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1 Morningside Drive

739Records
18City systems
0Open violations
0.7Penalty rate
Manhattan · ZIP 10025 · Neighborhood: Morningside Heights
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739 recorded events, 2006–2026, from 18 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 442 311 service requests, 75 HPD complaints, 36 DOB job filings.

BoroughManhattan 10025
Built2008
Floors18
Res. units295
ClassD9
Owner (PLUTO)AVB MORNINGSIDE PARK, LLC
BBL1018650040
BIN1087754

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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 81% of 100+-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 100+-unit residential buildings is 3.7 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 0.7. 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 4,677 100+-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more

Open with the city right now

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.

Patterns

1 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 1).

1 bedbug-infested unit(s) reported in filings over the last three years.

$3,125 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.

What 311 hears from this address

99 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Illegal Parking (24) · Noise (12) · Encampment (8) · For Hire Vehicle Complaint (7) · Homeless Person Assistance (7) · Elevator (4).

Filed construction activity

$1,663,920 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (15 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

NoBuilt before 1974 (2008)
YesSix or more residential units (295)
Yes421-a / J-51 tax benefit on the current tax roll

2 of 3 signals present. Buildings receiving 421-a or J-51 benefits are generally required to register their units as rent-stabilized for the duration of the benefit. 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)AVB MORNINGSIDE GROUND TENANT, LLC
Head officerJON VOGEL
Managing agentAVALONBAY COMMUNITIES, INC.
Last registered2025-07-08

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$75,382,000 $33,921,900
2026$80,981,000 $36,441,450
2027$85,023,000 $38,260,350

The city's market estimate has risen 13% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Tax exemptions on the roll: 421A 25 YR NO CAP

Building systems

Energy grade (LL33)B — ENERGY STAR score 79/100 (2022 disclosure cycle)
Heating fuelNATURALGAS
Facade (Local Law 11)SAFE (cycle 10)

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

SubwayCathedral Pkwy (110 St) — B C · 0.2 mi straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
Cathedral Pkwy (110 St) — 1 · 0.3 mi straight-line (about a 7-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: Cathedral Pkwy / Morningside Dr — M4 · 150 ft
Citi BikeW 110 St & Amsterdam Ave · 350 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
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

1 Morningside Drive

Heat or hot waterHeat or hot water
Apartment maintenanceApartment maintenance
Bed bugsBed bugs
Residential pestsResidential pests
Rats or miceRats or mice
Anything elseAnything else

99 311 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 AVALONBAY COMMUNITIES, INC. — 14 buildings, 4,910 units. Grades across the portfolio: A12 · B2. See the whole portfolio

BuildingBoroughUnitsGrade
100 Willoughby Street BK826 A
539 West 28 Street MN710 A
343 Gold Street BK631 A
4-75 48 Avenue QN578 A
250 West 50 Street MN550 A
2-01 50 Avenue QN372 A
500 West 53 Street MN344 B
1 Morningside Drive MN295 A
510 West 52 Street MN288 A
285 Bowery MN206 A
21 2 Avenue MN90 A
4-95 48 Avenue QN8 A
4-83 48 Avenue QN8 A
4-89 48 Avenue QN4 B

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $100,000,000 on 2007-07-18 (lender: New York City Housing Development Corporation). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2019-01-04M&CON $112,500,000 — from AVB MORNINGSIDE PARK, LLC; AVB MORNINGSIDE GROUND TENANT, LLC to NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPOR $112,500,000
2019-01-04Deed $200,000,000 — from AVALON MORNINGSIDE FEE, LLC to AVB MORNINGSIDE PARK, LLC $200,000,000
2018-12-27RPTT&RET $607,120,000 — from AVB NY INVESTOR, LLC to SAN JACINTO NY PORTFOLIO, LLC $607,120,000
2018-12-19Sold for $200,000,000 $200,000,000 $677,966
2017-12-11Deed $95,000,000 — from THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ST. JOHN THE DIV to AVALON MORNINGSIDE FEE, LLC $95,000,000
2017-12-06Sold for $95,000,000 $95,000,000 $322,034
2007-07-18Mortgage $100,000,000 — from AMP APARTMENTS LLC to NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPOR $100,000,000
2007-07-18Mortgage $15,467,823 — from AMP APARTMENTS LLC to NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPOR $15,467,823
2007-07-18Mortgage $84,532,177 — from AMP APARTMENTS LLC to NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPOR $84,532,177

Ten-year activity

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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
2017434672080
201877542979
2019224012258
202002540056
202111270231
202202270231
202301280231
2024114470668
202561260639
202610230327
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The full timeline

Construction 53Enforcement 47Housing & tenants 543Ownership & money 37Health & systems 59

Every one of the 739 recorded events, 2006–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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