504 recorded events, 1900–2026, from 18 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 163 311 service requests, 161 HPD complaints, 38 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 56% 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 17.1. 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 | 3 total — 0 class C (immediately hazardous), 2 class B, 1 class A. Oldest open since 2026-09-10. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
22 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 10 · winter 2024–25: 2 · winter 2025–26: 6). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
24 service requests in the last three years. Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (11) · PLUMBING (5) · Noise (4) · Lost Property (1) · Taxi Complaint (1) · ELECTRIC (1).
$1,522,298 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 (1910) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (28) |
| Yes | 421-a / J-51 tax benefit on the current tax roll |
3 of 3 signals present. Buildings receiving 421-a or J-51 benefits are generally required to register their units as rent-stabilized for the duration of the benefit. The definitive answer for any unit: request its rent history from NYS Homes & Community Renewal (free, at hcr.ny.gov).
| Registered owner(s) | 230 EAST 78 ASSOCIATES LLC |
| Head officer | AHRON FREIDUS |
| Managing agent | AHRON FREIDUS |
| Last registered | 2026-07-27 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $4,382,000 | $1,971,900 |
| 2026 | $5,010,000 | $2,254,500 |
| 2027 | $4,488,000 | $2,019,600 |
The city's market estimate has risen 2% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Tax exemptions on the roll: J51
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sushi Spot | Japanese | A | — |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
1 restaurant · 0 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 · 750 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: none 72 St — Q · 0.3 mi straight-line (about a 7-minute walk) · station accessibility: full |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: 3 Av / E 77 St — M101 M102 M103 · 300 ft |
| Citi Bike | E 78 St & 2 Ave · 350 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.
226 East 78 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 |
24 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 11 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.
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $6,155,243 on 2018-12-11 (lender: New York Community Bank), covering 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-12-11 | Mortgage $6,155,244 — from 230 EAST 78 ASSOCIATES LLC; 220 EAST 78 ASSOCIATES LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $6,155,244 | |
| 2018-12-11 | AL&R $12,620,000 — from 220 EAST 78 ASSOCIATES LLC; 230 EAST 78 ASSOCIATES LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $12,620,000 | |
| 2018-12-11 | Agreement $12,620,000 — from 220 EAST 78 ASSOCIATES LLC; 230 EAST 78 ASSOCIATES LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $12,620,000 | |
| 2010-06-23 | Mortgage $24,009 — from 220 EAST 78 ASSOCIATES LLC; 230 EAST 78 ASSOCIATES LLC to BEECH STREET CAPITAL, LLC | $24,009 | |
| 2010-06-23 | Agreement $7,414,000 — from 230 EAST 78 ASSOCIATES LLC; 220 EAST 78 ASSOCIATES LLC to BEECH STREET CAPITAL, LLC | $7,414,000 | |
| 2006-03-29 | AL&R $4,050,000 — from INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK to 230 EAST 78 ASSOCIATES LLC; 220 EAST 78 ASSOCIATES LLC | $4,050,000 | |
| 2006-03-29 | Mortgage $4,050,000 — from 220 EAST 78 ASSOCIATES LLC; 230 EAST 78 ASSOCIATES LLC to INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK | $4,050,000 | |
| 2003-10-07 | Mortgage $1,821,891 — from 230 EAST 78 ASSOCIATES LLC; 220 EAST 78 ASSOCIATES LLC to INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK | $1,821,891 | |
| 1999-11-04 | Mortgage $1,001,092 — from 220 EAST 78 ASSOCIATES LLC; 230 EAST 78 ASSOCIATES LLC to INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK | $1,001,092 | |
| 1994-11-25 | Mortgage $278,171 — from 220 EAST 78 ASSOCIATES; 230 EAST 78 ASSOCIATES to INDEPENDENCE SAVINGSBANK | $278,171 | |
| 1992-07-02 | Mortgage $1,100,000 — from 220 EAST 78 ASSOCIATES; 230 EAST 78 ASSOCIATES to EAST NEW YORK SAVINGS BK | $1,100,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 13 |
| 2018 | 24 | 7 | 43 | 4 | 5 | 83 |
| 2019 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 18 |
| 2020 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 15 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 36 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 25 |
| 2024 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 18 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 20 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 18 |
Every one of the 504 recorded events, 1900–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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