257 recorded events, 1900–2026, from 18 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 58 311 service requests, 41 DOB violations, 33 DOB permits.
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The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less recorded distress than 80% of 25-99-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 25-99-unit residential buildings is 23.6 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 2.9. In ZIP 10075, 82% of residential buildings hold an A and 2% grade D or F. How grades work
Among 17,252 25-99-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more
| Open HPD violations | 3 total — 0 class C (immediately hazardous), 3 class B, 0 class A. Oldest open since 1995-06-03. |
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.
$2,400 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.
18 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Sidewalk Condition (4) · Homeless Person Assistance (2) · Noise (2) · Special Projects Inspection Team (SPIT) (2) · Illegal Parking (2) · General Construction/Plumbing (1).
$540,550 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (9 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 (1923) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (34) |
| 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) | ARIEL E, BELEN, TEMPORARY TRUSTEE OF THE TRUST |
| Head officer | JOSEPH ESMAIL |
| Managing agent | FirstService Residential |
| Last registered | 2025-08-23 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $9,507,000 | $4,278,150 |
| 2026 | $9,838,000 | $4,427,100 |
| 2027 | $10,046,000 | $4,520,700 |
The city's market estimate has risen 6% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| 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).
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 | 77 St — 6 · 0.3 mi straight-line (about a 7-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: 5 Av / E 77 St — M1 M2 M3 M4 · 200 ft |
| Citi Bike | 5 Ave & E 78 St · 450 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 006 Lillie D. Blake Middle: J.H.S. 167 Robert F. Wagner. 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.
952 5 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 |
| Anything else | Anything else |
18 311 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 FIRSTSERVICE RESIDENTIAL — 556 buildings, 66,420 units. Grades across the portfolio: A464 · B61 · C14 · D3 · F1. See the whole portfolio
showing 60 of 556 buildings
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-12-24 | Deed $23,750,000 — from ARIEL E. BELEN, RECEIVER FOR JULIAN MAUR to TRUST CREATED BY ROSEMARIE HERMAN ON 11/; ARIEL E. BELEN, TEMPTRUSTEE OF TRUST CRE | $23,750,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 |
| 2018 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 17 |
| 2019 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 22 |
| 2020 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
| 2021 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 18 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 2023 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 14 |
| 2024 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 23 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
Every one of the 257 recorded events, 1900–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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