1,107 recorded events, 1970–2026, from 17 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 442 311 service requests, 434 HPD complaints, 56 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. More recorded distress than 53% 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 27.6. In ZIP 10128, 84% of residential buildings hold an A and 1% grade D or F. How grades work
Among 17,252 25-99-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more
| Open HPD violations | 13 total — 4 class C (immediately hazardous), 9 class B, 0 class A. Oldest open since 2025-05-07. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
42 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 2 · winter 2025–26: 38). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
$3,125 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.
60 service requests in the last three years. Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (21) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (13) · DOOR/WINDOW (4) · FLOORING/STAIRS (4) · APPLIANCE (3) · Rodent (2).
$318,000 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (10 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 (1905) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (37) |
| 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) | AEJ 534 EAST 88TH LLC |
| Head officer | AARON SIRULNICK |
| Managing agent | DITMAS MANAGEMENT CORP. |
| Last registered | 2025-09-03 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $3,647,000 | $1,641,150 |
| 2026 | $3,999,000 | $1,799,550 |
| 2027 | $4,366,000 | $1,964,700 |
The city's market estimate has risen 20% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Heating fuel | NO2FUEL |
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.
1 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2012 (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.
| Subway | 86 St — Q · 0.3 mi straight-line (about a 9-minute walk) · station accessibility: full |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: York Av / E 88 St — M31 M86-SBS · 550 ft · Select Bus Service |
| Citi Bike | East End Ave & E 86 St · 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.
534 East 88 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 |
60 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 21 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 DITMAS MANAGEMENT CORP. — 42 buildings, 2,249 units. Grades across the portfolio: A37 · B5. See the whole portfolio
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $600,000 on 2021-10-25 (lender: JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.), covering 2 lots — the amount covers all of them. Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-10-25 | Mortgage $600,000 — from AEJ 530 EAST 88TH LLC; AEJ 534 EAST 88TH LLC to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. | $600,000 | |
| 2021-10-25 | Agreement $12,600,000 — from JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. to AEJ 530 EAST 88TH LLC; AEJ 534 EAST 88TH LLC | $12,600,000 | |
| 2015-05-28 | CORRM $423,446 — from AEJ 530 EAST 88TH LLC; AEJ 534 EAST 88TH LLC to PEOPLES UNITED BANK | $423,446 | |
| 2015-05-28 | Agreement $8,300,000 — from AEJ 534 EAST 88TH LLC; AEJ 530 EAST 88TH LLC to PEOPLES UNITED BANK | $8,300,000 | |
| 2015-05-11 | Mortgage $3,700,000 — from AEJ 534 EAST 88TH LLC; AEJ 530 EAST 88TH LLC to PEOPLES UNITED BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | $3,700,000 | |
| 2012-12-12 | Agreement $8,300,000 — from AEJ 530 EAST 88TH LLC; AEJ 534 EAST 88TH LLC to PEOPLES UNITED BANK | $8,300,000 | |
| 2012-12-12 | Mortgage $423,446 — from AEJ 534 EAST 88TH LLC; AEJ 530 EAST 88TH LLC to PEOPLES UNITED BANK | $423,446 | |
| 2010-10-20 | Mortgage $8,000,000 — from SIRUL REALTY CORPORATION; AEJ 534 EAST 88TH LLC; SIRUL REALTY LLC; AEJ 530 EAST 88TH LLC to THE DIME SAVINGS BANK OF WILLIAMSBURGH | $8,000,000 | |
| 2010-10-20 | AL&R $8,000,000 — from AEJ 534 EAST 88TH LLC; AEJ 530 EAST 88TH LLC to THE DIME SAVINGS BANK OF WILLIAMSBURGH | $8,000,000 | |
| 2010-10-20 | Deed $7,500,000 — from 534 EAST 88TH STREET, LLC to AEJ 534 EAST 88TH LLC | $7,500,000 | |
| 2004-10-25 | Deed $6,750,000 — from EAST 88TH STREET PROPERTIES INC. to 534 EAST 88TH STREET, LLC | $6,750,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 23 | 52 |
| 2018 | 0 | 4 | 157 | 0 | 6 | 167 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 106 | 0 | 4 | 110 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 3 | 35 |
| 2021 | 8 | 2 | 33 | 4 | 4 | 51 |
| 2022 | 9 | 1 | 72 | 0 | 7 | 89 |
| 2023 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 4 | 34 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 21 |
| 2025 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 0 | 3 | 35 |
| 2026 | 0 | 1 | 85 | 0 | 3 | 89 |
Every one of the 1,107 recorded events, 1970–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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