1,319 recorded events, 1900–2026, from 19 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 882 311 service requests, 152 HPD housing violations, 56 DOB permits.
Full record, year by year Support this site
The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. More recorded distress than 53% 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 18.5. In ZIP 10128, 84% of residential buildings hold an A and 1% 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 | 101 total — 31 class C (immediately hazardous), 58 class B, 12 class A. Oldest open since 1989-02-09. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
3 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 2 · winter 2026–27: 1). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
290 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (259) · Food Establishment (6) · Water System (6) · Consumer Complaint (2) · Dirty Condition (2) · HEAT/HOT WATER (1).
$793,128 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (20 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 (1906) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (21) |
| 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) | 50 EAST 96TH STREET LLC |
| Head officer | PHILIP RUTH |
| Managing agent | ANTHONY CARO |
| Last registered | 2025-07-30 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $8,659,000 | $3,896,550 |
| 2026 | $7,062,000 | $3,177,900 |
| 2027 | $7,190,000 | $3,235,500 |
The city's market estimate has fallen 17% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Energy grade (LL33) | D — ENERGY STAR score 54/100, posted at the entrance by law (2022 disclosure cycle) |
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
| Facade (Local Law 11) | SAFE (cycle 9) |
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chip City | Other | A | — |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
1 restaurant · 0 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map
6 Food Establishment complaints to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Letter Grading, Rodents/Insects/Garbage, Permit/License/Certificate) · complaints filed by the public; DOHMH investigates, outcomes aren't published.
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.
| Subway | 96 St — 6 · 850 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: none 96 St — Q · 0.4 mi straight-line (about a 10-minute walk) · station accessibility: full |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: E 96 St / Madison Av — M96 · 50 ft |
| Citi Bike | E 97 St & Madison 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.
1371 Madison 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 |
290 311 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.
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 5 | 9 | 56 | 4 | 74 |
| 2018 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 17 |
| 2019 | 14 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 34 |
| 2020 | 2 | 3 | 40 | 2 | 47 |
| 2021 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 48 |
| 2022 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 20 |
| 2023 | 8 | 3 | 722 | 1 | 734 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 2 | 29 |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 18 |
| 2026 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 23 |
Every one of the 1,319 recorded events, 1900–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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