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1646 3 Avenue

367Records
16City systems
13Open violations
16.3Penalty rate
Manhattan · ZIP 10128 · Neighborhood: Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill
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367 recorded events, 1978–2026, from 16 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 190 311 service requests, 43 HPD complaints, 26 ACRIS deeds & mortgages.

BoroughManhattan 10128
Built1916
Floors5
Res. units36
ClassC7
Owner (PLUTO)GARFIELD LESLIE J
BBL1015210034
BIN1048353

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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 57% 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 16.3. In ZIP 10128, 84% of residential buildings hold an A and 1% grade D or F. How grades work

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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 violations13 total — 7 class C (immediately hazardous), 4 class B, 2 class A. Oldest open since 2020-08-15.

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

Patterns

6 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2024–25: 4 · winter 2025–26: 2). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.

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2 bedbug-infested unit(s) reported in filings over the last three years.

What 311 hears from this address

21 service requests in the last three years. Most common: UNSANITARY CONDITION (7) · Food Establishment (3) · HEAT/HOT WATER (3) · Noise (3) · DOOR/WINDOW (2) · Missed Collection (1).

Filed construction activity

$37,000 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (2 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

YesBuilt before 1974 (1916)
YesSix or more residential units (36)
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)1650 Third Avenue, LLC
Head officerLESLIE GARFIELD
Managing agentMAXWELL-KATES INC.
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$6,816,000 $3,067,200
2026$6,557,000 $2,950,650
2027$7,072,000 $3,182,400

The city's market estimate has risen 4% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Building systems

Heating fuelNATURALGAS

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
New ChinatownChineseB—

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

1 restaurant · 0 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map

1 food-poisoning report to 311 at this address in the last three years (0 with three or more people sick)
3 Food Establishment complaints to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Food Contains Foreign Object, Letter Grading, Rodents/Insects/Garbage) · complaints filed by the public; DOHMH investigates, outcomes aren't published.

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.

3 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2013 (0 in the last three years).

Sources: FEMA flood maps (coastal), NYC DEP Stormwater Flood Maps (cloudburst), NYC hurricane evacuation zones, and 311 records for this address.

Getting around

Subway96 St — Q · 800 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
96 St — 6 · 1,000 ft straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: 3 Av / E 93 St — M101 M102 M103 · 300 ft
Citi BikeE 93 St & 2 Ave · 700 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

1646 3 Avenue

Heat or hot waterHeat or hot water
Apartment maintenanceApartment maintenance
Bed bugsBed bugs
Residential pestsResidential pests
Rats or miceRats or mice
Food poisoningFood poisoning
Food safety complaintFood safety complaint
Anything elseAnything else

21 311 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.

The landlord's report card

Managed by MAXWELL-KATES INC. — 196 buildings, 14,349 units. Grades across the portfolio: A182 · B9 · C2 · F1. See the whole portfolio

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670 West End Avenue MN95 A
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525 East 82 Street MN94 A
201 West 74 Street MN92 A
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285 Riverside Drive MN86 A
23 West 116 Street MN83 A
475 Avenue of the Americas MN82 A
402 East 90 Street MN82 A

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Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $433,856 on 2020-01-14 (lender: M&t Bank). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2020-03-03AL&R $4,800,000 — from 1650 THIRD AVENUE LLC to M&T BANK $4,800,000
2020-03-03Agreement $4,800,000 — from 1650 THIRD AVENUE LLC to M&T BANK $4,800,000
2020-01-14Mortgage $433,857 — from 1650 THIRD AVENUE LLC to M&T BANK $433,857
2014-12-30AL&R $4,900,000 — from 1650 THIRD AVENUE LLC to CAPITAL ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION $4,900,000
2014-12-30Agreement $4,900,000 — from 1650 THIRD AVENUE LLC to CAPITAL ONE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION $4,900,000
2014-12-30Mortgage $1,141,979 — from 1650 THIRD AVENUE LLC to CAPITAL ONE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION $1,141,979
2011-04-04Agreement $4,000,000 — from 1650 THIRD AVENUE LLC to CAPITAL ONE, N.A. SUCCESSOR-IN-INTEREST $4,000,000
2011-04-04Mortgage $1,849,874 — from 1650 THIRD AVENUE LLC to CAPITAL ONE, N.A. $1,849,874
2004-06-08Mortgage $1,186,530 — from GARIFIELD, LESLIE J to NORTH FORK BANK $1,186,530
1998-07-14Mortgage $1,500,000 — from GARFIELD, LESLIE J. to NORTH FORK BANK $1,500,000

Ten-year activity

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ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
201701210325
201800270330
201901130317
202000255131
202120160523
2022205029
20230090312
202400100414
202500280331
20260070411
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The full timeline

Construction 28Enforcement 12Housing & tenants 266Ownership & money 26Health & systems 35

Every one of the 367 recorded events, 1978–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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