654 recorded events, 1985–2026, from 18 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 259 311 service requests, 126 HPD complaints, 58 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 68% 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 7.9. 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 | 1 total — 1 class C (immediately hazardous), 0 class B, 0 class A. Oldest open since 2026-02-07. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
21 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 6 · winter 2024–25: 8 · winter 2025–26: 7). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
1 bedbug-infested unit(s) reported in filings over the last three years.
35 service requests in the last three years. Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (10) · General Construction/Plumbing (7) · Noise (5) · Illegal Parking (4) · Water System (1) · Boilers (1).
$210,870 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (3 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.
| No | Built before 1974 (1986) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (65) |
| 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) | SGRC 353 LLC |
| Head officer | ROSE CAIOLA |
| Managing agent | BETTINA EQUITIES MANAGEMENT LLC |
| Last registered | 2025-08-18 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $11,561,000 | $5,202,450 |
| 2026 | $12,649,000 | $5,692,050 |
| 2027 | $12,873,000 | $5,792,850 |
The city's market estimate has risen 11% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Energy grade (LL33) | C — ENERGY STAR score 69/100 (2022 disclosure cycle) |
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
| Facade (Local Law 11) | UNSAFE — unsafe conditions reported (cycle 9) |
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cositas Cafe | Coffee/Tea | 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 | 86 St — Q · 0.3 mi straight-line (about a 7-minute walk) · station accessibility: full |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: E 79 St / 1 Av — M79-SBS · 300 ft · Select Bus Service |
| Citi Bike | 1 Ave & E 78 St · 250 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.
353 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 |
35 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 10 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 BETTINA EQUITIES MANAGEMENT LLC — 43 buildings, 1,737 units. Grades across the portfolio: A41 · B2. See the whole portfolio
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $3,789,264 on 2022-02-14 (lender: JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-02-14 | Mortgage $3,789,264 — from SGRC 353 LLC to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. | $3,789,264 | |
| 2022-02-14 | Agreement $9,400,000 — from SGRC 353 LLC to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. | $9,400,000 | |
| 2022-01-18 | RPTT&RET $149,071,234 — from CAIOLA-MUSACCHIA, ROSEMARIE; TRISTAR EQUITIES HOLDINGS, LLC; CAIOLA, MARIA; CAIOLA, BENNY to ROFAM, LLC; BEFAM, LLC; MARFAM, LLC | $149,071,234 | |
| 2013-04-12 | Agreement $6,950,000 — from SGRC 353 LLC to BERKADIA COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE LLC | $6,950,000 | |
| 2013-04-12 | Mortgage $2,371,986 — from SGRC 353 LLC to BERKADIA COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE LLC | $2,371,986 | |
| 2004-03-15 | Agreement $5,391,313 — from SGRC 335 LLC to WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK, FA | $5,391,313 | |
| 2004-03-15 | Mortgage $219,436 — from SGRC 335 LLC to WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK, FA | $219,436 | |
| 1999-05-26 | Mortgage $5,600,000 — from SECOND GENERATION REALTY COMPANY, LLC to DIME SAVINGS BANK OFNEW YORK | $5,600,000 | |
| 1986-11-26 | Mortgage $4,581,018 — from CAIOLA, SAL; SECOND GENERATN RLTYCP to DIME SVGS BK NY | $4,581,018 | |
| 1985-07-25 | Mortgage $2,200,000 — from SECOND GENERATIN RLTY CP to EUROPEAN AMERICAN BK | $2,200,000 | |
| 1985-01-04 | Mortgage $1,300,000 — from SECOND GENERATN RLTYCO. to EUROPEAN AMERCN BK&TR CO | $1,300,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 14 |
| 2020 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 23 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 16 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 4 | 3 | 49 |
| 2023 | 2 | 42 | 241 | 0 | 5 | 290 |
| 2024 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 18 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 27 |
| 2026 | 11 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 36 |
Every one of the 654 recorded events, 1985–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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