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354 East 81 Street

436Records
16City systems
103Open violations
219.1Penalty rate
Manhattan · ZIP 10028 · Neighborhood: Upper East Side-Yorkville
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436 recorded events, 1966–2026, from 16 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 134 HPD housing violations, 100 311 service requests, 77 HPD complaints.

BoroughManhattan 10028
Built1910
Floors4
Res. units14
ClassC7
Owner (PLUTO)MIT PROPERTIES LLC
BBL1015430130
BIN1049830

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GRADE C

A meaningful record of code violations or complaints relative to its peers. More recorded distress than 91% 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 219.1. In ZIP 10028, 79% of residential buildings hold an A and 3% grade D or F. How grades work

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B
C

Among 46,798 6-24-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more

Open with the city right now

Open HPD violations103 total — 15 class C (immediately hazardous), 62 class B, 26 class A. Oldest open since 1986-08-13.
Active vacate order2 unit(s) under an unrescinded HPD vacate order

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

Patterns

11 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 10).

No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.

$1,250 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.

What 311 hears from this address

48 service requests in the last three years. Most common: PAINT/PLASTER (15) · Rodent (11) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (6) · HEAT/HOT WATER (4) · PLUMBING (3) · WATER LEAK (2).

Filed construction activity

No permitted work with a declared cost filed in the last decade. 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 (1910)
YesSix or more residential units (14)
No421-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 with HPD — the names behind the building

Registered owner(s)MIT PROPERTIES LLC
Head officerRAYMOND TORBATI
Managing agentR.E.M. RESIDENTIAL
Last registered2025-08-31

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$2,002,000 $900,900
2026$2,128,000 $957,600
2027$2,234,000 $1,005,300

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

Building systems

Heating fuelNATURALGAS

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
BarachouCoffee/TeaNot yet graded—

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

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

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 · 900 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
77 St — 6 · 0.4 mi straight-line (about a 10-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: 1 Av / E 80 St — M15-SBS · 350 ft · Select Bus Service
Citi BikeE 80 St & 2 Ave · 600 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

354 East 81 Street

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

48 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 4 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.

The landlord's report card

Managed by R.E.M. RESIDENTIAL — 117 buildings, 3,819 units. Grades across the portfolio: A65 · B30 · C15 · D5 · F1. See the whole portfolio

BuildingBoroughUnitsGrade
304 East 41 Street MN200 A
225 East 63 Street MN151 B
25 Hillside Avenue MN142 D
305 2 Avenue MN127 A
25-10 30 Road QN120 B
3410 Kingsbridge Avenue BX117 D
88 Bleecker Street MN107 A
45-35 44 Street QN100 B
235 West 75 Street MN97 A
85-05 35 Avenue QN90 B
570 West 204 Street MN89 C
85-50 85 Drive QN84 A
63-70 Austin Street QN84 C
76-09 34 Avenue QN83 A
2800 Heath Avenue BX78 B
940 St Nicholas Avenue MN73 B
244 Fieldston Terrace BX72 C
4360 Baychester Avenue BX72 C
22-43 Jackson Avenue QN71 A
255 Hudson Street MN64 A
40-15 Hampton Street QN60 B
94-06 34 Road QN59 C
34 Seaman Avenue MN59 D
24 Bennett Avenue MN58 A
545 Cathedral Parkway MN54 A
44-46 Purves Street QN49 A
2340 Valentine Avenue BX49 C
86-20 Park Lane South QN48 A
3512 Broadway MN40 B
235 East 84 Street MN38 A
35-19 147 Street QN37 B
312 West 48 Street MN35 A
2024 68 Street BK34 B
15 East 19th Street BK33 A
387 Greenwich Street MN33 A
25 Cornelia Street MN32 A
234 Union Avenue BK32 B
251 West 98 Street MN32 A
1133 Park Avenue MN32 A
14 Hope Street BK30 A
323 West 75 Street MN30 A
265 West 87 Street MN26 A
250 East 31 Street MN25 A
2118 64 Street BK24 B
61 St Nicholas Place MN24 C
116 East 17 Street MN22 A
2129 Amsterdam Avenue MN21 D
3612 Broadway MN21 F
632 East 186 Street BX20 C
293 Hawthorne Street BK20 B
55 West 74 Street MN19 A
1376 1 Avenue MN18 A
32-02 34 Avenue QN18 C
353 Central Park West MN17 A
330 East 94 Street MN16 A
57 West 8 Street MN16 A
489 Columbus Avenue MN16 C
18 East 23 Street MN16 A
190 Claremont Avenue MN16 B
107 West 106 Street MN16 A

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Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $565,753 on 1987-02-27 (lender: Emigrant Savings Bk). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
1987-02-27Mortgage $565,754 — from HAKIM, VIGIAH INDV to EMIGRANT SAVINGS BK $565,754
1983-08-25Agreement $151,630 — from HAKIM, VIGIAH to EMIGRANT SAVINGS BANK $151,630
1983-08-25Mortgage $151,630 — from HAKIM, VIGIAH to EMIGRANT SAVINGS BANK $151,630

Ten-year activity

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2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
125
2024
2025
2026
EnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systems
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YearEnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systemsTotal
2017238444
2018023225
20191438
202004913
2021110314
2022019221
20230281240
2024210320125
2025010515
2026124530
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The full timeline

Enforcement 20Housing & tenants 324Ownership & money 23Health & systems 69

Every one of the 436 recorded events, 1966–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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