1,058 recorded events, 1900–2026, from 20 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 327 ACRIS deeds & mortgages, 143 DOB permits, 125 311 service requests.
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The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less recorded distress than 53% of 100+-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 100+-unit residential buildings is 3.7 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 3. In ZIP 10075, 82% of residential buildings hold an A and 2% grade D or F. How grades work
Among 4,677 100+-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more
| Open HPD violations | 16 total — 1 class C (immediately hazardous), 7 class B, 8 class A. Oldest open since 2004-01-21. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
2 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 2).
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
$22,500 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.
31 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (6) · Illegal Parking (5) · General Construction/Plumbing (3) · Lead (2) · Real Time Enforcement (2) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (2).
$3,630,711 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (56 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 (1956) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (219) |
| 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) | 440 EAST 79TH ST OWNERS |
| Head officer | William BERNSTEIN |
| Managing agent | CENTURY MANAGEMENT SERVICES INC |
| Last registered | 2025-08-14 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $47,827,000 | $21,522,150 |
| 2026 | $50,847,000 | $22,881,150 |
| 2027 | $51,090,000 | $22,990,500 |
The city's market estimate has risen 7% 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 $9,667,547 a year ($40.57 per sq ft), operating expenses $4,272,593 ($17.93 per sq ft), net operating income $5,394,954. These are the city's estimates from comparable rentals, not the building's actual budget, rents or maintenance charges.
| Energy grade (LL33) | C — ENERGY STAR score 68/100 (2022 disclosure cycle) |
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
| Facade (Local Law 11) | SAFE (cycle 9) |
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 9-minute walk) · station accessibility: full |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: E 79 St / York Av — M79-SBS · 150 ft · Select Bus Service |
| Citi Bike | 1 Ave & E 78 St · 600 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.
440 East 79 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 |
| Anything else | Anything else |
31 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 1 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 CENTURY MANAGEMENT SERVICES INC — 132 buildings, 16,364 units. Grades across the portfolio: A119 · B11 · C1. See the whole portfolio
showing 60 of 132 buildings
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $500,000 on 2019-12-23 (lender: National Consumer Cooperative Bank). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-03 | RPTT&RET $750,000 — from TAMORO, CARYL to TOBIN, JOHN; TOBIN, JILLIAN | $750,000 | |
| 2026-09-01 | RPTT&RET $661,862 — from 92 COOPER ASSOC., LLC to ROBBINS, LESLIE FAYE | $661,863 | |
| 2026-08-27 | Sold for $750,000 | $750,000 | $3,425 |
| 2026-08-25 | Sold for $661,863 | $661,863 | $3,022 |
| 2026-06-24 | RPTT&RET $489,000 — from RUFO, CESAR M; RUFO, EULOGIA L to SAMONOVA, ANNA | $489,000 | |
| 2026-06-16 | RPTT&RET $675,000 — from SELTZER, ARTHUR to UPDEGROVE, KATHERINE; UPDEGROVE, ANDREW | $675,000 | |
| 2026-06-16 | Sold for $489,000 | $489,000 | $2,233 |
| 2026-06-09 | Sold for $675,000 | $675,000 | $3,082 |
| 2026-05-13 | RPTT&RET $499,000 — from PUGH, XIAONAN; DENG, XIAONAN to SYDOW, SHAWN MICHAEL; SYDOW, KRISTEN BARI | $499,000 | |
| 2026-04-27 | Sold for $499,000 | $499,000 | $2,279 |
| 2026-04-23 | RPTT&RET $530,000 — from KAROLCZAK, VERA LUCIA to RUFO, CESAR MENDOZA; RUFO, EULOGIA LEA | $530,000 | |
| 2026-04-16 | Sold for $530,000 | $530,000 | $2,420 |
| 2026-04-08 | RPTT&RET $735,000 — from GARDNER-WILLIAMS, CAROLINE; WILLIAMS, KEVIN; GARDNER, CAROLINE to YAM, ELAINE | $735,000 | |
| 2026-03-27 | Sold for $735,000 | $735,000 | $3,356 |
| 2026-03-09 | RPTT&RET $460,000 — from MOSKOWITZ, LAUREN A; MOSKOWITZ, LLOYD D to CHAN, LEO WAI-KIT | $460,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 2 | 34 |
| 2018 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 31 | 3 | 59 |
| 2019 | 13 | 5 | 14 | 25 | 6 | 63 |
| 2020 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 7 | 45 |
| 2021 | 14 | 4 | 15 | 26 | 11 | 70 |
| 2022 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 28 | 4 | 54 |
| 2023 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 24 | 2 | 50 |
| 2024 | 21 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 3 | 56 |
| 2025 | 11 | 11 | 32 | 14 | 8 | 76 |
| 2026 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 3 | 45 |
Every one of the 1,058 recorded events, 1900–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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