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121 East 82 Street

236Records
13City systems
3Open violations
22Penalty rate
Manhattan · ZIP 10028 · Neighborhood: Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill
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236 recorded events, 1966–2026, from 13 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 83 311 service requests, 45 HPD complaints, 21 DOB permits.

BoroughManhattan 10028
Built1910
Floors6
Res. units21
ClassC5
Owner (PLUTO)RSL 121 EAST 82ND LLC
BBL1015110011
BIN1047605

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GRADE A

The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. More recorded distress than 57% 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 22. In ZIP 10028, 79% of residential buildings hold an A and 3% grade D or F. How grades work

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C

Among 46,798 6-24-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more

Open with the city right now

Open HPD violations3 total — 1 class C (immediately hazardous), 0 class B, 2 class A. Oldest open since 2021-08-11.

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

Patterns

27 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 10 · winter 2025–26: 6 · winter 2026–27: 2). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.

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’23–24
6
’25–26
2
’26–27

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

What 311 hears from this address

31 service requests in the last three years. Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (13) · Air Quality (4) · Indoor Air Quality (4) · GENERAL (2) · Real Time Enforcement (2) · Residential Disposal Complaint (2).

Filed construction activity

No permitted work with a declared cost filed in the last decade. 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 (1910)
YesSix or more residential units (21)
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)RSL 121 EAST 82ND LLC
Head officerFATMIR LAJQI
Managing agentCOPPERWOOD REAL ESTATE
Last registered2025-10-11

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$2,737,000 $1,231,650
2026$2,923,000 $1,315,350
2027$2,994,000 $1,347,300

The city's market estimate has risen 9% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Building systems

Heating fuelNO2FUEL

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 · 950 ft straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: partial (Uptown local only)
BusNearest boarding stop: Lexington Av / E 83 St — M101 M102 M103 · 150 ft
Citi BikeE 81 St & Park Ave · 350 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

121 East 82 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

31 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 13 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.

The landlord's report card

Managed by COPPERWOOD REAL ESTATE — 17 buildings, 349 units. Grades across the portfolio: A15 · B2. See the whole portfolio

BuildingBoroughUnitsGrade
402 East 78 Street MN39 A
315 East 84 Street MN35 A
444 East 81 Street MN34 A
243 East 78 Street MN22 A
234 East 83 Street MN21 A
121 East 82 Street MN21 A
428 East 89 Street MN20 A
415 East 87 Street MN20 A
405 East 87 Street MN20 A
430 East 89 Street MN20 A
232 East 83 Street MN19 A
53 East 95 Street MN18 A
310 East 85 Street MN16 A
172 East 82 Street MN15 A
1592 1 Avenue MN12 B
1388 2 Avenue MN9 B
1590 1 Avenue MN8 A

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $733,656 on 2020-09-01 (lender: First Republic Bank). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2020-09-01Agreement $3,850,000 — from RSL 121 EAST 82ND LLC to FIRST REPUBLIC BANK $3,850,000
2020-09-01Mortgage $733,656 — from RSL 121 EAST 82ND LLC to FIRST REPUBLIC BANK $733,656
2020-09-01AL&R $3,850,000 — from RSL 121 EAST 82ND LLC to FIRST REPUBLIC BANK $3,850,000
2013-04-17Mortgage $3,570,000 — from RSL 121 82ND LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK $3,570,000
2013-01-14Deed $4,700,000 — from 121 EAST 82ND STREET, LLC to RSL 121 EAST 82ND LLC $4,700,000
2009-09-11RPTT&RET $903,000 — from LEMLE, GERTRUDE B to ROBERT S. LEMLE 2009 FAMILY TRUST $903,000
2009-09-11RPTT&RET $903,000 — from LEMLE, GERTRUDE B to LAURA C. LEMLE 2009 FAMILY TRUST $903,000

Ten-year activity

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YearEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
201702024
2018170311
20190100414
2020054211
20210270128
2022190111
20231162120
20240120113
20256100218
20260200121
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The full timeline

Construction 32Enforcement 16Housing & tenants 149Ownership & money 16Health & systems 23

Every one of the 236 recorded events, 1966–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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