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1759 Lexington Avenue

209Records
13City systems
11Open violations
—Penalty rate
Manhattan · ZIP 10029 · Neighborhood: East Harlem (South)
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209 recorded events, 1900–2026, from 13 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 58 311 service requests, 51 rodent inspections, 18 DOB permits.

BoroughManhattan 10029
Built1910
Floors5
Res. units0
ClassK4
Owner (PLUTO)CARITAS DEVELOPMENT L
BBL1016370021
BIN1052148

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Open with the city right now

Open HPD violations11 total — 9 class C (immediately hazardous), 0 class B, 2 class A. Oldest open since 1981-12-30.

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

Patterns

No heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years.

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

$5,000 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.

What 311 hears from this address

16 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Water System (6) · Illegal Parking (3) · Graffiti (2) · Noise (2) · Sidewalk Condition (1) · Dirty Condition (1).

Filed construction activity

$20,500 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.

Registered with HPD — the names behind the building

Registered owner(s)CARITAS DEVELOPMENT LLC
Head officerFRANK DOBBS
Managing agentCARITAS DEVELOPMENT LLC
Last registered2025-09-02

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$1,292,000 $581,400
2026$1,113,000 $500,850
2027$1,158,000 $521,100

The city's market estimate has fallen 10% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Chen's Restaurant China King INC.Not yet graded—
China KingChineseA—

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

2 restaurants · 0 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map

Flood exposure

Not in the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary maps).

Hurricane evacuation zone 3 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 2015 (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.

Getting around

Subway110 St — 6 · 150 ft straight-line (about a 1-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: Lexington Av / E 110 St — M101 M102 M103 · 100 ft
Citi BikeLexington Ave & E 111 St · 400 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 083 Luis Munoz Rivera. 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

1759 Lexington Avenue

Rats or miceRats or mice
Food poisoningFood poisoning
Food safety complaintFood safety complaint
Anything elseAnything else

16 311 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.

The landlord's report card

Managed by CARITAS DEVELOPMENT LLC — 3 buildings, 18 units. Grades across the portfolio: A2. See the whole portfolio

BuildingBoroughUnitsGrade
150 East 110 Street MN12 A
152 East 110 Street MN6 A
1759 Lexington Avenue MN0 —

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $550,000 on 1989-05-15 (lender: American Savings/lnasc), 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.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
1989-05-15Mortgage $550,000 — from DOBBS-FRIEDMAN INC to AMERICAN SAVINGS/LNASC $550,000
1987-05-21Mortgage $125,000 — from DOBBS-FRIEDMAN INC to TLC FUNDING CORP $125,000

Ten-year activity

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ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systemsTotal
201702529
2018006410
2019024410
202001304
2021663116
202200336
202300437
2024006511
2025028212
202600336
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The full timeline

Construction 25Enforcement 33Housing & tenants 81Ownership & money 15Health & systems 55

Every one of the 209 recorded events, 1900–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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