-EXECUTOR; LARRY H. INGBER, AS CO-EXECUTOR; ESTATE OF ALBERT BIALEK to AQUAS LOZANO, SEBASTIAN; SERRATO, LAURA | $615,000 | |
| 2025-07-03 | RPTT&RET $995,000 — from TOVASTE SUTTON LLC to LEE, CHRISTOPHER R | $995,000 | |
| 2025-06-25 | Sold for $615,000 | $615,000 | $2,595 |
| 2025-06-11 | Sold for $995,000 | $995,000 | $4,198 |
| 2025-06-06 | RPTT&RET $995,000 — from MATHIESON, JOHN; MATHIESON, KRISTEN; LEE-MATHIESON, LINDA to HARGROVE, SAM; DAVIS, LAUREN | $995,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 29 | 5 | 53 |
| 2018 | 15 | 3 | 48 | 19 | 5 | 90 |
| 2019 | 6 | 4 | 31 | 8 | 3 | 52 |
| 2020 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 33 |
| 2021 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 2 | 39 |
| 2022 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 26 | 3 | 56 |
| 2023 | 25 | 1 | 33 | 18 | 3 | 80 |
| 2024 | 24 | 5 | 74 | 13 | 2 | 118 |
| 2025 | 20 | 1 | 47 | 30 | 4 | 102 |
| 2026 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 42 |
Every one of the 1,240 recorded events, 1900–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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