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1289 Madison Avenue

140Records
12City systems
6Open violations
30Penalty rate
Manhattan · ZIP 10128 · Neighborhood: Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill
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140 recorded events, 1974–2026, from 12 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 38 ACRIS deeds & mortgages, 31 311 service requests, 16 HPD housing violations.

BoroughManhattan 10128
Built1890
Floors5
Res. units4
ClassS9
Owner (PLUTO)GHIM & KIM LLC
BBL1015030053
BIN1047034

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GRADE C

A meaningful record of code violations or complaints relative to its peers. More recorded distress than 90% of 1-5-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 1-5-unit residential buildings is 0 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 30. In ZIP 10128, 84% of residential buildings hold an A and 1% grade D or F. How grades work

this building
A
C

Among 699,345 1-5-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more

Open with the city right now

Open HPD violations6 total — 0 class C (immediately hazardous), 0 class B, 6 class A. Oldest open since 2021-04-01.

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

2 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Food Establishment (1) · Residential Disposal Complaint (1).

Filed construction activity

$48,000 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (1 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 (1890)
NoSix or more residential units (4)
No421-a / J-51 tax benefit on the current tax roll

1 of 3 signals present. Only a partial profile — stabilization is possible but less likely. 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)GHIM & KIM LLC.
Head officerGREGORY S GHIM
Managing agentGHIM & KIM LLC
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$3,365,000 $1,514,250
2026$4,038,000 $1,817,100
2027$4,750,000 $2,137,500

The city's market estimate has risen 41% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Building systems

Heating fuelNO2FUEL

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Rosa's PizzaPizzaAMice evidence

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

1 restaurant · 1 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map

1 Food Establishment complaint to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Bare Hands in Contact w/ Food) · complaints filed by the public; DOHMH investigates, outcomes aren't published.

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

Subway96 St — 6 · 0.3 mi straight-line (about a 7-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
86 St — 4 5 6 · 0.3 mi straight-line (about an 8-minute walk) · station accessibility: partial (Uptown local only)
BusNearest boarding stop: Madison Av / E 91 St — M1 M2 M3 M4 · 50 ft
Citi BikeE 91 St & Park Ave · 350 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 198 Isidor E. Ida Straus
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

1289 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

2 311 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.

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $70,939 on 2022-10-19 (lender: Woori America Bank). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2022-10-19Mortgage $70,940 — from GHIM & KIM LLC to WOORI AMERICA BANK $70,940
2022-10-19AL&R $4,750,000 — from GHIM & KIM LLC to WOORI AMERICA BANK $4,750,000
2022-10-19Agreement $4,750,000 — from WOORI AMERICA BANK to GHIM & KIM LLC $4,750,000
2018-10-23AL&R $5,000,000 — from GHIM & KIM LLC to GHIM & KIM LLC $5,000,000
2018-10-23Agreement $5,000,000 — from GHIM & KIM LLC to WOORI AMERICA BAK $5,000,000
2018-10-23Mortgage $40,486 — from GHIM & KIM LLC to WOORI AMERICA BAK $40,486
2013-11-06Agreement $5,500,000 — from GHIM & KIM LLC to INVESTORS BANK; INVESTORS SAVINGS BANK $5,500,000
2013-11-06AL&R $5,500,000 — from GHIM & KIM LLC to INVESTORS BANK $5,500,000
2013-11-06Mortgage $855,445 — from GHIM & KIM LLC to INVESTORS BANK $855,445
2011-02-17Mortgage $672,039 — from GHIM & KIM LLC to INVESTORS SAVINGS BANK $672,039
2011-02-17AL&R $4,900,000 — from GHIM & KIM LLC to INVESTORS SAVINGS BANK $4,900,000
2011-02-17Agreement $4,900,000 — from GHIM & KIM LLC to INVESTORS SAVINGS BANK $4,900,000
2007-10-16Mortgage $4,445,000 — from GHIM & KIM, LLC to SHINHAN BANK AMERICA $4,445,000
2007-10-16AL&R $4,445,000 — from GHIM & KIM, LLC to SHINHAN BANK AMERICA $4,445,000
2007-10-16Deed $6,350,000 — from HIGGINS, BARBARA S; SMOL, JR., GEORGE H to GHIM & KIM LLC $6,350,000

Ten-year activity

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ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
2017005027
20180145313
2019014027
2020003014
2021004015
2022003418
2023003025
2024103037
2025001023
2026002057
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The full timeline

Construction 18Enforcement 6Housing & tenants 51Ownership & money 38Health & systems 27

Every one of the 140 recorded events, 1974–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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