359 recorded events, 1971–2026, from 17 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 179 311 service requests, 40 HPD housing violations, 36 rodent inspections.
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 100% 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 0. 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
| Open HPD violations | 28 total — 1 class C (immediately hazardous), 21 class B, 6 class A. Oldest open since 1985-04-10. |
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.
26 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (19) · Graffiti (2) · Illegal Parking (2) · Illegal Dumping (1) · Illegal Fireworks (1) · Animal (1).
$131,100 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (7 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 (1910) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (8) |
| 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) | PARK AVENUE 2 LLC |
| Head officer | BITA SASSOUNI |
| Managing agent | RAFAEL SASSOUNI |
| Last registered | 2025-08-28 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $2,717,000 | $1,222,650 |
| 2026 | $3,260,000 | $1,467,000 |
| 2027 | $3,912,000 | $1,760,400 |
The city's market estimate has risen 44% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Guthrie Inn | American | A | Mice evidence |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
1 restaurant · 1 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map
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.
1 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2014 (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 | 96 St — 6 · 450 ft straight-line (about a 2-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Lexington Av / E 98 St — M101 M102 M103 · 450 ft |
| Citi Bike | E 98 St & Park Ave · 350 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.
1259 Park 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 |
| Food poisoning | Food poisoning |
| Food safety complaint | Food safety complaint |
| Anything else | Anything else |
26 311 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.
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $2,032,423 on 2022-03-11 (lender: JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-03-11 | Mortgage $2,032,423 — from PARK AVENUE 2 LLC to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. | $2,032,423 | |
| 2022-03-11 | Agreement $3,580,000 — from JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. to PARK AVENUE 2 LLC | $3,580,000 | |
| 2018-06-27 | Mortgage assigned $1,575,000 — from FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION; WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATIO | $1,575,000 | |
| 2012-04-18 | Mortgage $1,900,000 — from PARK AVENUE 2 LLC to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. | $1,900,000 | |
| 2012-04-18 | Agreement $1,900,000 — from PARK AVENUE 2 LLC to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. | $1,900,000 | |
| 2012-04-18 | Mortgage $464,903 to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. | $464,903 | |
| 2006-02-16 | Mortgage $1,575,000 — from PARK AVENUE 2 LLC to WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK | $1,575,000 | |
| 2006-02-16 | Deed $2,100,000 — from MEDITERRANEAN AVENUE ASSOCIATES to PARK AVENUE 2 LLC | $2,100,000 | |
| 1991-07-16 | Mortgage $68,000 — from MEDITERRANEAN AVE ASOC to DRACH, EUGENE | $68,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 13 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 3 | 29 |
| 2019 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 23 |
| 2020 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 24 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 4 | 39 |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 26 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 16 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 17 |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 13 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 13 |
Every one of the 359 recorded events, 1971–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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