176 recorded events, 1980–2026, from 14 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 62 311 service requests, 25 rodent inspections, 18 DOB 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 82% 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 2.5. In ZIP 10029, 43% of residential buildings hold an A and 12% grade D or F. How grades work
Among 46,798 6-24-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.
No heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
3 service requests in the last three years. Most common: General Construction/Plumbing (1) · Maintenance or Facility (1) · Missed Collection (1).
$131,083 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (3 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 (1920) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (24) |
| 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) | MSMC RESIDENTIAL REALTY LLC |
| Head officer | THOMAS C AHN |
| Managing agent | ROSE PROPERTY MGMT GRP LLC |
| Last registered | 2026-07-21 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,832,000 | $824,400 |
| 2026 | $1,975,000 | $888,750 |
| 2027 | $2,051,000 | $922,950 |
The city's market estimate has risen 12% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Tax exemptions on the roll: HOSPITAL STAFF HSG
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
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 | 96 St — 6 · 750 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Madison Av / E 98 St — M1 M2 M3 M4 +1 more · 300 ft |
| Citi Bike | E 98 St & Park Ave · 250 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 198 Isidor E. Ida Straus 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.
61 East 97 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 |
3 311 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 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: $20,000,000 on 2005-08-24 (lender: American Property Financing), covering 25 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-12-14 | Agreement $249,898,892 — from MSMC RESIDENTIAL REALTY LLC; AUGUSTUS & JAMES COPRORATION to JPMORGAN CHASE BNK, N.A. | $249,898,892 | |
| 2007-12-27 | Agreement $145,000,000 — from MSMC RESIDENTIAL REALTY LLC to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATIO | $145,000,000 | |
| 2005-08-24 | Mortgage $20,000,000 — from MSMC RESIDENTIAL REALTY LLC to AMERICAN PROPERTY FINANCING | $20,000,000 | |
| 2005-08-24 | Agreement $145,000,000 — from MSMC RESIDENTIAL REALTY LLC to AMERICAN PROPERTY FINANCING | $145,000,000 | |
| 2003-11-03 | Mortgage $125,000,000 — from MSMC RESIDENTIAL REALTY LLC to DORMITORY AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF NEW | $125,000,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 13 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 2025 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 16 |
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
Every one of the 176 recorded events, 1980–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
Explore: ZIP 10029 · Landlord rankings · How grades work · The map · The Mice Map