405 recorded events, 1968–2026, from 15 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 203 311 service requests, 69 ACRIS deeds & mortgages, 32 HPD complaints.
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 68% 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 6.7. 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
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.
4 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 4).
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
53 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (20) · Food Establishment (10) · Outdoor Dining (4) · Encampment (4) · Consumer Complaint (3) · HEAT/HOT WATER (2).
$294,000 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (9 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 (19) |
| 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) | YORK ASSOCIATES LLC |
| Head officer | LEONARD ZANGAS |
| Managing agent | LEONARD ZANGAS |
| Last registered | 2025-07-24 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $4,403,000 | $1,981,350 |
| 2026 | $4,455,000 | $2,004,750 |
| 2027 | $4,623,000 | $2,080,350 |
The city's market estimate has risen 5% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Heating fuel | NO2FUEL |
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mimi's Pizza | Pizza | A | Mice evidence |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
1 restaurant · 1 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map
2 food-poisoning reports to 311 at this address in the last three years (0 with three or more people sick)
10 Food Establishment complaints to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Letter Grading, Pet/Animal, Rodents/Insects/Garbage) · 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 · 500 ft straight-line (about a 2-minute walk) · station accessibility: full 86 St — 4 5 6 · 700 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: partial (Uptown local only) |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: E 86 St / 3 Av — M86-SBS · 150 ft · Select Bus Service |
| Citi Bike | E 85 St & 3 Ave · 400 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 527 - East Side School for Social Action 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.
217 East 86 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 |
| Food poisoning | Food poisoning |
| Food safety complaint | Food safety complaint |
| Anything else | Anything else |
53 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 2 of them about heat or hot water.
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.
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $935,343 on 2020-06-01 (lender: New York Community Bank), covering 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-06-01 | Agreement $5,300,000 — from ORNSTEIN 215-217 E. 86 LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $5,300,000 | |
| 2020-06-01 | Mortgage $935,343 — from ORNSTEIN 215-217 E. 86 LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $935,343 | |
| 2014-01-30 | Agreement $5,000,000 — from ORNSTEIN 213-217 E. 86 LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $5,000,000 | |
| 2014-01-30 | Mortgage $1,672,016 — from ORNSTEIN 213-217 E. 86 LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $1,672,016 | |
| 2011-03-17 | Mortgage $2,283,110 — from ORNSTEIN 215-217 E.86 LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $2,283,110 | |
| 2011-03-17 | AL&R $3,500,000 — from ORNSTEIN 215-217 E.86 LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $3,500,000 | |
| 2011-03-17 | Agreement $3,500,000 — from NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK to ORNSTEIN 215-217 E.86 LLC | $3,500,000 | |
| 2009-01-09 | Mortgage $35,181 — from ORNSTEIN 215-217 E. 86 LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $35,181 | |
| 2009-01-09 | Agreement $1,250,000 — from NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK to ORNSTEIN 215-217 E. 86 LLC | $1,250,000 | |
| 2009-01-09 | AL&R $1,250,000 — from ORNSTEIN 215-217 E. 86 LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $1,250,000 | |
| 1995-09-22 | Mortgage $1,250,000 — from ORNSTEIN 215-217 EAST 86 LLC to ARBOR NATIONAL COMMERICAL MTGE CORPORATI | $1,250,000 | |
| 1988-01-06 | Mortgage $1,500,000 — from KBS EIGHTY-SIX ASSOC to CHASE MANHATTAN BANK | $1,500,000 | |
| 1987-10-08 | Mortgage $3,250,000 — from KSB 86 ASSOCS to CHASE MANHATTAN BANK | $3,250,000 | |
| 1985-08-19 | Mortgage $2,627,000 — from KSG EIGHTY-SIX ASSOC. to CHASE MANHATTAN BANK, NA | $2,627,000 | |
| 1985-08-19 | Mortgage $8,623,000 — from KSB EIGHTY-SIX ASSOC. to CHASE MANHATTAN BANK | $8,623,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 15 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 11 |
| 2020 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 12 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 14 | 29 |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 5 | 32 |
| 2024 | 2 | 7 | 28 | 0 | 3 | 40 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 21 |
| 2026 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 18 |
Every one of the 405 recorded events, 1968–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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