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1553 2 Avenue

170Records
13City systems
0Open violations
5Penalty rate
Manhattan · ZIP 10028 · Neighborhood: Upper East Side-Yorkville
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170 recorded events, 1968–2026, from 13 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 36 ACRIS deeds & mortgages, 30 311 service requests, 26 DOB job filings.

BoroughManhattan 10028
Built1915
Floors4
Res. units4
ClassS4
Owner (PLUTO)POKPOON PROPERTY LLC
BBL1015260026
BIN1048534

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GRADE A

The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. More recorded distress than 81% of 1-5-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 1-5-unit residential buildings is 0 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 5. In ZIP 10028, 79% of residential buildings hold an A and 3% grade D or F. How grades work

this building
A
C

Among 699,345 1-5-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

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

4 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Food Establishment (2) · New Tree Request (1) · Lost Property (1).

Filed construction activity

$334,400 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

YesBuilt before 1974 (1915)
NoSix or more residential units (4)
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)POKPOON PROPERTY LLC
Head officerVIRACHART POKPOONPIPAT
Managing agentVIRACHART POKPOONPIPAT
Last registered2025-06-26

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$3,438,000 $1,547,100
2026$3,667,000 $1,650,150
2027$3,866,000 $1,739,700

The city's market estimate has risen 12% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Tha PhrayaThaiA—

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

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

2 Food Establishment complaints to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Food Temperature, 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.

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 — Q · 750 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
77 St — 6 · 0.3 mi straight-line (about a 7-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: 2 Av / E 82 St — M15 · 250 ft
Citi BikeE 80 St & 2 Ave · 250 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.

Report a problem to 311

1553 2 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

4 311 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.

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $1,000,000 on 2010-08-23 (lender: Asia Bank, N.A.). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2010-09-23AL&R $1,000,000 — from POKPOON PROPERTY LLC to ASIA BANK, N.A. $1,000,000
2010-08-23Mortgage $1,000,000 — from POKPOON PROPERTY LLC to ASIA BANK, N.A. $1,000,000
2010-08-23Deed $2,750,000 — from BOXER REALTY, LLC to POKPOON PROPERTY LLC $2,750,000
2003-04-01Mortgage $1,000,000 — from ALEXIOU, GEORGIA to EMIGRANT FUNDING CORPORATION $1,000,000
1997-10-06Mortgage $540,000 — from ALEXIOU, PERRY; ALEXIOU, GEORGIA to STAMFORD FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK $540,000
1997-08-27Mortgage $134,888 — from ALEXIOU, GEORGIA; ALEXIOU, PERRY to STAMFORD FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK $134,888
1987-08-03Mortgage $153,600 — from HIGHLAND ASSOCIATES to AMERICAN SAVINGS BK $153,600
1983-09-29Mortgage $75,000 — from HIGHLAND ASSOCIATES to AMERICAN SAVINGS BK,FSB $75,000

Ten-year activity

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YearConstructionHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
201702013
201807018
201904026
202002002
202103014
202201034
2023740213
202421025
202502226
202605027
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The full timeline

Construction 56Enforcement 13Housing & tenants 45Ownership & money 36Health & systems 20

Every one of the 170 recorded events, 1968–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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