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1655 1st Avenue

941Records
18City systems
27Open violations
4.1Penalty rate
Manhattan · ZIP 10028 · Neighborhood: Upper East Side-Yorkville
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941 recorded events, 1900–2026, from 18 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 388 311 service requests, 93 DOB permits, 74 DOB complaints.

BoroughManhattan 10028
Built2025
Floors23
Res. units99
ClassD6
Owner (PLUTO)EAST 86 REALTY LLC
BBL1015490024
BIN1050031

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GRADE A

The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less recorded distress than 76% of 25-99-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 25-99-unit residential buildings is 23.6 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 4.1. In ZIP 10028, 79% of residential buildings hold an A and 3% grade D or F. How grades work

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C

Among 17,252 25-99-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more

Open with the city right now

Open HPD violations27 total — 3 class C (immediately hazardous), 9 class B, 15 class A. Oldest open since 1989-09-15.

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

Patterns

2 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2025–26: 2).

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

$11,050 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.

What 311 hears from this address

182 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (92) · General Construction/Plumbing (29) · Emergency Response Team (ERT) (8) · For Hire Vehicle Complaint (5) · Sidewalk Condition (5) · Air Quality (4).

Filed construction activity

$1,909,358 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (17 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.

Rent-stabilization signals

NoBuilt before 1974 (2025)
YesSix or more residential units (99)
No421-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 with HPD — the names behind the building

Registered owner(s)355 EAST 86TH STREET LP
Head officerTRUDY SWABY
Managing agentKEYSTONE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
Last registered2023-07-31

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$9,670,000 $4,351,500
2026$10,281,000 $4,626,450
2027$2,041,000 $918,450

The city's market estimate has fallen 79% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Building systems

Energy grade (LL33)D — ENERGY STAR score 1/100, posted at the entrance by law (2022 disclosure cycle)
Heating fuelNO2FUEL

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.

2 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2011 (0 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.

Getting around

Subway86 St — Q · 400 ft straight-line (about a 2-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
86 St — 4 5 6 · 0.3 mi straight-line (about a 9-minute walk) · station accessibility: partial (Uptown local only)
BusNearest boarding stop: 1 Av / E 86 St — M15 M15-SBS · 100 ft · Select Bus Service
Citi BikeE 88 St & 1 Ave · 400 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: Yorkville Community 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

1655 1st Avenue

Heat or hot waterHeat or hot water
Apartment maintenanceApartment maintenance
Bed bugsBed bugs
Residential pestsResidential pests
Rats or miceRats or mice
Anything elseAnything else

182 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 1 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 KEYSTONE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT — 4 buildings, 157 units. Grades across the portfolio: A3 · B1. See the whole portfolio

BuildingBoroughUnitsGrade
1655 1st Avenue MN99 A
220 East 86 Street MN42 A
1656 2 Avenue MN9 B
304 East 86 Street MN7 A

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $18,226,899 on 2025-03-12 (lender: Valley National Bank). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2025-03-12Agreement $35,000,000 — from EAST 86 REALTY LLC to VALLEY NATIONAL BANK $35,000,000
2025-03-12AL&R $18,226,899 — from EAST 86 REALTY LLC to VALLEY NATIONAL BANK $18,226,899
2025-03-12Mortgage $18,226,899 — from EAST 86 REALTY LLC to VALLEY NATIONAL BANK $18,226,899
2025-03-12AL&R $51,773,101 — from EAST 86 REALTY LLC to VALLEY NATIONAL BANK $51,773,101
2025-03-12Mortgage $23,650,000 — from EAST 86 REALTY LLC to VALLEY NATIONAL BANK $23,650,000
2025-03-12Mortgage $51,773,101 — from EAST 86 REALTY LLC to VALLEY NATIONAL BANK $51,773,101
2025-03-12AL&R $35,000,000 — from EAST 86 REALTY LLC to VALLEY NATIONAL BANK $35,000,000
2025-03-06Deed $50,000,000 — from 355 EAST 86TH STREET LP to EAST 86 REALTY LLC $50,000,000
2025-02-28Sold for $50,000,000 $50,000,000 $505,051
2022-06-16AL&R $11,600,000 — from 355 EAST 86TH STREET LP to SIGNATURE BANK $11,600,000
2022-06-16Mortgage $11,600,000 — from 355 EAST 86TH STREET LP to SIGNATURE BANK $11,600,000
2022-06-16Agreement $26,538,501 — from 304 EAST 86TH STREET LP; 220 EAST 86TH STREET LP; 355 EAST 86TH STREET LP; 300 EAST 86TH S to SIGNATURE BANK $26,538,501
2021-01-21Deed $14,500,000 — from BREMEN HOUSE, INC. to 355 EAST 86TH STREET LP $14,500,000
2021-01-05AL&R $26,625,000 — from 220 EAST 86TH STREET LP; 304 EAST 86TH STREET LP; 300 EAST 86TH STREET LP; 355 EAST 86TH S to SIGNATURE BANK $26,625,000
2021-01-05Mortgage $26,625,000 — from 300 EAST 86TH STREET LP; 304 EAST 86TH STREET LP; 220 EAST 86TH STREET LP; 355 EAST 86TH S to SIGNATURE BANK $26,625,000

Ten-year activity

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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
201700140317
2018002101233
201941194836
2020006129
202154364251
202221205230
202307190531
2024117274655
2025373177203168
202638158606145
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The full timeline

Construction 154Enforcement 179Housing & tenants 495Ownership & money 54Health & systems 59

Every one of the 941 recorded events, 1900–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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