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515 East 79 Street

821Records
19City systems
1Open violations
3Penalty rate
Manhattan · ZIP 10075 · Neighborhood: Upper East Side-Yorkville
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821 recorded events, 1980–2026, from 19 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 200 ACRIS deeds & mortgages, 128 DOB permits, 96 311 service requests.

BoroughManhattan 10075
Built1981
Floors30
Res. units163
ClassD4
Owner (PLUTO)79 ST & EAST END AVE CORP
BBL1015760014
BIN1050766

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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 53% 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 3. In ZIP 10075, 82% of residential buildings hold an A and 2% grade D or F. How grades work

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Among 4,677 100+-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more

Open with the city right now

Open HPD violations1 total — 1 class C (immediately hazardous), 0 class B, 0 class A. Oldest open since 2018-05-29.

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

Patterns

No heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years.

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

$18,215 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.

What 311 hears from this address

23 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Sidewalk Condition (4) · Illegal Parking (3) · Street Sign (2) · Noise (2) · Lost Property (2) · Consumer Complaint (2).

Filed construction activity

$12,531,760 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (31 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 (1981)
YesSix or more residential units (163)
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)79TH STREET & EAST END AVE. CORP
Head officerTERIE DIAT
Managing agentDOUGLAS ELLIMAN PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
Last registered2025-07-07

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$52,315,000 $23,541,750
2026$55,619,000 $25,028,550
2027$46,968,000 $21,135,600

The city's market estimate has fallen 10% 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 $8,647,604 a year ($37.21 per sq ft), operating expenses $3,367,476 ($14.49 per sq ft), net operating income $5,280,128. These are the city's estimates from comparable rentals, not the building's actual budget, rents or maintenance charges.

Building systems

Energy grade (LL33)D — ENERGY STAR score 17/100, posted at the entrance by law (2022 disclosure cycle)
Heating fuelNATURALGAS
Facade (Local Law 11)SWARMP — "Safe With A Repair and Maintenance Program": known facade conditions that must be repaired (cycle 9)

Flood exposure

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.

Getting around

Subway86 St — Q · 0.4 mi straight-line (about an 11-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
BusNearest boarding stop: E 79 St / East End Av — M79-SBS · 100 ft · Select Bus Service
Citi BikeE 81 St & York Ave · 700 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.

Report a problem to 311

515 East 79 Street

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

23 311 service requests from this address in the last three years.

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 DOUGLAS ELLIMAN PROPERTY MANAGEMENT — 313 buildings, 53,552 units. Grades across the portfolio: A294 · B9 · C2 · D3. See the whole portfolio

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2928 West 5 Street BK572 A
2940 West 5 Street BK572 A
200 Rector Place MN540 A
200 East 66 Street MN490 A
245 East 54 Street MN444 A
22 Thames Street MN439 A
25 Central Park West MN416 A
1781 1 Avenue MN367 A
425 East 58 Street MN348 A
2 5 Avenue MN343 A
150 West 56 Street MN337 A
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25 Broad Street MN308 A
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139-15 83 Avenue QN282 A
45 Sutton Place South MN278 A
14 West 4 Street MN274 A
9 5 Avenue MN267 A
631 Hudson Street MN261 A
70-20 108 Street QN254 A
200 East 89 Street MN253 A
5 West 53 Street MN245 A
130 William Street MN240 A
230 West 55 Street MN232 A
240 East 47 Street MN229 A
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641 5 Avenue MN224 A
230 East 20 Street MN223 A
249 8 Avenue MN221 A
333 East 43 Street MN215 A
1461 1 Avenue MN215 A
2360 Broadway MN207 A
1485 5 Avenue MN206 B
101 West 24 Street MN202 A
133 West 11 Street MN199 A
188 East 64 Street MN194 A
139 East 33 Street MN193 A
225 East 34 Street MN190 A
555 West 59 Street MN186 A
211 Central Park West MN183 A
22 West 14 Street MN182 A
242 Madison Avenue MN180 A
1030 3 Avenue MN176 A
120 4 Avenue MN175 A
1185 Park Avenue MN172 A
173 Riverside Drive MN167 A
201 East 25 Street MN164 A
1156 3 Avenue MN163 A
515 East 79 Street MN163 A
111 East 85 Street MN160 A
280 East Houston Street MN158 A
2420 Broadway MN158 A
726 Greenwich Street MN157 A

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Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $3,330,864 on 2019-07-09 (lender: Apple Bank For Savings). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2026-09-15RPTT&RET $825,000 — from PRONIN, IRWIN; WEISS, DIANE to MULLIGAN, NICHOLAS W; MULLIGAN, CHRISTINE; MULLIGAN, KEVIN $825,000
2026-08-25Sold for $825,000 $825,000 $5,061
2026-07-31RPTT&RET $1,300,000 — from CAMPOMAR, JORGE M to HONOHAN, CELIA T $1,300,000
2026-07-27Sold for $1,300,000 $1,300,000 $7,975
2026-03-05RPTT&RET $1,525,000 — from BOGARD, DAVID; BOGARD, STEFNI to CAPPIELLO, ANGELA; SAVINO, DANIEL $1,525,000
2026-02-18RPTT&RET $1,175,000 — from HETHERINGTON FAMILY TRUST; ABRAHAM, AS TRUSTEE, JONATHAN to PASS, ROBERT H $1,175,000
2026-02-12Sold for $1,525,000 $1,525,000 $9,356
2026-01-28Sold for $1,175,000 $1,175,000 $7,209
2025-12-29RPTT&RET $3,690,000 — from SHEFFER, ANN E; SCHEFFLER, WILLIAM L to FIERSTIEN, STEPHEN B; FIERSTIEN, PAULA NICKOLAS $3,690,000
2025-12-22Sold for $3,690,000 $3,690,000 $22,638
2025-11-12RPTT&RET $880,000 — from ESTATE OF JACOB HEBER; SHELDON HEBER, EXECUTOR to WEINSTEIN, ELICIA; KROSSER, BARRY $880,000
2025-11-03Sold for $880,000 $880,000 $5,399
2025-09-24RPTT&RET $1,325,000 — from JENNINGS, MARENE to HAND, BRIAN M; HAND, DEBRA J $1,325,000
2025-09-16Sold for $1,325,000 $1,325,000 $8,129
2025-08-18RPTT&RET $1,087,500 — from REVOCABLE TRUST OF ANNE DANETZ PINE to WERTHEIMER, LAWRENCE $1,087,500

Ten-year activity

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ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
2017459101947
2018729171045
2019701413539
202012454227
2021104326649
202233119228
202331510423
202471610327
2025151851964121
20261841315252
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The full timeline

Construction 203Enforcement 116Housing & tenants 109Ownership & money 267Health & systems 126

Every one of the 821 recorded events, 1980–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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