Building Biography

The MapLandlordsNeighborhoodsZIP CodesGradesThe Mice MapAboutWhat's new

934 Columbus Avenue

598Records
15City systems
34Open violations
9.2Penalty rate
Manhattan · ZIP 10025 · Neighborhood: Upper West Side-Manhattan Valley
Open in the map

598 recorded events, 1978–2026, from 15 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 390 311 service requests, 41 HPD housing violations, 29 HPD complaints.

BoroughManhattan 10025
Built1936
Floors5
Res. units12
ClassC7
Owner (PLUTO)COLUMBUS CRNRS RLTYCRPS
BBL1018600036
BIN1055942

Full record, year by year   Support this site

GRADE A

The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less recorded distress than 63% 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 9.2. In ZIP 10025, 70% of residential buildings hold an A and 2% grade D or F. How grades work

this building
A
B
C

Among 46,798 6-24-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more

Open with the city right now

Open HPD violations34 total — 7 class C (immediately hazardous), 21 class B, 6 class A. Oldest open since 1988-02-06.

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.

What 311 hears from this address

16 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Illegal Parking (6) · Noise (3) · Consumer Complaint (2) · Food Establishment (1) · Street Condition (1) · Illegal Dumping (1).

Filed construction activity

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.

Rent-stabilization signals

YesBuilt before 1974 (1936)
YesSix or more residential units (12)
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)COLUMBUS CORNERS REALTY
Head officerPHILLIP JACOBSON
Managing agentKAIN REALTY
Last registered2025-10-06

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$1,537,000 $691,650
2026$1,811,000 $814,950
2027$1,941,000 $873,450

The city's market estimate has risen 26% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Building systems

Heating fuelNATURALGAS

Flood exposure

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.

Getting around

Subway103 St — B C · 0.2 mi straight-line (about a 6-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: Columbus Av / W 106 St — M7 M11 · 100 ft
Citi BikeW 107 St & Columbus Ave · 350 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
Bike facilityPainted bike lane mapped within 75 ft
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 165 Robert E. Simon. 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

934 Columbus Avenue

Heat or hot waterHeat or hot water
Apartment maintenanceApartment maintenance
Bed bugsBed bugs
Residential pestsResidential pests
Rats or miceRats or mice
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 KAIN REALTY — 6 buildings, 54 units. Grades across the portfolio: A4 · B2. See the whole portfolio

BuildingBoroughUnitsGrade
934 Columbus Avenue MN12 A
37 West 84 Street MN10 A
343 West 87 Street MN10 A
346 East 106 Street MN8 B
932 Columbus Avenue MN8 A
344 East 106 Street MN6 B

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $618,147 on 2017-11-27 (lender: JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2017-11-27Mortgage $618,148 — from COLUMBUS CORNERS REALTY CORP. to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. $618,148
2017-11-27Agreement $1,200,000 — from COLUMBUS CORNERS REALTY CORP. to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. $1,200,000
2012-12-10Mortgage $150,313 — from COLUMBUS CORNERS REALTY CORP to ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIA $150,313
2012-12-10Agreement $650,000 — from COLUMBUS CORNERS REALTY CORP to ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIA $650,000
2003-03-05Mortgage $350,000 — from COLUMBUS CORNERS REALTY CORP. to INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK $350,000
1992-07-27Mortgage $250,000 — from COLUMBUS CORNERS RTYCP to HASELNUSS, SOLOMON $250,000
1982-09-01Mortgage $100,000 — from COLUMBUS CORNERS RLTY CO to FAGELLO, WILLIAM $100,000

Ten-year activity

5002500
212
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
EnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
Show as table
YearEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
2017320243212
20183870292
2019180211
20205140120
2021090514
20220220527
20230250631
202412014
2025180110
202605038
This record is free. Keeping it free costs money.
Servers, data pipelines, weekends. Pay what you want — a dollar helps.
Chip in

The full timeline

Construction 26Enforcement 47Housing & tenants 466Ownership & money 23Health & systems 36

Every one of the 598 recorded events, 1978–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

Explore: ZIP 10025 · Landlord rankings · How grades work · The map · The Mice Map