119 recorded events, 1966–2026, from 14 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 30 311 service requests, 24 ACRIS deeds & mortgages, 11 HPD complaints.
Full record, year by year Support this site
The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less 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 12. In ZIP 10028, 79% 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
No current HPD flags in the latest weekly snapshot: no open violations, no pending litigation, no active vacate orders, and not in the Alternative Enforcement Program.
6 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2024–25: 6).
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
13 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (3) · PLUMBING (3) · HEAT/HOT WATER (3) · FLOORING/STAIRS (2) · Illegal Parking (1) · Dirty Condition (1).
$34,000 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (4 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 (1910) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (15) |
| 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) | 160-172 East 85th Street, LLC |
| Head officer | Richard M Rubel |
| Managing agent | BRONSTEIN PROPERTIES LLC |
| Last registered | 2025-07-16 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,549,000 | $697,050 |
| 2026 | $2,468,000 | $1,110,600 |
| 2027 | $2,844,000 | $1,279,800 |
The city's market estimate has risen 84% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
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 | 86 St — 4 5 6 · 350 ft straight-line (about a 2-minute walk) · station accessibility: partial (Uptown local only) 86 St — Q · 0.2 mi straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: full |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Lexington Av / E 85 St — M101 M103 · 350 ft |
| Citi Bike | E 85 St & 3 Ave · 450 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 290 Manhattan New School 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.
160 East 85 Street
| 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 |
| Anything else | Anything else |
13 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 3 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.
Managed by BRONSTEIN PROPERTIES LLC — 140 buildings, 5,632 units. Grades across the portfolio: A56 · B52 · C20 · D11 · F1. See the whole portfolio
showing 60 of 140 buildings
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $781,218 on 1985-10-30 (lender: Troy Savings Bank), covering 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-05-02 | RPTT&RET $900,000 — from SCLAFANI, JUSTINE; BOLT, MICHAEL; BOLT, JUSTINE to SHURE, KATHLEEN; SHURE, GARY | $900,000 | |
| 2019-04-16 | Sold for $900,000 | $900,000 | $60,000 |
| 1985-10-30 | Mortgage $781,219 — from LEVINE, HARVEY L. to TROY SAVINGS BANK | $781,219 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 2020 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2022 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 24 |
| 2026 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Every one of the 119 recorded events, 1966–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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