986 recorded events, 1981–2026, from 17 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 275 DOB permits, 171 DOB job filings, 163 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 90% 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 0.9. 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 | 5 total — 1 class C (immediately hazardous), 0 class B, 4 class A. Oldest open since 2018-02-20. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
2 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2025–26: 2).
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
$2,530 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.
21 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Homeless Person Assistance (6) · Noise (3) · Curb Condition (2) · Illegal Parking (2) · Encampment (1) · Consumer Complaint (1).
$8,391,284 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (93 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 (1958) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (97) |
| 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) | Madison 79 Associates, Inc |
| Head officer | Neal Kotin |
| Managing agent | MATTHEW ADAM PROPERTIES, INC. |
| Last registered | 2025-07-23 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $70,280,000 | $31,626,000 |
| 2026 | $72,846,000 | $32,780,700 |
| 2027 | $79,162,000 | $35,622,900 |
The city's market estimate has risen 13% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Tax exemptions on the roll: COLD WAR VETERAN - DISABILITY
For property tax, the Department of Finance values this co-op as if it were a rental building. Its 2022 estimate: gross income $12,792,381 a year ($56.77 per sq ft), operating expenses $4,231,829 ($18.78 per sq ft), net operating income $8,560,553. These are the city's estimates from comparable rentals, not the building's actual budget, rents or maintenance charges.
| Energy grade (LL33) | B — ENERGY STAR score 70/100 (2022 disclosure cycle) |
| Facade (Local Law 11) | SAFE (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 · 900 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: none 86 St — 4 5 6 · 0.4 mi straight-line (about a 10-minute walk) · station accessibility: partial (Uptown local only) |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: E 79 St / Madison Av — M79-SBS · 100 ft · Select Bus Service |
| Citi Bike | 5 Ave & E 78 St · 650 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.
50 East 79 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 |
21 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 1 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 MATTHEW ADAM PROPERTIES — 57 buildings, 2,537 units. Grades across the portfolio: A49 · B7 · C1. See the whole portfolio
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $500,000 on 2017-11-09 (lender: TD Bank, N.A.). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-18 | RPTT&RET $1,500,000 — from ESTATE OF CARLYN S. PARKER; JOANNE P. HEYMAN, AS EXECUTRIX to ZHANG, YANG; ZHANG, HAN | $1,500,000 | |
| 2026-07-30 | Sold for $1,500,000 | $1,500,000 | $15,464 |
| 2026-05-27 | RPTT&RET $1,520,000 — from ERLICH, LORETTE to LEVINE, LESLIE; LEVINE, MICHAEL | $1,520,000 | |
| 2026-05-18 | Sold for $1,520,000 | $1,520,000 | $15,670 |
| 2026-03-18 | RPTT&RET $1,485,000 — from ESTATE OF NORMA REVMAN; CAREN TISHFIELD CO-EXECUTOR; PETER LEWIT CO-EXECUTOR; ROBIN SCHOTT to GERBER, HARRIET | $1,485,000 | |
| 2026-03-12 | Sold for $1,485,000 | $1,485,000 | $15,309 |
| 2026-02-03 | RPTT&RET $3,750,000 — from STEVEN B. SCHULTZ, AS EXECUTOR; THE ESTATE OF MELINDA PAPP to THE MALUS SYLVESTRIS TRUST; MICHAEL S. ARLEIN, AS TRUSTEE | $3,750,000 | |
| 2026-01-29 | Sold for $3,750,000 | $3,750,000 | $38,660 |
| 2025-11-18 | RPTT&RET $1,850,000 — from COLLINS, PATRICIA GAIL to HELBURN, CHRISTINA W; HELBURN, HARDY V | $1,850,000 | |
| 2025-11-13 | Sold for $1,850,000 | $1,850,000 | $19,072 |
| 2025-09-26 | RPTT&RET $3,800,000 — from THE REVOCABLE TRUST OF DAVID J ROSENSTOC; THE REVOCABLE TRUST JEFFREY I. ROSENSTOC; JEFFRE to EMBIRICOS, GEORGE | $3,800,000 | |
| 2025-09-12 | RPTT&RET $632,400 — from NIDDRIE, ROBERT K to WOLF, DOUGLAS; WOLF, SHERRI | $632,400 | |
| 2025-09-09 | Sold for $3,800,000 | $3,800,000 | $39,175 |
| 2025-08-11 | RPTT&RET $1,075,000 — from O'REGAN, THOMAS PATRICK to GREELEY O'REGAN, JEANNE ELLYN | $1,075,000 | |
| 2025-07-21 | Sold for $1,075,000 | $1,075,000 | $11,082 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 20 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 9 | 60 |
| 2018 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 15 | 50 |
| 2019 | 4 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 37 |
| 2020 | 34 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 65 |
| 2021 | 37 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 9 | 83 |
| 2022 | 34 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 57 |
| 2023 | 9 | 1 | 14 | 15 | 1 | 40 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 15 |
| 2025 | 21 | 3 | 7 | 24 | 3 | 58 |
| 2026 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 36 |
Every one of the 986 recorded events, 1981–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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