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155 East 88 Street

356Records
15City systems
10Open violations
0.1Penalty rate
Manhattan · ZIP 10128 · Neighborhood: Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill
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356 recorded events, 1973–2026, from 15 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 139 311 service requests, 52 DOB permits, 31 HPD complaints.

BoroughManhattan 10128
Built1976
Floors5
Res. units50
ClassD3
Owner (PLUTO)SARRAF ASSOCIATES, L.P.
BBL1015170025
BIN1048080

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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 96% 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 0.1. In ZIP 10128, 84% of residential buildings hold an A and 1% grade D or F. How grades work

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B
C

Among 17,252 25-99-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more

Open with the city right now

Open HPD violations10 total — 4 class C (immediately hazardous), 6 class B, 0 class A. Oldest open since 1992-11-24.

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

18 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (10) · Illegal Parking (1) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (1) · Missed Collection (1) · Illegal Dumping (1) · Indoor Air Quality (1).

Filed construction activity

$2,347,400 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (5 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 (1976)
YesSix or more residential units (50)
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)SARRAF ASSOCIATES L.P
Head officerDANIELA SARRAF
Managing agentBLUESTONE REALTY
Last registered2025-10-08

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$8,507,000 $3,828,150
2026$8,169,000 $3,676,050
2027$9,087,000 $4,089,150

The city's market estimate has risen 7% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Building systems

Heating fuelNATURALGAS

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 · 550 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: partial (Uptown local only)
86 St — Q · 0.2 mi straight-line (about a 6-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
BusNearest boarding stop: Lexington Av / E 89 St — M101 M102 M103 · 200 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. 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

155 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

18 311 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.

The landlord's report card

Managed by BLUESTONE REALTY — 2 buildings, 62 units. Grades across the portfolio: A2. See the whole portfolio

BuildingBoroughUnitsGrade
155 East 88 Street MN50 A
513 2 Avenue MN12 A

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $9,000,000 on 2020-11-27 (lender: JPMorgan Chase Bank NA). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2020-11-27Mortgage $9,000,000 — from SARRAF ASSOCIATES LP to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK NA $9,000,000
1986-12-24Mortgage $1,954,771 — from SARRAF, MOUSSA to HOME LIFE INSURANCECO $1,954,771

Ten-year activity

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ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
2017021014
201803100316
201900110314
202001471150
202101340237
202200150318
2023150110228
202411050319
2025100120224
202615150223
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The full timeline

Construction 63Enforcement 35Housing & tenants 202Ownership & money 30Health & systems 26

Every one of the 356 recorded events, 1973–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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