150 recorded events, 1983–2026, from 13 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 42 311 service requests, 18 HPD housing violations, 17 ACRIS deeds & mortgages.
Full record, year by year Support this site
A modest record — below the level that usually signals systemic problems. More recorded distress than 82% 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 99.7. In ZIP 10065, 78% of residential buildings hold an A and 3% 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 | 4 total — 2 class C (immediately hazardous), 2 class B, 0 class A. Oldest open since 2023-12-01. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
4 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 4).
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
11 service requests in the last three years. Most common: UNSANITARY CONDITION (7) · HEAT/HOT WATER (1) · Homeless Person Assistance (1) · Obstruction (1) · Illegal Dumping (1).
No permitted work with a declared cost filed in the last decade. Permit costs cover filed construction work only — they do not capture routine maintenance or repairs done without a permit.
| Yes | Built before 1974 (1925) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (6) |
| 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) | CARO PARTNERSHIP LP |
| Head officer | ARON SUNA |
| Managing agent | TRI-HILL MANAGEMENT LLC |
| Last registered | 2025-11-24 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $6,700,000 | $3,015,000 |
| 2026 | $5,360,000 | $2,412,000 |
| 2027 | $4,440,000 | $1,998,000 |
The city's market estimate has fallen 34% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
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 | 59 St — 4 5 6 N R W · 150 ft straight-line (about a 1-minute walk) · station accessibility: none Lexington Av/63 St — M Q · 550 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: full |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: E 60 St / Lexington Av — Q32 · 200 ft |
| Citi Bike | E 59 St & Lexington Ave · 450 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| Bike facility | Protected bike path mapped within 75 ft |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: East Side Elementary School, PS 267 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.
136 East 61 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 |
11 311 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 TRI-HILL MANAGEMENT LLC — 74 buildings, 2,315 units. Grades across the portfolio: A36 · B20 · C10 · D7. See the whole portfolio
showing 60 of 74 buildings
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $8,900,000 on 2026-09-09 (lender: 780 Lex Partnership L.P. and Caro Partnership L.P.,), covering 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-09 | Mortgage $8,900,000 — from 780 LEX REALTY ASSOCIATES LLC to SAMURO PARTNERSHIP, L.P.; CARO PARTNERSHIP L.P.,; 780 LEX PARTNERSHIP L.P. | $8,900,000 | |
| 2026-09-09 | Deed $4,365,035 — from CARO PARTNERSHIP L.P., to 780 LEX REALTY ASSOCIATES LLC | $4,365,035 | |
| 2026-08-27 | Sold for $4,365,035 | $4,365,035 | $727,506 |
| 1986-08-14 | Mortgage $375,000 — from SIEGEL, SAMUEL LWT; SIEGEL, ROBERTTRST; YELLIN, NORMAN TRST; SIEGEL, JOHN TRST to TREMONT FED S&L ASSN | $375,000 | |
| 1983-05-26 | Mortgage $400,000 — from SIEGEL, SAMUEL DEC'D; YELLIN, NORMAN TR; SIEGEL, ROBERT INDV&TR to COWAP, CHARLES R.; PRICE, ELIZABETH, C.; COWAP, AGNES I.; COWAP, CAROLYN A. | $400,000 |
| Year | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 2019 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 2020 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 2021 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 2022 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 16 |
| 2023 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 18 |
| 2024 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 2025 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 2026 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 21 |
Every one of the 150 recorded events, 1983–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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