447 recorded events, 1966–2026, from 16 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 209 311 service requests, 61 HPD complaints, 32 DOB complaints.
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 63% 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 8.9. In ZIP 10075, 82% of residential buildings hold an A and 2% 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 | 11 total — 2 class C (immediately hazardous), 6 class B, 3 class A. Oldest open since 1989-09-25. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
8 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 8).
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
$1,250 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.
45 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Food Establishment (13) · Noise (8) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (4) · HEAT/HOT WATER (4) · Outdoor Dining (4) · DOOR/WINDOW (3).
$75,620 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 (1910) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (16) |
| 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) | 236 EAST 77TH STREET REALTY CORPORATION |
| Head officer | JOSEPH TAORMINA |
| Managing agent | TAORMINA HOLDING CORPORATION |
| Last registered | 2025-08-29 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $3,413,000 | $1,535,850 |
| 2026 | $3,379,000 | $1,520,550 |
| 2027 | $3,371,000 | $1,516,950 |
The city's market estimate has fallen 1% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caffe Buon Gusto | Italian | A | Mice evidence |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
1 restaurant · 1 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map
13 Food Establishment complaints to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Letter Grading, Rodents/Insects/Garbage, Food Contaminated) · 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 | 77 St — 6 · 800 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: none 72 St — Q · 0.2 mi straight-line (about a 6-minute walk) · station accessibility: full |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: 3 Av / E 77 St — M101 M102 M103 · 400 ft |
| Citi Bike | E 78 St & 2 Ave · 450 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.
236 East 77 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 |
45 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 4 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 TAORMINA HOLDING CORPORATION — 7 buildings, 103 units. Grades across the portfolio: A7. See the whole portfolio
| Building | Borough | Units | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 347 East 61 Street | MN | 20 | A |
| 4389 Matilda Avenue | BX | 20 | A |
| 349 East 61 Street | MN | 20 | A |
| 236 East 77 Street | MN | 16 | A |
| 1113 1 Avenue | MN | 12 | A |
| 1589 2 Avenue | MN | 8 | A |
| 2253 1 Avenue | MN | 7 | A |
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $3,000,000 on 2019-06-26 (lender: Sterling National Bank). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-06-26 | Mortgage $3,000,000 — from 236 EAST 77TH STREET, CORP. to STERLING NATIONAL BANK | $3,000,000 | |
| 1997-01-30 | Mortgage $297,000 — from 236 EAST 77TH STREETCORP. to CAESAR HOMES, INC. | $297,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 30 |
| 2018 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 18 |
| 2019 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 19 |
| 2020 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 27 |
| 2021 | 0 | 7 | 53 | 0 | 3 | 63 |
| 2022 | 0 | 5 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 35 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 23 |
| 2024 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 28 |
| 2025 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 27 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
Every one of the 447 recorded events, 1966–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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