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1220 Madison Avenue

815Records
20City systems
9Open violations
0.4Penalty rate
Manhattan · ZIP 10128 · Neighborhood: Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill
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815 recorded events, 1900–2026, from 20 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 228 DOB permits, 179 DOB job filings, 117 ACRIS deeds & mortgages.

BoroughManhattan 10128
Built1937
Floors16
Res. units98
ClassD4
Owner (PLUTO)19 E 88 STREET INC
BBL1015000015
BIN1046952

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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 94% of 25-99-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 25-99-unit residential buildings is 23.6 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 0.4. In ZIP 10128, 84% of residential buildings hold an A and 1% grade D or F. How grades work

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C

Among 17,252 25-99-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more

Open with the city right now

Open HPD violations9 total — 1 class C (immediately hazardous), 2 class B, 6 class A. Oldest open since 2006-11-24.

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

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

10 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (3) · Illegal Parking (2) · Air Quality (1) · Street Condition (1) · Missed Collection (1) · Rodent (1).

Filed construction activity

$7,908,441 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (93 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 (1937)
YesSix or more residential units (98)
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)19 EAST 88TH ST OWNERS CORP
Head officerGREG KWIAT
Managing agentORSID NY
Last registered2025-09-16

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$47,648,000 $21,441,600
2026$50,338,000 $22,652,100
2027$55,568,000 $25,005,600

The city's market estimate has risen 17% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Tax exemptions on the roll: COLD WAR VETERAN - DISABILITY

For property tax, the Department of Finance values this co-op as if it were a rental building. Its 2022 estimate: gross income $9,005,649 a year ($56.16 per sq ft), operating expenses $3,061,215 ($19.09 per sq ft), net operating income $5,944,434. These are the city's estimates from comparable rentals, not the building's actual budget, rents or maintenance charges.

Building systems

Energy grade (LL33)D — ENERGY STAR score 45/100, posted at the entrance by law (2022 disclosure cycle)
Heating fuelNATURALGAS
Facade (Local Law 11)SWARMP — "Safe With A Repair and Maintenance Program": known facade conditions that must be repaired (cycle 9)

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Blank Street INC.Not yet graded—

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

1 restaurant · 0 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 — 4 5 6 · 0.2 mi straight-line (about a 6-minute walk) · station accessibility: partial (Uptown local only)
BusNearest boarding stop: Madison Av / E 89 St — M1 M2 M3 M4 · 200 ft
Citi Bike5 Ave & E 87 St · 500 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 006 Lillie D. Blake
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

1220 Madison 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

10 311 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 ORSID NY — 243 buildings, 30,702 units. Grades across the portfolio: A227 · B13 · C2. See the whole portfolio

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Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $2,200,000 on 2016-12-14 (lender: Valley National Bank). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2026-06-22RPTT&RET $1,650,000 — from ESTATE OF DAYLE HADDON; MARC PAUL BLUCAS, EXECUTOR to POTTS, NICHOLAS; WILE, AARON $1,650,000
2026-06-09Sold for $1,650,000 $1,650,000 $16,837
2026-06-08RPTT&RET $2,650,000 — from STEVENS, SUSAN; FREMANTLE, HUGH to BUNZEL, MARY ELIZABETH; BUNZEL, JEFFREY $2,650,000
2026-06-03Sold for $2,650,000 $2,650,000 $27,041
2026-05-15RPTT&RET $850,000 — from GREENWALD, TRUSTEE, PETER N; LOIS FORMAN REVOCABLE TRUST to CRUM, ELISSA $850,000
2026-05-08Sold for $850,000 $850,000 $8,673
2025-09-25RPTT&RET $885,000 — from ELAINE GILBERT REVOCABLE TRUST; JOAN ROOVER, TRUSTEE to STUART, JAN; VON ERTINGEN, MATTHIAS LEUTRUM $885,000
2025-09-18Sold for $885,000 $885,000 $9,031
2025-08-15RPTT&RET $1,370,000 — from OLSHIN, ELIZABETH; MENDELL, HARRY to ALMERS, CYNTHIA; ALMERS, MATTIAS $1,370,000
2025-07-21Sold for $1,370,000 $1,370,000 $13,980
2025-07-07RPTT&RET $895,000 — from YAEL BAKER, AS ADMINISTRATOR; ESTATE OF DOROTHY SILVER to HEINEMANN, MURK; BARBUT, DENISE; HEINEMANN, AXEL $895,000
2025-06-10Sold for $895,000 $895,000 $9,133
2025-04-15RPTT&RET $2,490,000 — from ELAINE FAHERTY CELLA, TRUSTEE; WILLIAM P. CELLA, TRUSTEE; THE WILLIAM P. CELLA REVOCABLE L to VAGIANOS, IRENE; WHELAN, MARTIN P $2,490,000
2025-04-07Sold for $2,490,000 $2,490,000 $25,408
2024-07-11RPTT&RET $635,000 — from KELLY, PETER to WELLINGTON, PETER; WELLINGTON, MEREDITH $635,000

Ten-year activity

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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
201791206238
2018124152437
2019183812445
20203119115470
202121330229
2022611915243
202310299333
202428257345
202527278549
202631017241
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The full timeline

Construction 413Enforcement 89Housing & tenants 122Ownership & money 150Health & systems 41

Every one of the 815 recorded events, 1900–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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