149 recorded events, 1970–2026, from 13 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 50 311 service requests, 19 rodent inspections, 15 ACRIS deeds & mortgages.
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 51% of 6-24-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 6-24-unit residential buildings is 16.3 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 17. In ZIP 10128, 84% of residential buildings hold an A and 1% grade D or F. How grades work
Among 46,798 6-24-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more
| Open HPD violations | 5 total — 2 class C (immediately hazardous), 3 class B, 0 class A. Oldest open since 2026-06-07. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
4 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 2 · winter 2024–25: 2). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
28 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (13) · Rodent (5) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (4) · HEAT/HOT WATER (2) · PAINT/PLASTER (2) · Illegal Parking (1).
No permitted work with a declared cost filed in the last decade. Permit costs cover filed construction work only — they do not capture routine maintenance or repairs done without a permit.
| Yes | Built before 1974 (1910) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (20) |
| 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) | 502 E 88 LLC |
| Head officer | LISA COHEN |
| Managing agent | GPG MANAGEMENT |
| Last registered | 2025-07-30 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,815,000 | $816,750 |
| 2026 | $2,158,000 | $971,100 |
| 2027 | $2,320,000 | $1,044,000 |
The city's market estimate has risen 28% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
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 a 7-minute walk) · station accessibility: full |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: York Av / E 88 St — M31 · 150 ft |
| Citi Bike | E 89 St & York Ave · 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.
502 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 |
28 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 2 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 GPG MANAGEMENT — 149 buildings, 3,258 units. Grades across the portfolio: A120 · B28. See the whole portfolio
showing 60 of 149 buildings
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982-10-19 | Agreement $1,942 — from SPEIER, SAMANTHA FBO; COHEN, LISA; COHEN, CYNTHIA FBO; SPEIER, DAVID; SPEIER, JESSICA FBO; to R/R REALTY D/B/A; SPEIER, RUTH E. EST/OF | $1,942 |
| Year | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2018 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2019 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 2020 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2021 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2022 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 13 |
| 2023 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2024 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 13 |
| 2025 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 19 |
| 2026 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 20 |
Every one of the 149 recorded events, 1970–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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