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221 East 78 Street

424Records
18City systems
0Open violations
1.3Penalty rate

424 recorded events, 1900–2026, from 18 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 127 ACRIS deeds & mortgages, 68 311 service requests, 45 DOB permits.

BoroughManhattan 10075
Built1948
Floors6
Res. units54
ClassD4
Owner (PLUTO)221 EAST 78TH TENANTS CORP
BBL1014330007
BIN1044166

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GRADE A

The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less recorded distress than 87% 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 1.3. In ZIP 10075, 82% of residential buildings hold an A and 2% grade D or F. How grades work

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C

Among 17,252 25-99-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more

Open with the city right now

No current HPD flags in the latest weekly snapshot: no open violations, no pending litigation, no active vacate orders, and not in the Alternative Enforcement Program.

Patterns

No heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years.

No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.

What 311 hears from this address

16 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (5) · Street Sweeping Complaint (3) · Standing Water (2) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (2) · Traffic (1) · Sidewalk Condition (1).

Filed construction activity

$824,015 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (15 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.

Rent-stabilization signals

YesBuilt before 1974 (1948)
YesSix or more residential units (54)
No421-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 with HPD — the names behind the building

Registered owner(s)221 EAST 78TH TENANTS CORP
Head officerLIZETTE VELEZ
Managing agentHALSTEAD MANAGEMENT COMPANY LLC
Last registered2025-09-10

as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$10,662,000 $4,797,900
2026$11,525,000 $5,186,250
2027$11,732,000 $5,279,400

The city's market estimate has risen 10% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Tax exemptions on the roll: COLD WAR VETERAN - DISABILITY · SENIOR CITIZEN HOMEOWNER

For property tax, the Department of Finance values this co-op as if it were a rental building. Its 2022 estimate: gross income $2,179,282 a year ($47.14 per sq ft), operating expenses $806,251 ($17.44 per sq ft), net operating income $1,373,031. These are the city's estimates from comparable rentals, not the building's actual budget, rents or maintenance charges.

Building systems

Energy grade (LL33)B — ENERGY STAR score 80/100 (2022 disclosure cycle)
Heating fuelNO2FUEL
Facade (Local Law 11)SWARMP — "Safe With A Repair and Maintenance Program": known facade conditions that must be repaired (cycle 9)

Flood exposure

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.

Getting around

Subway77 St — 6 · 750 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
86 St — Q · 0.3 mi straight-line (about a 7-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
BusNearest boarding stop: 3 Av / E 77 St — M101 M102 M103 · 350 ft
Citi BikeE 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.

Report a problem to 311

221 East 78 Street

Heat or hot waterHeat or hot water
Apartment maintenanceApartment maintenance
Bed bugsBed bugs
Residential pestsResidential pests
Rats or miceRats or mice
Anything elseAnything else

16 311 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.

The landlord's report card

Managed by HALSTEAD MANAGEMENT CO. — 190 buildings, 17,333 units. Grades across the portfolio: A172 · B10 · C4. See the whole portfolio

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showing 60 of 190 buildings

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $750,100 on 2022-08-17 (lender: First Republic Bank). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2025-11-14RPTT&RET $515,000 — from QUINN, KELLY; NEUHS, THOMAS C to MANCUSO, SUAN; MANCUSO, NICHOLAS; MANCUSO, JAMES $515,000
2025-11-06Sold for $515,000 $515,000 $9,537
2025-10-23RPTT&RET $575,000 — from HAMM, DAVID P; MCCONNELL HAMM, SUZANNE; HAMM, LAURA ELIZABETH to SMITH, KIMBERLY $575,000
2025-10-16Sold for $575,000 $575,000 $10,648
2024-12-06RPTT&RET $530,000 — from GUPTA, SARITA; JOFE, TANIA to RUSH, CLAIRE E; BOYD, RYAN J $530,000
2024-12-04Sold for $530,000 $530,000 $9,815
2024-10-10RPTT&RET $437,500 — from ESTATE OF ROSE GALLAGHER; MCINTYRE, AS EXECUTOR, CIARAN to PREBISCH, ALEJANDRO; GIMINEZ HUTTON, MARIA THERESA $437,500
2024-09-26Sold for $437,500 $437,500 $8,102
2024-07-11RPTT&RET $540,000 — from URSILLO, WILLIAM H; URSILLO, HANNAH E; URSILLO, ILENE; WOOLLEY, HANNAH to DEGREGORIO, WILLIAM $540,000
2024-07-02Sold for $540,000 $540,000 $10,000
2023-12-15RPTT&RET $997,000 — from 221 EAST 78TH ASSOCIATES LP to ZHANG, WEIYANG; ZHANG, STEPHANIE; LIANG, ZHANGHUI $997,000
2023-12-08Sold for $997,000 $997,000 $18,463
2023-11-06RPTT&RET $420,000 — from HO, STEVEN to TANCER, JO ANN $420,000
2023-01-31RPTT&RET $1,225,000 — from GOLDRICH, ZINA to VIJAYASHANKAR, SHUBHA SARAVU; MAILANKODY, SHAM $1,225,000
2023-01-24Sold for $1,225,000 $1,225,000 $22,685

Ten-year activity

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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
20175027216
20184023413
20190053311
20200256114
20210298120
202210615123
20233037215
202412136426
202562144228
2026004015
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The full timeline

Construction 72Enforcement 35Housing & tenants 139Ownership & money 151Health & systems 27

Every one of the 424 recorded events, 1900–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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