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1495 1 Avenue

599Records
16City systems
39Open violations
334.2Penalty rate

599 recorded events, 1973–2026, from 16 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 202 311 service requests, 113 HPD housing violations, 54 HPD complaints.

BoroughManhattan 10075
Built1910
Floors5
Res. units8
ClassC7
Owner (PLUTO)KEREN ASSOCIATES LLC
BBL1014530023
BIN1045252

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GRADE C

A meaningful record of code violations or complaints relative to its peers. More recorded distress than 95% 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 334.2. In ZIP 10075, 82% of residential buildings hold an A and 2% grade D or F. How grades work

this building
A
B
C

Among 46,798 6-24-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more

Open with the city right now

Open HPD violations39 total — 9 class C (immediately hazardous), 24 class B, 6 class A. Oldest open since 2019-07-24.

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

Patterns

14 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 6 · winter 2025–26: 3). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.

6
’23–24
3
’25–26

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

$5,737 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.

What 311 hears from this address

57 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (16) · General Construction/Plumbing (5) · HEAT/HOT WATER (5) · WATER LEAK (5) · PLUMBING (3) · Dirty Condition (3).

Filed construction activity

$99,330 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (2 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 (1910)
YesSix or more residential units (8)
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)KEREN ASSOCIATES
Head officerBENJAMIN WERBER
Managing agentWERBER MANAGEMENT
Last registered2026-07-31

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$4,550,000 $2,047,500
2026$4,907,000 $2,208,150
2027$4,813,000 $2,165,850

The city's market estimate has risen 6% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Le Petit ParisienFrenchAMice evidence
Plug & UgliesAmericanB—

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

2 restaurants · 1 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map

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.

1 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2010 (0 in the last three years).

Sources: FEMA flood maps (coastal), NYC DEP Stormwater Flood Maps (cloudburst), NYC hurricane evacuation zones, and 311 records for this address.

Getting around

Subway86 St — Q · 0.3 mi straight-line (about an 8-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
BusNearest boarding stop: E 79 St / 1 Av — M79-SBS · 300 ft · Select Bus Service
Citi Bike1 Ave & E 78 St · 200 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
Bike facilityPainted bike lane mapped within 75 ft
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

1495 1 Avenue

Heat or hot waterHeat or hot water
Apartment maintenanceApartment maintenance
Bed bugsBed bugs
Residential pestsResidential pests
Rats or miceRats or mice
Food poisoningFood poisoning
Food safety complaintFood safety complaint
Anything elseAnything else

57 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 5 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.

The landlord's report card

Managed by WERBER MANAGEMENT — 13 buildings, 752 units. Grades across the portfolio: A6 · B4 · C2 · D1. See the whole portfolio

BuildingBoroughUnitsGrade
37-46 72nd Street QN154 A
42-72 80 Street QN103 D
75-06 Woodside Avenue QN75 C
40 Gold Street MN56 A
40-19 72 Street QN54 B
41-90 Frame Place QN50 A
40-52 75 Street QN47 B
41-05 74 Street QN47 A
41-25 50 Street QN40 B
41-24 50 Street QN40 B
254 Front Street MN40 A
86-19 Elmhurst Avenue QN38 A
1495 1 Avenue MN8 C

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $1,142,243 on 2022-06-03 (lender: Signature Bank). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2022-06-03Mortgage $1,142,244 — from KEREN ASSOCIATES LLC to SIGNATURE BANK $1,142,244
2022-06-03AL&R $6,800,000 — from KEREN ASSOCIATES LLC to SIGNATURE BANK $6,800,000
2022-06-03Agreement $6,800,000 — from SIGNATURE BANK to KEREN ASSOCIATES LLC $6,800,000
2015-12-28Agreement $5,800,000 — from KEREN ASSOCIATES LLC to PEOPLE UNTIED BANK $5,800,000
2015-12-28Mortgage $2,800,000 — from KEREN ASSOCIATES LLC to PEOPLE UNTIED BANK $2,800,000
2011-02-11Mortgage $749,798 — from KEREN ASSOCIATES LLC to SOVEREIGN BANK $749,798
2011-02-11Agreement $3,000,000 — from KEREN ASSOCIATES LLC to SOVEREIGN BANK $3,000,000
2007-10-30Mortgage $51,084 — from KEREN ASSOCIATES LLC to SOVEREIGN BANK $51,084
2007-10-30AL&R $2,350,000 — from KEREN ASSOCIATES LLC to SOVEREIGN BANK $2,350,000
2007-10-30Agreement $2,350,000 — from SOVEREIGN BANK to KEREN ASSOCIATES LLC $2,350,000
2002-10-10Mortgage $1,441,270 — from KEREN ASSOCIATES LLC to INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK $1,441,270
1997-09-26Mortgage $600,000 — from KEREN ASSOCIATES LLC to TRUST COMPANY OF NEWJERSEY $600,000
1987-03-17Mortgage $340,000 — from SOUFER & ASSOCIATES to 1495-78 REALSTATE INC. $340,000
1987-01-16Mortgage $340,000 — from SOUFER & ASSOCIATES to 1495-78 REALESTATE INC $340,000
1983-12-07Mortgage $461,000 — from 1495-78 REALESTATE,INC. to COWAN, FLORENCE; COWNA, ROSS C. $461,000

Ten-year activity

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ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
2017106029
2018008019
201900730982
202001290030
202100450954
20222494221
202345520970
202427696387
202500160117
202601290434
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The full timeline

Construction 67Enforcement 34Housing & tenants 388Ownership & money 52Health & systems 58

Every one of the 599 recorded events, 1973–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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