2,737 recorded events, 1967–2026, from 21 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 871 ACRIS deeds & mortgages, 451 311 service requests, 405 DOF property sales.
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 92% 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 0.2. 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 | 3 total — 0 class C (immediately hazardous), 2 class B, 1 class A. Oldest open since 1988-12-14. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
15 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 4 · winter 2024–25: 3 · winter 2025–26: 2). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
102 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (45) · For Hire Vehicle Complaint (10) · Water System (8) · HEAT/HOT WATER (7) · Drinking (4) · Taxi Complaint (3).
$19,979,282 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (84 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 (1969) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (629) |
| 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) | PLAZA 400 OWNERS CORP |
| Head officer | EMANUEL EDWARDS |
| Managing agent | Plaza 400 Owners Corp |
| Last registered | 2025-06-30 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $240,394,000 | $108,177,300 |
| 2026 | $254,132,000 | $114,359,400 |
| 2027 | $286,339,000 | $128,852,550 |
The city's market estimate has risen 19% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Tax exemptions on the roll: COLD WAR VETERAN - DISABILITY · SENIOR CITIZEN HOMEOWNER
For property tax, the Department of Finance values this co-op as if it were a rental building. Its 2022 estimate: gross income $43,683,268 a year ($45.16 per sq ft), operating expenses $14,886,747 ($15.39 per sq ft), net operating income $28,796,521. 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 28/100, posted at the entrance by law (2022 disclosure cycle) |
| Heating fuel | NO2FUEL |
| Facade (Local Law 11) | SAFE (cycle 9) |
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dunkin Donuts | American | A | — |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
1 restaurant · 0 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map
1 food-poisoning report to 311 at this address in the last three years (1 with three or more people sick) · 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 6 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 · 0.3 mi straight-line (about an 8-minute walk) · station accessibility: full 59 St — 4 5 6 N R W · 0.4 mi straight-line (about a 10-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: E 55 St / 1 Av — M57 · 100 ft |
| Citi Bike | E 54 St & 1 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.
400 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 |
102 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 7 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: $12,000,000 on 2021-04-08 (lender: The Prudential Insurance Company Of America), 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-21 | RPTT&RET $876,150 — from TIMOTHY JONES, CO-EXECUTOR; JUSTINE LENNON, CO-EXECUTOR; THE ESTATE OF COLLEEN JONES to SHANMUGANATHAN, SURESH | $876,150 | |
| 2026-09-18 | RPTT $1,455,000 — from SHERRY HUANG, SHAO FEN; NAVARRO, FLORENCIO LOPEZ to BOAS, ERICA; BOAS, ROBERT | $1,455,000 | |
| 2026-09-17 | RPTT&RET $695,000 — from CAIRNS, MADELINE; CAIRNS, GERARD to CHIMIENTI, NICOLAS; BERTONCIN, RICHARD | $695,000 | |
| 2026-09-14 | Sold for $1,455,000 | $1,455,000 | $2,313 |
| 2026-09-11 | Sold for $876,150 | $876,150 | $1,393 |
| 2026-09-10 | Sold for $695,000 | $695,000 | $1,105 |
| 2026-08-28 | RPTT&RET $1,400,000 — from MARISSA B. NADAL, TRUSTEE; BRENDA SCHUMANN IRREVOCABLE LIV TRUST to SHIVDASANI, AROON; SHIVDASANI, INDUR | $1,400,000 | |
| 2026-08-26 | RPTT&RET $505,000 — from DAHLIA DAMAS, AS PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR; ESTATE OF GIOVANNI LUIGI VALENZA to LEVY, JESSICA; LEVY, BETH; LEVY, BARRY | $505,000 | |
| 2026-08-18 | RPTT&RET $560,000 — from MISHKIN, HELENE to TARGE, HAYLEY; TARGE, RICHARD | $560,000 | |
| 2026-08-12 | Sold for $1,400,000 | $1,400,000 | $2,226 |
| 2026-08-11 | Sold for $505,000 | $505,000 | $803 |
| 2026-08-06 | Sold for $560,000 | $560,000 | $890 |
| 2026-07-17 | RPTT&RET $815,000 — from DAVID J. JULIUS, TRUSTEE; ARTHUR A. JULIUS, TRUSTEE; THE SELMA JULIUS REVOCABLE TRUST; MAR to YEE, BRYANT | $815,000 | |
| 2026-07-09 | Sold for $815,000 | $815,000 | $1,296 |
| 2026-07-09 | RPTT&RET $715,000 — from BRODY, KEREN; FELDER, ROSS to POLLAK, NING; POLLAK, BRIAN | $715,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 27 | 2 | 23 | 69 | 16 | 137 |
| 2018 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 52 | 13 | 91 |
| 2019 | 26 | 2 | 32 | 65 | 16 | 141 |
| 2020 | 31 | 8 | 39 | 46 | 5 | 129 |
| 2021 | 20 | 12 | 56 | 89 | 7 | 184 |
| 2022 | 23 | 14 | 36 | 90 | 10 | 173 |
| 2023 | 22 | 3 | 32 | 101 | 12 | 170 |
| 2024 | 25 | 0 | 78 | 78 | 6 | 187 |
| 2025 | 8 | 2 | 15 | 101 | 7 | 133 |
| 2026 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 65 | 9 | 97 |
Every one of the 2,737 recorded events, 1967–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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