919 recorded events, 1968–2026, from 16 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 252 311 service requests, 191 HPD complaints, 135 HPD housing violations.
Full record, year by year Support this site
A modest record — below the level that usually signals systemic problems. More recorded distress than 74% 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 57.7. In ZIP 10021, 81% of residential buildings hold an A and 3% 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 | 110 total — 15 class C (immediately hazardous), 71 class B, 24 class A. Oldest open since 1983-05-03. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
3 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2024–25: 3).
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
40 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (13) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (7) · FLOORING/STAIRS (5) · PLUMBING (3) · Indoor Air Quality (2) · Sidewalk Condition (2).
$113,600 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (6 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 (1920) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (18) |
| 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) | R.C.F.H.P. INC |
| Head officer | ROBERT GALPERN |
| Managing agent | ROBERT GALPERN |
| Last registered | 2025-11-25 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $2,490,000 | $1,120,500 |
| 2026 | $2,647,000 | $1,191,150 |
| 2027 | $2,919,000 | $1,313,550 |
The city's market estimate has risen 17% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Heating fuel | NO2FUEL |
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Claire's Kitchen Cafe | American | A | — |
| Tanoshi Tei | Japanese | B | Mice evidence |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
2 restaurants · 1 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map
1 food-poisoning report to 311 at this address in the last three years (0 with three or more people sick), shared by 2 restaurants · complaints filed by the public; DOHMH investigates, outcomes aren't published.
Not in the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary maps).
Hurricane evacuation zone 2 of 6 — zone 1 evacuates first.
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 77 St — 6 · 0.5 mi straight-line (about a 14-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: York Av / E 74 St — M31 · 150 ft |
| Citi Bike | E 72 St & York Ave · 400 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.
1374 York Avenue
| 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 |
40 311 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.
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $1,184,358 on 2002-06-07 (lender: Independence Community Bank), covering 3 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.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004-12-08 | SPRD $6,000,000 — from ISRAEL GALPERN; 37-1/2 ALLEN STREET REALTY CORP.; H.P.R.C.O.N.Y., INC.; R.C.F.H.P., INC.; to ARIEL REALTY CORP. | $6,000,000 | |
| 2002-06-07 | Mortgage $1,184,358 — from H.P.S.O.N.Y., INC.; N.Y.A.H., INC.; R.C.F.H.P., INC. to INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK | $1,184,358 | |
| 1997-01-07 | Mortgage $503,834 — from H.P.S.O.N.Y., INC.; N.Y.A.H., INC.; 37 1/2 ALLEN STREETREALTY CORP.; R.C.F.H.P., INC. to ARIEL REALTY CORP. | $503,834 | |
| 1992-01-17 | Mortgage $339,185 — from 1374 YORK ASSOCIATES; 1370 YORK ASSOCS; 503 REALTY ASSOCIATES to FIRST NATIONWIDE BANK | $339,185 | |
| 1989-12-22 | Mortgage $200,000 — from 1374 YORK ASSOCS; 1370 YORK ASSOCS; 503 REALTY ASSOCS to FIRST NATIONWIDE BANK | $200,000 | |
| 1987-05-06 | Mortgage $350,000 — from 1370 YORK ASSOCIATES; 1374 YORK ASSOCIATES to WOLOWITZ HLDNGS INCETC; CHERNOFF INDSTRS INCETC; WOLOWITZ, HERBERT TR; CHERNOFF, EDWARD R | $350,000 | |
| 1987-01-16 | Mortgage $953,512 — from LAVAL REALTY INC. | $953,512 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 2018 | 0 | 14 | 30 | 2 | 46 |
| 2019 | 0 | 16 | 44 | 1 | 61 |
| 2020 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 20 |
| 2021 | 6 | 11 | 57 | 0 | 74 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 37 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 1 | 36 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 50 | 1 | 52 |
| 2025 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 14 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 21 |
Every one of the 919 recorded events, 1968–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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