640 recorded events, 1971–2026, from 18 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 238 311 service requests, 87 HPD complaints, 66 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. More recorded distress than 57% 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 22.1. 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 | 7 total — 2 class C (immediately hazardous), 0 class B, 5 class A. Oldest open since 2005-02-17. |
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.
48 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (12) · Illegal Parking (6) · Food Establishment (6) · WATER LEAK (3) · Consumer Complaint (3) · Lost Property (2).
$629,600 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (16 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 (1920) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (16) |
| 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) | ZIMAK SECOND AVE LLC |
| Head officer | KAMRAN HAKIM |
| Managing agent | CHOICE NY MANAGEMENT |
| Last registered | 2026-01-14 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $3,065,000 | $1,379,250 |
| 2026 | $2,968,000 | $1,335,600 |
| 2027 | $3,042,000 | $1,368,900 |
The city's market estimate has fallen 1% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Heating fuel | NO2FUEL |
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anita Gelato | Frozen Desserts | A | — |
| Hutch & Waldo Coffee | Coffee/Tea | A | Mice evidence |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
2 restaurants · 1 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map
6 Food Establishment complaints to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Letter Grading, Pet/Animal, Rodents/Insects/Garbage), shared by 2 restaurants · complaints filed by the public; DOHMH investigates, outcomes aren't published.
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 · 600 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: full 77 St — 6 · 0.3 mi straight-line (about an 8-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: 2 Av / E 82 St — M15 · 100 ft |
| Citi Bike | E 80 St & 2 Ave · 350 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.
1561 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 |
| Food poisoning | Food poisoning |
| Food safety complaint | Food safety complaint |
| Anything else | Anything else |
48 311 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 CHOICE NY MANAGEMENT — 237 buildings, 6,810 units. Grades across the portfolio: A151 · B39 · C30 · D12 · F1. See the whole portfolio
showing 60 of 237 buildings
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $1,500,000 on 2025-01-14 (lender: Amalgamated Bank), covering 3 lots — the amount covers all of them. Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-19 | CMTG $5,632,411 — from ZIMAK SECOND AVENUE LLC; 1569 SECOND AVE LLC to AMALGAMATED BANK | $5,632,411 | |
| 2026-08-19 | AL&R $5,632,411 — from ZIMAK SECOND AVENUE LLC; 1569 SECOND AVE LLC to AMALGAMATED BANK | $5,632,411 | |
| 2025-01-14 | AL&R $1,500,000 — from ZIMAK SECOND AVENUE LLC; 1569 SECOND AVE LLC to AMALGAMATED BANK | $1,500,000 | |
| 2025-01-14 | Mortgage $1,500,000 — from 1569 SECOND AVE LLC; ZIMAK SECOND AVENUE LLC to AMALGAMATED BANK | $1,500,000 | |
| 2018-11-01 | AL&R $10,600,000 — from ZIMAK SECOND AVENUE LLC; 1569 SECOND AVE LLC to AMALGAMATED BANK | $10,600,000 | |
| 2018-11-01 | Agreement $10,600,000 — from ZIMAK SECOND AVENUE LLC; 1569 SECOND AVE LLC to AMALGAMATED BANK | $10,600,000 | |
| 2018-11-01 | Mortgage $2,100,000 — from 1569 SECOND AVE LLC; ZIMAK SECOND AVENUE LLC to AMALGAMATED BANK | $2,100,000 | |
| 2013-11-14 | Mortgage $717,489 — from 1569 SECOND AVE LLC; ZIMAK SECOND AVENUE LLC to INVESTORS BANK | $717,489 | |
| 2013-11-14 | Agreement $8,500,000 — from 1569 SECOND AVE LLC; ZIMAK SECOND AVENUE LLC to INVESTORS BANK | $8,500,000 | |
| 2013-11-14 | AL&R $8,500,000 — from ZIMAK SECOND AVENUE LLC; 1569 SECOND AVE LLC to INVESTORS BANK | $8,500,000 | |
| 2009-06-25 | AL&R $5,000,000 — from ZIMAK SECOND AVENUE LLC to SIGNATURE BANK | $5,000,000 | |
| 2009-06-25 | Mortgage $3,453,162 — from ZIMAK SECOND AVENUE LLC to SIGNATURE BANK | $3,453,162 | |
| 2009-06-25 | Agreement $5,000,000 — from ZIMAK SECOND AVENUE LLC to SIGNATURE BANK | $5,000,000 | |
| 1999-07-13 | Mortgage $936,315 — from ZIMAK SECOND AVENUELLC. to INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK | $936,315 | |
| 1994-05-04 | Mortgage $499,000 — from KAMVAN CO. to CITY & SUBURBAN FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK | $499,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 5 | 1 | 35 | 0 | 4 | 45 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 20 |
| 2019 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 22 |
| 2020 | 4 | 4 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 56 |
| 2021 | 6 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 34 |
| 2022 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 29 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 9 | 31 |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 9 | 42 |
| 2025 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 2 | 14 | 36 |
| 2026 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 24 |
Every one of the 640 recorded events, 1971–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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