420 recorded events, 1900–2026, from 18 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 100 311 service requests, 81 DOB permits, 52 DOB job filings.
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 75% 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 4.6. 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), 3 class B, 0 class A. Oldest open since 2019-07-18. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
No heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
19 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Dead Animal (3) · Rodent (3) · New Tree Request (2) · Graffiti (1) · Obstruction (1) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (1).
$380,380 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (12 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 (39) |
| 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) | 402 E 78TH ST |
| Head officer | FATMIR LAJQI |
| Managing agent | COPPERWOOD REAL ESTATE |
| Last registered | 2025-10-11 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $7,130,000 | $3,208,500 |
| 2026 | $8,367,000 | $3,765,150 |
| 2027 | $9,418,000 | $4,238,100 |
The city's market estimate has risen 32% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Energy grade (LL33) | D — ENERGY STAR score 18/100, posted at the entrance by law (2022 disclosure cycle) |
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
| Facade (Local Law 11) | SAFE (cycle 9) |
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sushi of Gari, Upper East Side | Asian/Asian Fusion | Not yet graded | — |
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 | 72 St — Q · 0.3 mi straight-line (about an 8-minute walk) · station accessibility: full |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: E 79 St / 1 Av — M79-SBS · 350 ft · Select Bus Service |
| Citi Bike | 1 Ave & E 78 St · 200 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.
402 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 |
19 311 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.
Managed by COPPERWOOD REAL ESTATE — 17 buildings, 349 units. Grades across the portfolio: A15 · B2. See the whole portfolio
| Building | Borough | Units | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 402 East 78 Street | MN | 39 | A |
| 315 East 84 Street | MN | 35 | A |
| 444 East 81 Street | MN | 34 | A |
| 243 East 78 Street | MN | 22 | A |
| 234 East 83 Street | MN | 21 | A |
| 121 East 82 Street | MN | 21 | A |
| 428 East 89 Street | MN | 20 | A |
| 415 East 87 Street | MN | 20 | A |
| 405 East 87 Street | MN | 20 | A |
| 430 East 89 Street | MN | 20 | A |
| 232 East 83 Street | MN | 19 | A |
| 53 East 95 Street | MN | 18 | A |
| 310 East 85 Street | MN | 16 | A |
| 172 East 82 Street | MN | 15 | A |
| 1592 1 Avenue | MN | 12 | B |
| 1388 2 Avenue | MN | 9 | B |
| 1590 1 Avenue | MN | 8 | A |
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-09-06 | DEVR $5,225,000 — from RSL 402-406 EAST 78TH LLC; THE ELFRAN, L.P. to EAST 77 PROPERTY OWNER LLC | $5,225,000 | |
| 2013-01-14 | Deed $5,300,000 — from 402-406 EAST 78TH STREET, LLC to RSL 402-406 EAST 78TH LLC | $5,300,000 | |
| 2008-05-16 | RPTT&RET $12,255,264 — from LEMLE, GERTRUDE B to THE LAURA C. LEMLE 2008 FAMILY TRUST | $12,255,264 | |
| 2008-05-16 | RPTT&RET $12,255,264 — from LEMLE, GERTRUDE B to THE ROBERT S. LEMLE 2008 FAMILY TRUST | $12,255,264 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 2018 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 |
| 2019 | 5 | 2 | 29 | 0 | 6 | 42 |
| 2020 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| 2021 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 28 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 24 |
| 2023 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 25 |
| 2024 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 30 |
| 2025 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 15 |
| 2026 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 13 |
Every one of the 420 recorded events, 1900–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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