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1477 York Avenue

579Records
17City systems
3Open violations
53.8Penalty rate

579 recorded events, 1967–2026, from 17 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 207 311 service requests, 141 HPD complaints, 74 HPD housing violations.

BoroughManhattan 10075
Built1910
Floors5
Res. units12
ClassC7
Owner (PLUTO)VACUA REALTY LLC
BBL1014730022
BIN1046030

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GRADE B

A modest record — below the level that usually signals systemic problems. More recorded distress than 73% 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 53.8. 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 violations3 total — 0 class C (immediately hazardous), 2 class B, 1 class A. Oldest open since 2025-08-24.

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

Patterns

29 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 19 · winter 2024–25: 6). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.

19
’23–24
6
’24–25

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

What 311 hears from this address

33 service requests in the last three years. Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (14) · Obstruction (4) · PAINT/PLASTER (4) · Illegal Parking (3) · Air Quality (2) · Water System (1).

Filed construction activity

No permitted work with a declared cost filed in the last decade. 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 (12)
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)VINCENZO ACQUISTA
Managing agentPaola Colarusso
Last registered2025-08-22

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$2,278,000 $1,025,100
2026$2,422,000 $1,089,900
2027$2,616,000 $1,177,200

The city's market estimate has risen 15% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Building systems

Heating fuelNO2FUEL

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Brooklyn Dumpling ShopAsian/Asian FusionAMice evidence
Salvo'sItalianA—

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.

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.

Getting around

Subway86 St — Q · 0.4 mi straight-line (about a 10-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
BusNearest boarding stop: York Av / E 79 St — M31 · 100 ft
Citi BikeE 77 St & 1 Ave · 650 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

1477 York 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

33 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 14 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.

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $3,000,000 on 2014-05-05 (lender: Astoria Federal Savings And Loan Association), covering 2 lots — the amount covers all of them. Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2019-10-09Agreement $2,356,000 — from VACUA REALTY CORP. to GREYSTONE SERVICING COMPANY LLC $2,356,000
2014-05-05Mortgage $3,000,000 — from GUISAR REALTY CORP.; VACUA REALTY CORP. to ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIA $3,000,000

Ten-year activity

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EnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
20171100213
20181100718
20190333844
2020061714
202102701138
20221110618
20231250127
20241212226
20250170320
20260161118
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The full timeline

Construction 28Enforcement 33Housing & tenants 431Ownership & money 33Health & systems 54

Every one of the 579 recorded events, 1967–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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