1,456 recorded events, 1900–2026, from 20 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 596 311 service requests, 189 HPD housing violations, 127 HPD complaints.
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The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. More recorded distress than 51% 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 4. In ZIP 10128, 84% of residential buildings hold an A and 1% grade D or F. How grades work
Among 4,677 100+-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more
| Open HPD violations | 4 total — 1 class C (immediately hazardous), 2 class B, 1 class A. Oldest open since 2019-06-06. |
| Active vacate order | 1 unit(s) under an unrescinded HPD vacate order |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
14 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 2 · winter 2024–25: 2 · winter 2025–26: 10). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
2 bedbug-infested unit(s) reported in filings over the last three years.
$13,125 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.
172 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (71) · Illegal Parking (21) · HEAT/HOT WATER (7) · Animal (6) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (5) · Unleashed Dog (4).
$5,110,159 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (19 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.
| No | Built before 1974 (1975) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (576) |
| No | 421-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 owner(s) | KNICKERBOCKER PLAZA, LLC |
| Head officer | ROBERt VACCARELLo |
| Managing agent | RY MANAGEMENT CO., INC |
| Last registered | 2025-07-07 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $137,781,000 | $62,001,450 |
| 2026 | $133,401,000 | $60,030,450 |
| 2027 | $131,338,000 | $59,102,100 |
The city's market estimate has fallen 5% 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 2013 estimate: gross income $16,185,333 a year ($23.34 per sq ft), operating expenses $5,540,737 ($7.99 per sq ft), net operating income $10,644,596. These are the city's estimates from comparable rentals, not the building's actual budget, rents or maintenance charges.
| Energy grade (LL33) | D — ENERGY STAR score 14/100, posted at the entrance by law (2022 disclosure cycle) |
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
| Facade (Local Law 11) | SWARMP — "Safe With A Repair and Maintenance Program": known facade conditions that must be repaired (cycle 9) |
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.
3 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2014 (1 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 | 96 St — Q · 550 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: full |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: 2 Av / E 92 St — M15 · 150 ft |
| Citi Bike | E 91 St & 2 Ave · 150 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.
1749 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 |
172 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 7 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.
Managed by RY MANAGEMENT CO INC — 17 buildings, 3,920 units. Grades across the portfolio: A14 · C2 · D1. See the whole portfolio
| Building | Borough | Units | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1749 2 Avenue | MN | 576 | A |
| 1601 3 Avenue | MN | 553 | A |
| 35 Federal Place | SI | 536 | D |
| 185 Hall Street | BK | 287 | A |
| 195 Willoughby Avenue | BK | 287 | A |
| 902 Drew Street | BK | 260 | C |
| 50 Battery Place | MN | 208 | A |
| 333 East 34 Street | MN | 205 | A |
| 300 Rector Place | MN | 153 | A |
| 21 Spring Street | MN | 152 | A |
| 1680 Madison Avenue | MN | 135 | C |
| 320 Albany Street | MN | 133 | A |
| 230 East 88 Street | MN | 108 | A |
| 2629 Cropsey Avenue | BK | 106 | A |
| 108-20 71 Avenue | QN | 97 | A |
| 250 East 30 Street | MN | 80 | A |
| 142 North 6 Street | BK | 44 | A |
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $2,504,512 on 2022-12-05 (lender: Greystone Servicing Company LLC). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-12-05 | Agreement $52,000,000 — from KNICKERBOCKER PLAZA LLC to GREYSTONE SERVICING COMPANY LLC | $52,000,000 | |
| 2022-12-05 | Mortgage $2,504,512 — from KNICKERBOCKER PLAZA LLC to GREYSTONE SERVICING COMPANY LLC | $2,504,512 | |
| 2014-02-18 | Agreement $60,000,000 — from KNICKERBOCKER PLAZA LLC to BEECH STREET CAPITAL, LLC | $60,000,000 | |
| 2014-02-18 | Mortgage $16,684,052 — from KNICKERBOCKER PLAZA LLC to BEECH STREET CAPITAL, LLC | $16,684,052 | |
| 2009-07-09 | AL&R $16,000,000 — from KNICKERBOCKER OLAZA LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $16,000,000 | |
| 2009-07-09 | Mortgage $16,000,000 — from KNICKERBOCKER OLAZA LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $16,000,000 | |
| 2009-01-30 | AL&R $29,000,000 — from KNICKERBOCKER PLAZA LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $29,000,000 | |
| 2009-01-30 | Agreement $29,000,000 — from NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK to KNICKERBOCKER PLAZA LLC | $29,000,000 | |
| 2009-01-30 | Mortgage $9,779,204 — from KNICKERBOCKER PLAZA LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $9,779,204 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 8 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 29 | 65 |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 10 | 45 |
| 2019 | 2 | 6 | 80 | 0 | 11 | 99 |
| 2020 | 0 | 4 | 50 | 0 | 8 | 62 |
| 2021 | 12 | 1 | 82 | 0 | 9 | 104 |
| 2022 | 0 | 2 | 98 | 4 | 9 | 113 |
| 2023 | 0 | 9 | 80 | 0 | 11 | 100 |
| 2024 | 7 | 8 | 52 | 0 | 14 | 81 |
| 2025 | 11 | 7 | 99 | 0 | 20 | 137 |
| 2026 | 7 | 1 | 55 | 0 | 12 | 75 |
Every one of the 1,456 recorded events, 1900–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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