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515 East 88 Street

557Records
17City systems
31Open violations
4.9Penalty rate
Manhattan · ZIP 10128 · Neighborhood: Upper East Side-Yorkville
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557 recorded events, 1975–2026, from 17 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 161 311 service requests, 104 ACRIS deeds & mortgages, 46 HPD complaints.

BoroughManhattan 10128
Built1920
Floors5
Res. units69
ClassD4
Owner (PLUTO)FIVE ONE FIVE OWNERS CORP
BBL1015850008
BIN1051342

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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 74% 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 4.9. In ZIP 10128, 84% of residential buildings hold an A and 1% grade D or F. How grades work

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Among 17,252 25-99-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more

Open with the city right now

Open HPD violations31 total — 4 class C (immediately hazardous), 20 class B, 7 class A. Oldest open since 1994-03-10.

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

Patterns

8 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2025–26: 8).

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

What 311 hears from this address

36 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Rodent (7) · Noise (6) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (4) · HEAT/HOT WATER (4) · PAINT/PLASTER (3) · GENERAL (3).

Filed construction activity

$315,730 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (8 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

YesBuilt before 1974 (1920)
YesSix or more residential units (69)
No421-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 with HPD — the names behind the building

Registered owner(s)FIVE-ONE-FIVE OWNERS, INC.
Head officerJAMES AXELRAD
Managing agentHSC MANAGEMENT CORP
Last registered2025-12-31

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$8,897,000 $4,003,650
2026$9,628,000 $4,332,600
2027$9,433,000 $4,244,850

The city's market estimate has risen 6% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Tax exemptions on the roll: COLD WAR VETERAN - DISABILITY

For property tax, the Department of Finance values this co-op as if it were a rental building. Its 2021 estimate: gross income $1,569,233 a year ($37.11 per sq ft), operating expenses $485,443 ($11.48 per sq ft), net operating income $1,083,790. 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 40/100, posted at the entrance by law (2022 disclosure cycle)
Heating fuelNO2FUEL

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 · 0.3 mi straight-line (about an 8-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
BusNearest boarding stop: York Av / E 88 St — M31 M86-SBS · 250 ft · Select Bus Service
Citi BikeE 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.

Report a problem to 311

515 East 88 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

36 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 4 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.

The landlord's report card

Managed by HSC MANAGEMENT CORP. — 117 buildings, 2,929 units. Grades across the portfolio: A72 · B24 · C18 · D2. See the whole portfolio

BuildingBoroughUnitsGrade
920 Metcalf Avenue BX239 B
208 West 119 Street MN158 B
1075 Grand Concourse BX108 C
2860 Bailey Avenue BX78 A
2750 Johnson Avenue BX75 A
325 East 201 Street BX73 A
2187 Holland Avenue BX73 B
738 East 243 Street BX72 C
515 East 88 Street MN69 A
2440 Amsterdam Avenue MN69 A
40 Delancey Street MN55 A
133 West 140 Street MN54 A
3123 Bailey Avenue BX53 A
710 East 243 Street BX50 C
3215 Netherland Avenue BX49 A
3184 Grand Concourse BX49 A
80 St Nicholas Avenue MN48 A
1704 Seddon Street BX46 B
1007 East 174 Street BX44 B
1185 Fulton Avenue BX42 A
2001 Grand Concourse BX41 B
239 West 230 Street BX38 B
724 East 187 Street BX36 B
22 Grove Street MN35 A
1592 University Avenue BX32 B
1600 University Avenue BX32 A
10 West 107 Street MN30 B
204 East 90 Street MN30 A
416 West 129 Street MN29 A
5804 Tyndall Avenue BX29 A
224 Riverside Drive MN29 A
330 East 109 Street MN28 A
24 Cooper Street MN27 A
755 Oakland Place BX26 B
1801 Adam C Powell Blvd MN25 A
962 East 172 Street BX25 B
616 West 137 Street MN25 A
401 West 115 Street MN24 A
71 Sullivan Street MN21 A
950 Hoe Avenue BX20 B
812 10 Avenue MN20 A
327 West 85 Street MN20 A
479 Van Buren Street BK20 C
551 West 160 Street MN20 A
535 West 160 Street MN20 A
946 Hoe Avenue BX20 A
67 Hudson Street MN20 A
511 Van Siclen Avenue BK20 B
25 Mac Donough Street BK19 C
2805A Creston Avenue BX18 A
342 West 48 Street MN18 A
153 Clinton Avenue BK16 A
483 Van Buren Street BK16 D
149 Clinton Avenue BK16 A
167 West 133 Street MN16 B
699 10 Avenue MN16 A
133 Essex Street MN16 A
860 9 Avenue MN16 A
2114 Belmont Avenue BX16 A
190 Fordham Street BX16 B

showing 60 of 117 buildings

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $133,377 on 2017-08-04 (lender: New York Community Bank). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2026-03-24RPTT&RET $430,000 — from KAWAMURA, MOTOMI to YEE YAP, MEW; NING CHANG, TSE; HUI CHANG, KIN $430,000
2026-03-11RPTT&RET $380,000 — from THE LARAINE S. WECHTER REVOCABLE TRUST A; SEAN WECHTER AS TRUSTEE; LEE ANN DOYLE AS TRUSTE to GERMAN, ARYANA; IORIO, MICHAEL JAMES $380,000
2026-03-10Sold for $430,000 $430,000 $6,232
2026-03-04Sold for $380,000 $380,000 $5,507
2025-06-11RPTT&RET $405,000 — from JENNIFER MEENAN, EXECUTRIX; ESTATE OF SANDRA M. SLEDZ to GABEL, LEAH $405,000
2025-06-04Sold for $405,000 $405,000 $5,870
2024-08-12RPTT&RET $420,000 — from COOK, PETER to MULHERN, WHITNEY $420,000
2024-08-06Sold for $420,000 $420,000 $6,087
2023-09-13RPTT&RET $381,000 — from HOROWITZ, HINDEE to BAYER, WILLIAM J $381,000
2023-06-14RPTT&RET $192,500 — from DIDOMENICO, JOSEPH; DIDOMENICO, PATRICIA to DIDOMENICO, PATRICIA $192,500
2023-06-01Sold for $192,500 $192,500 $2,790
2022-11-23RPTT&RET $998,000 — from DEVESCOVI, PATRICIA to CHALKIN, MAXWELL; CHALKIN, PAMELA $998,000
2022-11-15Sold for $998,000 $998,000 $14,464
2022-03-22RPTT&RET $470,000 — from LONG, MATTHEW; LONG, MARY to IVES, KELSEY; HOROWITZ, EVAN $470,000
2022-03-14Sold for $470,000 $470,000 $6,812

Ten-year activity

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ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
201711211318
20183194320
20190175316
202000152320
202150148128
202229634482
2023013603379
2024001225
2025004541463
202620104521
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The full timeline

Construction 40Enforcement 81Housing & tenants 259Ownership & money 126Health & systems 51

Every one of the 557 recorded events, 1975–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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