320 recorded events, 1900–2026, from 16 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 84 311 service requests, 70 ACRIS deeds & mortgages, 29 HPD housing violations.
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The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less recorded distress than 62% 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 10. In ZIP 10075, 82% of residential buildings hold an A and 2% grade D or F. How grades work
Among 46,798 6-24-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 2021-09-15. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
2 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2025–26: 2).
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
20 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (6) · GENERAL (4) · Real Time Enforcement (2) · Indoor Air Quality (2) · Graffiti (1) · Missed Collection (1).
$240,000 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (9 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 (13) |
| 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) | 445 E 78TH LP |
| Head officer | RAMIEL BENYEHUDA |
| Managing agent | BRIGHTON MANAGEMENT |
| Last registered | 2026-06-24 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $2,402,000 | $1,080,900 |
| 2026 | $2,554,000 | $1,149,300 |
| 2027 | $2,568,000 | $1,155,600 |
The city's market estimate has risen 7% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
For property tax, the Department of Finance values this co-op as if it were a rental building. Its 2022 estimate: gross income $353,887 a year ($50.44 per sq ft), operating expenses $100,890 ($14.38 per sq ft), net operating income $252,997. These are the city's estimates from comparable rentals, not the building's actual budget, rents or maintenance charges.
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sushi Genkai INC | 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 | 86 St — Q · 0.3 mi straight-line (about a 9-minute walk) · station accessibility: full |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: York Av / E 79 St — M31 · 150 ft |
| 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.
445 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 |
20 311 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 BRIGHTON MANAGEMENT — 43 buildings, 930 units. Grades across the portfolio: A15 · B20 · C6 · D1 · F1. See the whole portfolio
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $784,092 on 2020-03-12 (lender: Arbor Agency Lending, LLC). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-11 | Deed $5,200,000 — from BH 445 EAST 78 LLC to 445 E 78TH LP | $5,200,000 | |
| 2026-06-11 | Agreement $3,900,000 — from 445 E 78TH LP to WEBSTER BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | $3,900,000 | |
| 2026-06-11 | AL&R $3,900,000 — from 445 E 78TH LP to WEBSTER BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | $3,900,000 | |
| 2026-06-04 | Sold for $5,200,000 | $5,200,000 | $400,000 |
| 2020-03-12 | Agreement $5,296,000 — from BH 445 EAST 78 LLC to ARBOR AGENCY LENDING, LLC | $5,296,000 | |
| 2020-03-12 | Mortgage $784,093 — from BH 445 EAST 78 LLC to ARBOR AGENCY LENDING, LLC | $784,093 | |
| 2017-08-25 | RPTT&RET $350,000 — from LINY REALTY CORP. to 445 E. 78TH STREET OWNERS CORP. | $350,000 | |
| 2017-08-25 | RPTT&RET $325,000 — from LINY REALTY CORP. to 445 E. 78TH STREET OWNERS CORP. | $325,000 | |
| 2017-08-25 | RPTT&RET $325,000 — from LINY REALTY CORP. to 445 E. 78TH STREET OWNERS CORP. | $325,000 | |
| 2017-08-25 | RPTT&RET $500,000 — from LINY REALTY CORP. to 445 E. 78TH STREET OWNERS CORP. | $500,000 | |
| 2017-08-22 | RPTT&RET $350,000 — from LINY REALTY CORP. to 445 E. 78TH STREET OWNERS CORP. | $350,000 | |
| 2017-08-22 | RPTT&RET $325,000 — from LINY REALTY CORP. to 445 E. 78TH STREET OWNERS CORP. | $325,000 | |
| 2017-08-22 | RPTT&RET $325,000 — from LINY REALTY CORP. to 445 E. 78TH STREET OWNERS CORP. | $325,000 | |
| 2017-08-22 | RPTT&RET $350,000 — from LINY REALTY CORP. to 445 E. 78TH STREET OWNERS CORP. | $350,000 | |
| 2017-08-21 | RPTT&RET $340,000 — from LINY REALTY CORP. to 445 E. 78TH STREET OWNERS CORP. | $340,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 2 | 45 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 17 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 18 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 23 |
| 2022 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 2026 | 8 | 3 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 38 |
Every one of the 320 recorded events, 1900–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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