969 recorded events, 1900–2026, from 20 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 445 311 service requests, 125 HPD complaints, 87 HPD housing violations.
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 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 3.3. In ZIP 10028, 79% of residential buildings hold an A and 3% 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 | 27 total — 3 class C (immediately hazardous), 10 class B, 14 class A. Oldest open since 2008-01-06. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
No heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
$4,375 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.
106 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (41) · Rodent (16) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (6) · General Construction/Plumbing (5) · Illegal Parking (5) · Asbestos (4).
$133,900 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (6 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 (1962) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (296) |
| 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) | YORK HILL HOUSING INC. |
| Head officer | VERONICA JOSEPH |
| Managing agent | MAXWELL-KATES INC. |
| Last registered | 2025-11-01 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $63,690,000 | $28,660,500 |
| 2026 | $67,712,000 | $30,470,400 |
| 2027 | $71,101,000 | $31,995,450 |
The city's market estimate has risen 12% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Tax exemptions on the roll: MITCHELL-LAMA
For property tax, the Department of Finance values this co-op as if it were a rental building. Its 2021 estimate: gross income $10,311,953 a year ($33.35 per sq ft), operating expenses $4,483,458 ($14.50 per sq ft), net operating income $5,828,495. These are the city's estimates from comparable rentals, not the building's actual budget, rents or maintenance charges.
| Energy grade (LL33) | B — ENERGY STAR score 72/100 (2022 disclosure cycle) |
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
| Facade (Local Law 11) | UNSAFE — unsafe conditions reported (cycle 9) |
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.
| Subway | 86 St — Q · 0.3 mi straight-line (about an 8-minute walk) · station accessibility: full 86 St — 4 5 6 · 0.6 mi straight-line (about a 15-minute walk) · station accessibility: partial (Uptown local only) |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: York Av / E 82 St — M31 · 150 ft |
| 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.
1540 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 |
106 311 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.
Managed by MAXWELL-KATES INC. — 196 buildings, 14,349 units. Grades across the portfolio: A182 · B9 · C2 · F1. See the whole portfolio
showing 60 of 196 buildings
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $800,000 on 2003-06-25 (lender: The City Of New York). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003-06-25 | Mortgage $800,000 — from YORK HILL HOUSING INC. to THE CITY OF NEW YORK | $800,000 | |
| 1993-07-01 | Mortgage $965,055 — from YORK HILL HOUSING INC to CITY OF NEW YORK HPD | $965,055 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 32 |
| 2018 | 3 | 12 | 28 | 19 | 62 |
| 2019 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 9 | 40 |
| 2020 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 3 | 23 |
| 2021 | 0 | 9 | 48 | 6 | 63 |
| 2022 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 18 |
| 2023 | 2 | 7 | 30 | 5 | 44 |
| 2024 | 1 | 4 | 33 | 6 | 44 |
| 2025 | 2 | 2 | 60 | 15 | 79 |
| 2026 | 1 | 4 | 29 | 4 | 38 |
Every one of the 969 recorded events, 1900–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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