1,008 recorded events, 1900–2026, from 19 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 252 ACRIS deeds & mortgages, 172 DOB permits, 125 DOB job filings.
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 80% 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 0.8. In ZIP 10075, 82% of residential buildings hold an A and 2% 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 | 7 total — 0 class C (immediately hazardous), 2 class B, 5 class A. Oldest open since 1980-03-24. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
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.
$8,750 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.
13 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (3) · Damaged Tree (2) · Rodent (1) · Hazardous Materials (1) · Lead (1) · Residential Disposal Complaint (1).
$13,471,635 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (72 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 (1963) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (209) |
| 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) | 79TH STREET EAST OWNERS INC |
| Head officer | ROBERT MCCARTHY |
| Managing agent | HALSTEAD MANAGEMENT CO. |
| Last registered | 2025-07-16 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $51,642,000 | $23,238,900 |
| 2026 | $54,903,000 | $24,706,350 |
| 2027 | $53,764,000 | $24,193,800 |
The city's market estimate has risen 4% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Tax exemptions on the roll: COLD WAR VETERAN - DISABILITY · SENIOR CITIZEN HOMEOWNER
For property tax, the Department of Finance values this co-op as if it were a rental building. Its 2022 estimate: gross income $10,597,600 a year ($40.76 per sq ft), operating expenses $4,607,200 ($17.72 per sq ft), net operating income $5,990,400. 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 27/100, posted at the entrance by law (2022 disclosure cycle) |
| Heating fuel | NO2FUEL |
| 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).
Hurricane evacuation zone 4 of 6 — zone 1 evacuates first.
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 · 0.4 mi straight-line (about a 10-minute walk) · station accessibility: full |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: York Av / E 79 St — M31 M79-SBS · 250 ft · Select Bus Service |
| Citi Bike | E 81 St & York Ave · 550 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 158 Bayard Taylor 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.
505 East 79 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 |
| Anything else | Anything else |
13 311 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.
Managed by HALSTEAD MANAGEMENT CO. — 190 buildings, 17,333 units. Grades across the portfolio: A172 · B10 · C4. See the whole portfolio
showing 60 of 190 buildings
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $2,500,000 on 2021-05-07 (lender: Oceanfirst Bank N.A.). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-15 | RPTT&RET $950,000 — from 79TH STREET EAST OWNERS INCORPORATED to MARZ, AARON; COLETTA, DIANE | $950,000 | |
| 2026-09-10 | RPTT&RET $1,250,000 — from GURRERA, HELEN to COHEN, ALLISON; STIMELL, ZACHARY | $1,250,000 | |
| 2026-09-08 | Sold for $950,000 | $950,000 | $4,545 |
| 2026-09-04 | Sold for $1,250,000 | $1,250,000 | $5,981 |
| 2026-08-26 | RPTT&RET $1,837,500 — from ALLEN, NICOLE; MERKLER, ALEXANDER to ANNUNZIATA, SAMANTHA; ANNUNZIATA, MICHAEL | $1,837,500 | |
| 2026-08-07 | Sold for $1,837,500 | $1,837,500 | $8,792 |
| 2026-05-20 | RPTT&RET $3,237,500 — from KORNBLAU, STEVEN to MERKLER, ALEXANDER; ALLEN, NICOLE C | $3,237,500 | |
| 2026-05-11 | Sold for $3,237,500 | $3,237,500 | $15,490 |
| 2026-03-02 | RPTT&RET $707,500 — from MCCAULIFF, CATHERINE to NASH, VINCENT; NASH, SASHA | $707,500 | |
| 2026-02-18 | RPTT&RET $1,225,000 — from TRENCHER, JOSEPH I to 79TH STREET EAST OWNERS INCORPORATED | $1,225,000 | |
| 2026-02-10 | RPTT&RET $435,000 — from CONNIE M. FUNG, EXECUTOR; THE ESTATE OF YOSHIKO FUNG to TUKU, FANA | $435,000 | |
| 2026-02-09 | Sold for $707,500 | $707,500 | $3,385 |
| 2026-02-05 | Sold for $1,225,000 | $1,225,000 | $5,861 |
| 2026-02-02 | Sold for $435,000 | $435,000 | $2,081 |
| 2025-12-22 | RPTT&RET $450,000 — from ESTATE OF JOAN MARIE SHAUGHNESSY; JOHN P. SHAUGHNESSY, EXECUTOR to JAREMCZUK, IVANKA | $450,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 60 |
| 2018 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 28 |
| 2019 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 36 |
| 2020 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 16 | 4 | 38 |
| 2021 | 19 | 4 | 10 | 31 | 4 | 68 |
| 2022 | 19 | 7 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 60 |
| 2023 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 29 | 82 |
| 2024 | 45 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 5 | 71 |
| 2025 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 34 | 52 | 114 |
| 2026 | 28 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 52 |
Every one of the 1,008 recorded events, 1900–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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