925 recorded events, 1967–2026, from 20 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 290 311 service requests, 106 ACRIS deeds & mortgages, 102 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 52% 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 4.1. 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
No current HPD flags in the latest weekly snapshot: no open violations, no pending litigation, no active vacate orders, and not in the Alternative Enforcement Program.
18 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 2 · winter 2024–25: 10 · winter 2025–26: 6). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
$17,530 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.
96 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (29) · Illegal Parking (11) · HEAT/HOT WATER (8) · General Construction/Plumbing (5) · For Hire Vehicle Complaint (3) · Rodent (3).
$3,999,275 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (33 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 (1972) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (267) |
| 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) | ROMARCO REALTY CORP |
| Head officer | SUSAN CRAWFORD |
| Managing agent | ROSE PROPERTY MGMT GRP LLC |
| Last registered | 2026-07-20 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $77,514,000 | $34,881,300 |
| 2026 | $82,409,000 | $37,084,050 |
| 2027 | $85,005,000 | $38,252,250 |
The city's market estimate has risen 10% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Energy grade (LL33) | D — ENERGY STAR score 8/100, posted at the entrance by law (2022 disclosure cycle) |
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
| Facade (Local Law 11) | SAFE (cycle 10) |
Not in the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary maps).
Hurricane evacuation zone 6 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 · 0.3 mi straight-line (about an 8-minute walk) · station accessibility: full |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: York Av / E 79 St — M31 M79-SBS · 300 ft · Select Bus Service |
| Citi Bike | E 81 St & York Ave · 300 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.
1520 York 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 |
96 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 8 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 ROSE PROPERTY MGMT GRP LLC — 198 buildings, 24,128 units. Grades across the portfolio: A148 · B26 · C8 · D2. See the whole portfolio
showing 60 of 198 buildings
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $2,200,000 on 2002-05-22 (lender: Wells Fargo Bank, National Association). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-09-07 | SPRD $14,100,000 — from 80TH REALTY LLC; EAST 72ND REALTY LLC to THE PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMER | $14,100,000 | |
| 2009-09-08 | Agreement $14,100,000 — from 80TH REALTY LLC to PRUDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY MORTGAGE, INC. | $14,100,000 | |
| 2002-05-22 | Mortgage $2,200,000 — from ROMARCO REALTY CORP. to WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | $2,200,000 | |
| 2000-10-20 | Mortgage $77,424 — from 80TH REALTY LLC to AMERICAN PROPERTY FINANCING, INC. | $77,424 | |
| 1988-09-08 | Mortgage $9,000,000 — from 1828 SECOND AVE ASSCINC to CRESTMONT FED S&L ASSN | $9,000,000 | |
| 1988-06-16 | Mortgage $5,500,000 — from 1828 SECOND AVE ASCINC to CRESTMONT FEDL S&L ASSN | $5,500,000 | |
| 1983-06-17 | Mortgage $5,733,600 — from LITWIN, LEONARD; SWARZMAN, MARTIN to METROPOLITAN SAVINGSBK | $5,733,600 | |
| 1983-06-17 | Agreement $15,733,600 — from SWARZMAN, MARTIN; LITWAN, LEONARD to METROPOLITAN SAVINGSBK | $15,733,600 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 31 |
| 2018 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 22 |
| 2019 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 39 |
| 2020 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 32 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 27 |
| 2022 | 12 | 7 | 27 | 0 | 6 | 52 |
| 2023 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 26 |
| 2024 | 18 | 11 | 32 | 0 | 5 | 66 |
| 2025 | 19 | 13 | 37 | 0 | 11 | 80 |
| 2026 | 3 | 6 | 54 | 0 | 25 | 88 |
Every one of the 925 recorded events, 1967–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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