1,486 recorded events, 1900–2026, from 18 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 333 311 service requests, 261 ACRIS deeds & mortgages, 258 DOB permits.
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 90% 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 0.4. In ZIP 10075, 82% of residential buildings hold an A and 2% 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.
95 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Encampment (18) · Street Condition (16) · Homeless Person Assistance (15) · For Hire Vehicle Complaint (12) · Illegal Parking (11) · Taxi Complaint (7).
$9,139,265 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (94 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 (1957) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (208) |
| 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) | 239 EAST 79 OWNERS CORP |
| Head officer | GENIE GAVENCHAK |
| Managing agent | ORSID NY |
| Last registered | 2025-09-18 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $72,299,000 | $32,534,550 |
| 2026 | $71,361,000 | $32,112,450 |
| 2027 | $71,503,000 | $32,176,350 |
The city's market estimate has fallen 1% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Tax exemptions on the roll: COLD WAR VETERAN - DISABILITY
For property tax, the Department of Finance values this co-op as if it were a rental building. Its 2022 estimate: gross income $12,859,675 a year ($45.63 per sq ft), operating expenses $4,757,206 ($16.88 per sq ft), net operating income $8,102,469. 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 76/100 (2022 disclosure cycle) |
| Heating fuel | NO2FUEL |
| Facade (Local Law 11) | SAFE (cycle 10) |
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.
2 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2011 (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.
| Subway | 86 St — Q · 1,050 ft straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: full 77 St — 6 · 0.2 mi straight-line (about a 6-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: E 79 St / 2 Av — M79-SBS · 100 ft · Select Bus Service |
| Citi Bike | E 80 St & 2 Ave · 200 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.
1523 2 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 |
95 311 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 ORSID NY — 243 buildings, 30,702 units. Grades across the portfolio: A227 · B13 · C2. See the whole portfolio
showing 60 of 243 buildings
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $457,555 on 2012-11-26 (lender: The Prudential Insurance Company Of America). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-16 | RPTT&RET $1,170,000 — from HERMANOWSKI, JOAN to CALDARELLA, JAMES; CALDARELLA, YVONNE | $1,170,000 | |
| 2026-09-01 | Sold for $1,170,000 | $1,170,000 | $5,625 |
| 2026-06-15 | RPTT&RET $1,450,000 — from DAUBE, REBECCA W; D'AGOSTINO, REBECCA to HARRIS EPSTEIN, JASON; RAE KOBRITZ, MOLLY | $1,450,000 | |
| 2026-06-12 | RPTT&RET $1,400,000 — from LU, HONGHUI; YU, WEIMIN to VUATRIN, ANGELA; VUATRIN, ALEXIS | $1,400,000 | |
| 2026-06-10 | RPTT&RET $1,350,000 — from KORNGOLD, LAURIE J. to EINHORN, ROBERT BENJAMIN; FELD, JAMES | $1,350,000 | |
| 2026-06-09 | Sold for $1,450,000 | $1,450,000 | $6,971 |
| 2026-06-08 | RPTT&RET $850,000 — from ESTATE OF FRANCES HERMS; HERMS, MARY GALLOWAY to SCHERR FAMILY REVOCABLE TRUST; JAY A. SCHERR, TRUSTEE; NANCY E. SCHERR, TRUSTEE | $850,000 | |
| 2026-06-03 | Sold for $1,400,000 | $1,400,000 | $6,731 |
| 2026-06-02 | Sold for $1,350,000 | $1,350,000 | $6,490 |
| 2026-05-19 | Sold for $850,000 | $850,000 | $4,087 |
| 2026-04-20 | RPTT&RET $1,730,000 — from GRANT, JOHN H JR. to ROOK, JONATHAN; JACKSON, LISA | $1,730,000 | |
| 2026-04-17 | Sold for $1,730,000 | $1,730,000 | $8,317 |
| 2026-04-03 | RPTT&RET $1,320,000 — from OLIVEIRA, MARIA to GREENSTONE, DANIEL HARRIS; BAKER GREENSTONE, GABRIELLE SARA | $1,320,000 | |
| 2026-04-03 | RPTT&RET $1,337,500 — from DAO, DAVID to DOHERTY, LAURA GAY; MELLEY, STEPHEN M | $1,337,500 | |
| 2026-03-24 | Sold for $1,337,500 | $1,337,500 | $6,430 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 17 | 7 | 25 | 18 | 15 | 82 |
| 2018 | 43 | 7 | 23 | 15 | 34 | 122 |
| 2019 | 14 | 12 | 19 | 13 | 30 | 88 |
| 2020 | 16 | 4 | 30 | 18 | 17 | 85 |
| 2021 | 24 | 17 | 16 | 21 | 14 | 92 |
| 2022 | 11 | 3 | 35 | 9 | 10 | 68 |
| 2023 | 11 | 5 | 24 | 14 | 9 | 63 |
| 2024 | 15 | 0 | 25 | 17 | 3 | 60 |
| 2025 | 15 | 1 | 49 | 24 | 5 | 94 |
| 2026 | 16 | 0 | 21 | 16 | 9 | 62 |
Every one of the 1,486 recorded events, 1900–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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