285 recorded events, 1972–2026, from 18 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 70 311 service requests, 46 HPD housing violations, 41 ACRIS deeds & mortgages.
Full record, year by year Support this site
A sustained record of distress well beyond its peers. More recorded distress than 96% 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 56.7. In ZIP 10075, 82% of residential buildings hold an A and 2% 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 | 40 total — 7 class C (immediately hazardous), 14 class B, 19 class A. Oldest open since 1987-04-15. |
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.
9 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Graffiti (2) · Noise (2) · Curb Condition (1) · Snow or Ice (1) · Street Condition (1) · Dirty Condition (1).
$1,099,000 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (8 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 (1931) |
| 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) | W 79TH STREET OWNERS LLC |
| Head officer | ADAM WINDWER |
| Managing agent | RELIABLE MANAGERS LLC |
| Last registered | 2023-03-15 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $2,856,000 | $1,285,200 |
| 2026 | $3,273,000 | $1,472,850 |
| 2027 | $2,989,000 | $1,345,050 |
The city's market estimate has risen 5% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Candle 79 | Vegan | A | Mice evidence |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
1 restaurant · 1 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map
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 · 450 ft straight-line (about a 2-minute walk) · station accessibility: none 86 St — Q · 0.3 mi straight-line (about an 8-minute walk) · station accessibility: full |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: E 79 St / Lexington Av — M79-SBS · 100 ft · Select Bus Service |
| Citi Bike | E 77 St & 3 Ave · 550 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 158 Bayard Taylor 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.
154 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 |
| Food poisoning | Food poisoning |
| Food safety complaint | Food safety complaint |
| Anything else | Anything else |
9 311 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 RELIABLE MANAGERS LLC — 2 buildings, 5 units. Grades across the portfolio: C1 · D1. See the whole portfolio
| Building | Borough | Units | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 154 East 79 Street | MN | 3 | D |
| 152 East 79 Street | MN | 2 | C |
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $22,000,000 on 2020-03-13 (lender: W Financial Reit, Ltd.), covering 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-17 | DEVR $2,065,500 — from 1129 LEXINGTON PARTNERS LLC to CP 79TH STREET LLC | $2,065,500 | |
| 2026-09-04 | EASE $100,000 — from THE BOARD OF MANAGERS OF THE 151 EAST 78 to CP 79TH STREET LLC | $100,000 | |
| 2026-09-04 | DEVR $100,000 — from THE BOARD OF MANAGERS OF THE 151 EAST 78 to CP 79TH STREET LLC | $100,000 | |
| 2025-10-23 | Deed $62,588,500 — from W 79TH STREET OWNER LLC to CP 79TH STREET LLC | $62,588,500 | |
| 2025-10-21 | Sold for $62,588,500 | $62,588,500 | $20,862,833 |
| 2020-03-13 | Deed $18,650,000 — from EAST 79TH STREET DEVELOPMENT LLC to 150-152 EAST 79 LLC | $18,650,000 | |
| 2020-03-13 | Mortgage $22,000,000 — from 150-152 EAST 79 LLC to W FINANCIAL REIT, LTD. | $22,000,000 | |
| 2020-03-13 | Agreement $43,600,000 — from 150-152 EAST 79 LLC to W FINANCIAL REIT, LTD. | $43,600,000 | |
| 2020-03-13 | AL&R $43,600,000 — from 150-152 EAST 79 LLC to W FINANCIAL REIT, LTD. | $43,600,000 | |
| 2020-02-28 | Sold for $18,650,000 | $18,650,000 | $6,216,667 |
| 2018-05-04 | Deed $12,750,000 — from LEX JAY REALTY CORP. to EAST 79TH STREET DEVELOPMENT LLC | $12,750,000 | |
| 2018-04-25 | RPTT&RET $5,850,000 — from 154 PROPERTY OWNER LLC to EAST 79TH STREET DEVELOPMENT LLC | $5,850,000 | |
| 2018-04-13 | Sold for $12,750,000 | $12,750,000 | $4,250,000 |
| 2016-08-24 | MCON $305,475 — from LEX JAY REALTY CORP. to SEIDEN LEXINGTON LLC | $305,475 | |
| 2012-01-18 | Mortgage $300,000 — from LEX-JAY REALTY CORP. to THE BERKSHIRE BANK | $300,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 12 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 5 | 5 | 33 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 2023 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 2026 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 44 |
Every one of the 285 recorded events, 1972–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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