720 recorded events, 1967–2026, from 18 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 163 ACRIS deeds & mortgages, 149 DOB permits, 107 DOB job filings.
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 78% of 100+-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 100+-unit residential buildings is 3.7 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 0.8. In ZIP 10128, 84% of residential buildings hold an A and 1% grade D or F. How grades work
Among 4,677 100+-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.
No heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
$1,250 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.
26 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Illegal Parking (5) · Noise (3) · Missed Collection (3) · Damaged Tree (2) · Rodent (1) · Blocked Driveway (1).
$4,931,329 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (57 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 (1961) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (148) |
| 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) | Park Hill Tenants Corporation |
| Head officer | Alex Balbona |
| Managing agent | Brown Harris Steven Residential Management LLC |
| Last registered | 2025-08-14 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $50,606,000 | $22,772,700 |
| 2026 | $52,189,000 | $23,485,050 |
| 2027 | $44,737,000 | $20,131,650 |
The city's market estimate has fallen 12% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Tax exemptions on the roll: COLD WAR VETERAN - DISABILITY · SENIOR CITIZEN HOMEOWNER
For property tax, the Department of Finance values this co-op as if it were a rental building. Its 2022 estimate: gross income $8,855,166 a year ($41.97 per sq ft), operating expenses $2,744,954 ($13.01 per sq ft), net operating income $6,110,212. These are the city's estimates from comparable rentals, not the building's actual budget, rents or maintenance charges.
| Energy grade (LL33) | B — ENERGY STAR score 74/100 (2022 disclosure cycle) |
| Heating fuel | NO2FUEL |
| Facade (Local Law 11) | SWARMP — "Safe With A Repair and Maintenance Program": known facade conditions that must be repaired (cycle 9) |
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 | 96 St — 6 · 500 ft straight-line (about a 2-minute walk) · station accessibility: none 96 St — Q · 0.3 mi straight-line (about a 7-minute walk) · station accessibility: full |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Lexington Av / E 94 St — M101 M102 M103 · 400 ft |
| Citi Bike | E 94 St & Madison Ave · 600 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.
1197 Park Avenue
| 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 |
26 311 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.
Managed by BROWN HARRIS STEVENS — 160 buildings, 9,488 units. Grades across the portfolio: A156 · B1 · C1. See the whole portfolio
showing 60 of 160 buildings
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $450,000 on 2010-06-07 (lender: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-23 | RPTT&RET $775,000 — from TROSS, SUSAN to POTTER, SUSANNA; JAWDAT, HAMMAD | $775,000 | |
| 2026-07-20 | Sold for $775,000 | $775,000 | $5,236 |
| 2025-11-26 | RPTT&RET $1,625,000 — from LITTLEFIELD, DEIRDRE; LITTLEFIELD, ROBERT to TROSS, SUSAN | $1,625,000 | |
| 2025-11-24 | Sold for $1,625,000 | $1,625,000 | $10,980 |
| 2025-10-24 | RPTT&RET $1,235,000 — from HEALY, WILLIAM F; HEALY, NINA S to SARAH ELLEN SELLERS PAL AS TRUSTEE; SUDEEP PAL AS TRUSTEE; SUDEEP PAL AND SARAH PAL LIVING | $1,235,000 | |
| 2025-10-15 | Sold for $1,235,000 | $1,235,000 | $8,345 |
| 2025-09-19 | RPTT&RET $654,657 — from GARDY, EXECUTOR, JOANNA LEIGH; ESTATE OF RUTH SCHLESINGER to SHAPIRO, MURRAY | $654,657 | |
| 2025-09-09 | RPTT&RET $520,000 — from ANGERSON, MARJORIE to TAYLOR, KATHLEEN | $520,000 | |
| 2025-09-04 | Sold for $654,657 | $654,657 | $4,423 |
| 2025-08-21 | Sold for $520,000 | $520,000 | $3,514 |
| 2025-07-30 | RPTT&RET $2,050,000 — from KLONER, DEAN; CURT KLONER, MARILYN to SETTY, PRAVINA; SETTY, SANJAY | $2,050,000 | |
| 2025-07-21 | Sold for $2,050,000 | $2,050,000 | $13,851 |
| 2025-05-07 | RPTT&RET $755,000 — from THE ESTATE OF LYNN GARON; ROSS GARON, ADMISTRATOR to CARR, H.BENNETT | $755,000 | |
| 2025-04-22 | Sold for $755,000 | $755,000 | $5,101 |
| 2025-02-24 | RPTT&RET $1,175,000 — from COHEN, ABBIE to WINTER, GREG; DRAKE, MONICA | $1,175,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 30 |
| 2018 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 4 | 30 |
| 2019 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 22 |
| 2020 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 32 |
| 2021 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 22 | 7 | 48 |
| 2022 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 6 | 46 |
| 2023 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 28 | 3 | 53 |
| 2024 | 13 | 2 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 49 |
| 2025 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 34 |
| 2026 | 18 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 38 |
Every one of the 720 recorded events, 1967–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
Explore: ZIP 10128 · Landlord rankings · How grades work · The map · The Mice Map