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420 East 79 Street

314Records
16City systems
0Open violations
0.2Penalty rate

314 recorded events, 1900–2026, from 16 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 106 311 service requests, 41 DOB violations, 41 DOB permits.

BoroughManhattan 10075
Built1959
Floors16
Res. units111
ClassD3
Owner (PLUTO)FAMECO LLC
BBL1014730038
BIN1046034

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GRADE A

The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less recorded distress than 93% 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 0.2. 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 4,677 100+-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more

Open with the city right now

No current HPD flags in the latest weekly snapshot: no open violations, no pending litigation, no active vacate orders, and not in the Alternative Enforcement Program.

Patterns

No heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years.

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

What 311 hears from this address

22 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (7) · Illegal Parking (4) · Blocked Driveway (4) · Street Condition (1) · Lost Property (1) · Street Light Condition (1).

Filed construction activity

$1,032,190 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (14 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 (1959)
YesSix or more residential units (111)
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)FAMECO LLC
Head officerROBERT MANOCHERIAN
Managing agentFAMECO LLC
Last registered2025-07-25

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$20,897,000 $9,403,650
2026$19,713,000 $8,870,850
2027$20,113,000 $9,050,850

The city's market estimate has fallen 4% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Building systems

Energy grade (LL33)D — ENERGY STAR score 50/100, posted at the entrance by law (2022 disclosure cycle)
Heating fuelNO4FUEL
Facade (Local Law 11)SAFE (cycle 9)

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 · 0.3 mi straight-line (about an 8-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
BusNearest boarding stop: E 79 St / 1 Av — M79-SBS · 150 ft · Select Bus Service
Citi Bike1 Ave & E 78 St · 450 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.

Report a problem to 311

420 East 79 Street

Heat or hot waterHeat or hot water
Apartment maintenanceApartment maintenance
Bed bugsBed bugs
Residential pestsResidential pests
Rats or miceRats or mice
Anything elseAnything else

22 311 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.

The landlord's report card

Managed by FAMECO LLC — 13 buildings, 424 units. Grades across the portfolio: A13. See the whole portfolio

BuildingBoroughUnitsGrade
420 East 79 Street MN111 A
369 West 52 Street MN48 A
316 East 55 Street MN41 A
225 East 10 Street MN39 A
229 East 80 Street MN35 A
93 3 Avenue MN24 A
338 East 83 Street MN22 A
523 East 85 Street MN20 A
210 East 83 Street MN20 A
240 East 83 Street MN20 A
323 East 83 Street MN20 A
1588 York Avenue MN16 A
1325 3 Avenue MN8 A

Ten-year activity

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2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
35
2023
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2026
ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systemsTotal
2017949325
201802125
20196610729
202000617
202101618
202200213
202341121835
2024514212
2025009110
20260010010
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The full timeline

Construction 70Enforcement 66Housing & tenants 120Ownership & money 14Health & systems 44

Every one of the 314 recorded events, 1900–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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