310 recorded events, 1900–2026, from 19 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 141 311 service requests, 46 DOB violations, 26 HPD housing violations.
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A sustained record of distress well beyond its peers. More recorded distress than 99% of 1-5-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 1-5-unit residential buildings is 0 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 163.3. In ZIP 10021, 81% of residential buildings hold an A and 3% grade D or F. How grades work
Among 699,345 1-5-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more
| Open HPD violations | 5 total — 2 class C (immediately hazardous), 3 class B, 0 class A. Oldest open since 2025-01-02. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
3 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2024–25: 3).
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
23 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Illegal Parking (6) · PAINT/PLASTER (5) · Food Establishment (3) · Broken Parking Meter (2) · Noise (2) · New Tree Request (1).
$75,500 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (4 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 (1910) |
| No | Six or more residential units (3) |
| No | 421-a / J-51 tax benefit on the current tax roll |
1 of 3 signals present. Only a partial profile — stabilization is possible but less likely. The definitive answer for any unit: request its rent history from NYS Homes & Community Renewal (free, at hcr.ny.gov).
| Registered owner(s) | 136 EAST 70TH LLC |
| Head officer | LAWRENCE MAROLDA |
| Managing agent | ISABEL NEGRON |
| Last registered | 2025-09-26 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $7,605,000 | $3,422,250 |
| 2026 | $6,905,000 | $3,107,250 |
| 2027 | $6,379,000 | $2,870,550 |
The city's market estimate has fallen 16% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boba Whale | Not yet graded | — | |
| Viva La Crepes & CafÉ | French | A | Mice evidence |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
2 restaurants · 1 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map
3 Food Establishment complaints to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Pet/Animal, Letter Grading), shared by 2 restaurants · complaints filed by the public; DOHMH investigates, outcomes aren't published.
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 | 68 St-Hunter College — 6 · 350 ft straight-line (about a 2-minute walk) · station accessibility: full 72 St — Q · 0.2 mi straight-line (about a 6-minute walk) · station accessibility: full |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Lexington Av / E 70 St — M101 M102 M103 · under 50 ft |
| Citi Bike | 3 Ave & E 71 St · 550 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| 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.
956 Lexington 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 |
| Food poisoning | Food poisoning |
| Food safety complaint | Food safety complaint |
| Anything else | Anything else |
23 311 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.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-11-04 | Deed $100,000 — from MAROLDA, CARMELA to 136 EAST 70 LLC | $100,000 | |
| 2009-03-10 | Deed $660,000 — from MAROLDA, RALPH to 136 EAST 70 LLC | $660,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 20 |
| 2018 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 23 |
| 2019 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 23 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 14 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 23 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| 2023 | 0 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 23 |
| 2024 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 22 |
| 2025 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 25 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
Every one of the 310 recorded events, 1900–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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