219 recorded events, 1967–2026, from 13 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 65 ACRIS deeds & mortgages, 36 rodent inspections, 33 HPD housing violations.
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 53% of 6-24-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 6-24-unit residential buildings is 16.3 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 14.9. In ZIP 10028, 79% of residential buildings hold an A and 3% grade D or F. How grades work
Among 46,798 6-24-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more
| Open HPD violations | 14 total — 7 class C (immediately hazardous), 0 class B, 7 class A. Oldest open since 1976-12-08. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
No heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
4 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Dead/Dying Tree (1) · Noise (1) · Indoor Air Quality (1) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (1).
$121,230 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (8 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 (1900) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (11) |
| 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) | 229 EAST 81ST STREET OWNERS, INC |
| Head officer | Matthew Maggipinto |
| Managing agent | Empire State Property Management |
| Last registered | 2025-12-02 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,592,000 | $716,400 |
| 2026 | $1,825,000 | $821,250 |
| 2027 | $1,996,000 | $898,200 |
The city's market estimate has risen 25% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
For property tax, the Department of Finance values this co-op as if it were a rental building. Its 2022 estimate: gross income $271,539 a year ($48.42 per sq ft), operating expenses $74,418 ($13.27 per sq ft), net operating income $197,121. These are the city's estimates from comparable rentals, not the building's actual budget, rents or maintenance charges.
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
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 | 86 St — Q · 650 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: full 77 St — 6 · 0.3 mi straight-line (about a 7-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: 2 Av / E 82 St — M15 · 300 ft |
| Citi Bike | 3 Ave & E 82 St · 450 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.
229 East 81 Street
| 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 |
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.
Managed by EMPIRE STATE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT — 20 buildings, 323 units. Grades across the portfolio: A12 · B6 · C1 · F1. See the whole portfolio
| Building | Borough | Units | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4200 Herkimer Place | BX | 45 | A |
| 127 Putnam Avenue | BK | 36 | A |
| 411 2 Avenue | MN | 36 | A |
| 15 7 Avenue South | MN | 36 | B |
| 315 East 95 Street | MN | 30 | C |
| 464 West 152 Street | MN | 20 | A |
| 215 East 29 Street | MN | 20 | B |
| 59 4 Avenue | MN | 14 | A |
| 402 West 153 Street | MN | 11 | A |
| 229 East 81 Street | MN | 11 | A |
| 237 East 12 Street | MN | 10 | A |
| 764 Metropolitan Avenue | BK | 10 | A |
| 155 West 80 Street | MN | 10 | A |
| 1296 Park Place | BK | 8 | A |
| 22 Pierrepont Street | BK | 6 | A |
| 102 Avenue B | MN | 5 | B |
| 129 West 80 Street | MN | 5 | B |
| 431 East 6 Street | MN | 4 | F |
| 494 Chauncey Street | BK | 3 | B |
| 2 Bleecker Street | MN | 3 | B |
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $100,000 on 2017-10-23 (lender: National Consumer Cooperative Bank). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-04-02 | RPTT&RET $320,000 — from BACA, MARI to FORREST, JASON; FORREST, KATHERINE D | $320,000 | |
| 2024-03-26 | Sold for $320,000 | $320,000 | $29,091 |
| 2020-06-24 | RPTT&RET $379,000 — from CITARELLA, AMANDA; CITARELLA, SUSAN; CITARELLA, LEVI to WEISHEIT, JOHN; WEISHEIT, REGINA | $379,000 | |
| 2020-06-22 | Sold for $379,000 | $379,000 | $34,455 |
| 2019-06-20 | RPTT&RET $487,500 — from JONES, KELLY E to BACA, MARI | $487,500 | |
| 2019-06-18 | Sold for $487,500 | $487,500 | $44,318 |
| 2019-06-11 | RPTT $450,000 — from CARTER, SARAH; CARTER, G. M. NICHOLAS to POSIMATO, ASHLEY | $450,000 | |
| 2019-06-04 | Sold for $450,000 | $450,000 | $40,909 |
| 2019-03-11 | RPTT&RET $490,000 — from LETCHKO, JASON; RIAZIAN, MARYAM to FREIDHOF, LAUREN | $490,000 | |
| 2019-02-25 | Sold for $490,000 | $490,000 | $44,545 |
| 2018-05-07 | RPTT&RET $672,500 — from MCSPADDEN, RUTH ANN W; MCSPADDEN, JR., JACK D to BOMANN, NICOLE | $672,500 | |
| 2018-05-03 | Sold for $672,500 | $672,500 | $61,136 |
| 2017-10-23 | AL&R $800,000 — from 229 EAST 81ST STREET OWNERS, INC. to NATIONAL CONSUMER COOPERATIVE BANK | $800,000 | |
| 2017-10-23 | AL&R $100,000 — from 229 EAST 81ST STREET OWNERS, INC. to NATIONAL CONSUMER COOPERATIVE BANK | $100,000 | |
| 2017-10-23 | Mortgage $100,000 — from 229 EAST 81ST STREET OWNERS, INC. to NATIONAL CONSUMER COOPERATIVE BANK | $100,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 17 |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 17 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 11 |
| 2020 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 12 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 13 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
Every one of the 219 recorded events, 1967–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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