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170 East 88 Street

457Records
18City systems
0Open violations
2.9Penalty rate
Manhattan · ZIP 10128 · Neighborhood: Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill
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457 recorded events, 1966–2026, from 18 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 110 ACRIS deeds & mortgages, 85 DOB permits, 54 311 service requests.

BoroughManhattan 10128
Built1980
Floors5
Res. units39
ClassD4
Owner (PLUTO)168-176 E 88 ST CORP.
BBL1015160042
BIN1048059

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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 80% 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 2.9. 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

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.

Patterns

2 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2025–26: 2).

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

What 311 hears from this address

13 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Dirty Condition (3) · Lead (2) · Sewer (2) · GENERAL (1) · Plumbing (1) · Standing Water (1).

Filed construction activity

$1,062,734 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (18 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

NoBuilt before 1974 (1980)
YesSix or more residential units (39)
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)168-176 EAST 88TH ST CORP C/O
Head officerLESLIE WAYNE
Managing agentABC REALTY
Last registered2025-08-08

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$11,911,000 $5,359,950
2026$13,139,000 $5,912,550
2027$12,145,000 $5,465,250

The city's market estimate has risen 2% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

For property tax, the Department of Finance values this co-op as if it were a rental building. Its 2022 estimate: gross income $2,341,730 a year ($46.03 per sq ft), operating expenses $934,047 ($18.36 per sq ft), net operating income $1,407,684. These are the city's estimates from comparable rentals, not the building's actual budget, rents or maintenance charges.

Building systems

Energy grade (LL33)C — ENERGY STAR score 66/100 (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 10)

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 · 450 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
BusNearest boarding stop: 3 Av / E 88 St — M101 M102 M103 · 350 ft
Citi BikeE 89 St & 3 Ave · 500 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 527 - East Side School for Social Action
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

170 East 88 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

13 311 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.

The landlord's report card

Managed by ABC REALTY — 64 buildings, 1,462 units. Grades across the portfolio: A49 · B7 · C5. See the whole portfolio

BuildingBoroughUnitsGrade
66 Madison Avenue MN134 A
409 Edgecombe Avenue MN123 B
445 West 19 Street MN71 A
234 West 106 Street MN50 A
118 West 72 Street MN48 A
685 2 Avenue MN47 A
305 West 72 Street MN46 A
718 Broadway MN40 A
170 East 88 Street MN39 A
427 West Street MN38 A
142-41 Franklin Avenue QN38 B
30 East 95 Street MN37 A
140 West 58 Street MN35 A
234 West 21 Street MN35 A
303 Park Avenue South MN34 A
852 8 Avenue MN34 A
155 Perry Street MN31 A
104 Bedford Street MN30 A
9 Murray Street MN30 A
126 West 96 Street MN29 A
340 West 19 Street MN26 A
50 West 127 Street MN23 A
161 Perry Street MN21 A
161 West 10 Street MN20 A
205 West 84 Street MN19 A
318 West 106 Street MN19 A
241 West 19 Street MN19 A
252 West 20 Street MN18 A
417 East 78 Street MN16 A
419 East 78 Street MN16 A
59 West 8 Street MN16 B
144 9 Avenue MN16 A
421 East 78 Street MN16 A
319 West 42 Street MN14 A
76 West 82 Street MN12 A
78 West 82 Street MN12 A
442 Amsterdam Avenue MN12 A
307 West 20 Street MN12 C
560 West End Avenue MN12 B
120 East 85 Street MN12 A
291 Central Park West MN11 A
134 West 71 Street MN10 A
130 West 71 Street MN10 A
110 East 61 Street MN10 A
132 West 71 Street MN10 A
350 West 20 Street MN9 A
96 East 7 Street MN8 A
453 West 22 Street MN8 A
329 West 85 Street MN8 A
451 West 22 Street MN8 A
337 West 85 Street MN8 A
331 West 85 Street MN8 A
80 West 82 Street MN8 C
10 Gramercy Park South MN7 A
969 1 Avenue MN6 B
255 West 51 Street MN6 A
330 East 76 Street MN6 C
75 Lexington Avenue MN6 C
107-37 71 Avenue QN5 C
342 West 89 Street MN5 B

showing 60 of 64 buildings

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $473,725 on 2024-01-17 (lender: Apple Bank). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2026-09-02RPTT&RET $70,000 — from AKUZAWA, RUMIKO; FUJIMORI, SHINYA to AKUZAWA, RUMIKO $70,000
2026-08-18Sold for $70,000 $70,000 $1,795
2026-05-21RPTT&RET $480,000 — from PAUL TARTAK, AS TRUSTEE; HERBERT TARTAK 2019 IRREVOCABLE TRUST; LYNNE EINBERG, AS TRUSTEE to HARRISON, JOSHUA; HARRISON, EMMA $480,000
2026-05-14Sold for $480,000 $480,000 $12,308
2025-04-10RPTT&RET $995,000 — from FINE, SHERRY to KOSTER, DENNIS; DOMINO, TYLER $995,000
2025-03-25Sold for $995,000 $995,000 $25,513
2024-01-17AL&R $2,500,000 — from 168-176 EAST 88TH STREET CORPORATION to APPLE BANK $2,500,000
2024-01-17Agreement $2,500,000 — from 168-176 EAST 88TH STREET CORPORATION to APPLE BANK $2,500,000
2024-01-17Mortgage $473,726 — from 168-176 EAST 88TH STREET CORPORATION to APPLE BANK $473,726
2022-07-18RPTT&RET $1,225,000 — from HUGHES, CAROLE; KRAMER, ROBERT to FELDMAN, TODD $1,225,000
2022-07-12RPTT&RET $1,550,000 — from GUPTA, RAHUL KUMAR; GUPTA, ERICA S. D. to ALEMAN, CHRISTOPHER; ZHU, CHENNY $1,550,000
2022-06-28Sold for $1,225,000 $1,225,000 $31,410
2022-06-21Sold for $1,550,000 $1,550,000 $39,744
2022-03-18RPTT&RET $1,100,000 — from READ, SUSAN CAROL to DOWNES, MARGARET H; DOWNES, ROBERT W $1,100,000
2022-03-16RPTT&RET $899,000 — from COLEMAN, MARY; COLEMAN, CAITLIN; HASSON, CAITLIN C to HAYS, VANESSA $899,000

Ten-year activity

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ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
2017121551437
20180222814
20190241613
20201023410
20216052417
202211411421
20234040311
202493147437
20255032414
20260037515
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The full timeline

Construction 137Enforcement 53Housing & tenants 73Ownership & money 128Health & systems 66

Every one of the 457 recorded events, 1966–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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