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853 West End Avenue

471Records
18City systems
25Open violations
15.3Penalty rate
Manhattan · ZIP 10025 · Neighborhood: Upper West Side-Manhattan Valley
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471 recorded events, 1900–2026, from 18 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 106 ACRIS deeds & mortgages, 95 311 service requests, 67 HPD housing violations.

BoroughManhattan 10025
Built1896
Floors8
Res. units24
ClassD4
Owner (PLUTO)855 WEST END OWNERS CORP
BBL1018890061
BIN1057157

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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 51% 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 15.3. 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 violations25 total — 1 class C (immediately hazardous), 18 class B, 6 class A. Oldest open since 1988-08-26.

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

20 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Illegal Parking (7) · Noise (5) · DOOR/WINDOW (3) · PAINT/PLASTER (1) · Dead Animal (1) · Panhandling (1).

Filed construction activity

$431,240 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (8 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

YesBuilt before 1974 (1896)
YesSix or more residential units (24)
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)855 WEST END OWNERS CORP
Head officerBRANDON FELDMAN
Managing agentVERITAS PROPERTY MANAGEMENT LLC
Last registered2026-07-28

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$3,401,000 $1,530,450
2026$3,465,000 $1,559,250
2027$4,149,000 $1,867,050

The city's market estimate has risen 22% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

For property tax, the Department of Finance values this co-op as if it were a rental building. Its 2022 estimate: gross income $757,266 a year ($28.05 per sq ft), operating expenses $335,033 ($12.41 per sq ft), net operating income $422,233. These are the city's estimates from comparable rentals, not the building's actual budget, rents or maintenance charges.

Building systems

Energy grade (LL33)D — ENERGY STAR score 52/100, posted at the entrance by law (2022 disclosure cycle)
Heating fuelNATURALGAS
Facade (Local Law 11)SAFE (cycle 9)

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 — 1 · 600 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
96 St — 1 2 3 · 0.3 mi straight-line (about a 9-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
BusNearest boarding stop: Broadway / W 102 St — M104 · 450 ft
Citi BikeW 100 St & Broadway · 600 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 145, The Bloomingdale School. 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

853 West End 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

20 311 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 VERITAS PROPERTY MANAGEMENT LLC — 140 buildings, 5,208 units. Grades across the portfolio: A120 · B18. See the whole portfolio

BuildingBoroughUnitsGrade
3530 Henry Hudson Pkwy E BX216 A
211 East 53 Street MN146 A
626 East 14 Street MN117 A
3103 Fairfield Avenue BX108 A
3636 Fieldston Road BX102 B
86-22 98 Street QN95 A
581 Academy Street MN89 A
3200 Netherland Avenue BX80 A
445 West 240 Street BX78 A
5620 Sylvan Avenue BX77 A
49 East 96 Street MN75 A
3050 Fairfield Avenue BX73 A
3600 Fieldston Road BX73 A
2711 Avenue X BK66 A
511 West 232 Street BX66 A
109-20 Queens Boulevard QN64 A
6300 Riverdale Avenue BX64 A
51 Tiemann Place MN62 B
1521 Watson Avenue BX61 A
306 West 97 Street MN61 A
3117 Broadway MN60 A
525 Avenue of the Americas MN60 A
6535 Broadway BX60 A
222 East 35 Street MN59 A
50 King Street MN57 A
2576 Broadway MN56 B
3656 Johnson Avenue BX56 A
3260 Netherland Avenue BX54 A
25 West 64 Street MN53 A
4265 Webster Avenue BX53 A
2400 Davidson Avenue BX51 A
2410 Davidson Avenue BX51 A
3279 Hull Avenue BX51 A
256 West 117 Street MN50 B
3701 Henry Hudson Pkwy W BX49 A
527 East 12 Street MN48 B
152 East 35 Street MN48 A
3603 Broadway MN48 A
131 West 16 Street MN48 A
45 Central Park North MN47 A
302 West 79 Street MN45 A
3512 Oxford Avenue BX45 A
649 2 Avenue MN44 A
982 Amsterdam Avenue MN44 A
5730 Mosholu Avenue BX43 A
463 West 44 Street MN43 A
29 West 64 Street MN43 A
333 East 209 Street BX43 A
145 Central Park North MN41 A
166 West 76 Street MN41 A
190 Garfield Place BK40 A
237 Eldridge Street MN40 A
321 East 71 Street MN39 A
123 Prospect Park West BK38 A
27 King Street MN38 A
322 West 90 Street MN37 A
15 Ft Washington Avenue MN36 A
175 Claremont Avenue MN36 A
319 East 105 Street MN36 A
3115 Broadway MN36 A

showing 60 of 140 buildings

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $1,650,000 on 2022-03-11 (lender: National Consumer Cooperative Bank). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2026-07-09RPTT&RET $880,000 — from ALLEN, MICHAEL; ALLEN, CARLY to WRAY, SUZANNE $880,000
2026-07-07Sold for $880,000 $880,000 $36,667
2025-07-03RPTT&RET $776,555 — from LAKMINI BESBRODA, AS ADMINISTRATOR; THE ESTATE OF CHITRANGI BESBRODA to VARIANO, MALCOLM ALLEN; ESCALANTE, SOFIA $776,555
2025-06-24Sold for $776,555 $776,555 $32,356
2025-05-07RPTT&RET $820,000 — from HAWKE, CAITLIN M to FORBES, AILEEN G $820,000
2025-04-23Sold for $820,000 $820,000 $34,167
2024-04-12RPTT&RET $752,000 — from JENSEN, CAREN LYDIA; LANCASTER, LYDIA JENSEN to LIPSON, SAMANTHA $752,000
2024-04-08Sold for $752,000 $752,000 $31,333
2024-01-17RPTT&RET $1,122,500 — from GRUMET, JOSHUA to STOLK, EGBERT; BROWN, ALEXANDRA $1,122,500
2024-01-10Sold for $1,122,500 $1,122,500 $46,771
2023-10-19RPTT&RET $625,000 — from SCHONDER, GABRIELLE; WEBB, CHRISTOPHER to WEISS, JACQUELINE $625,000
2022-03-11AL&R $1,650,000 — from 855 WEST END OWNERS CORP. to NATIONAL CONSUMER COOPERATIVE BANK $1,650,000
2022-03-11Mortgage $1,650,000 — from 855 WEST END OWNERS CORP. to NATIONAL CONSUMER COOPERATIVE BANK $1,650,000
2021-02-24RPTT&RET $700,000 — from SEITCHIK, LOUIS; TITCHEN, KANANI to JENSEN, CAREN L $700,000
2021-02-09Sold for $700,000 $700,000 $29,167

Ten-year activity

100500
2017
80
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
201701182324
201801698280
201932412351
20206465425
202100212427
202201510218
20230191415
202400284335
20250064212
202611052119
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The full timeline

Construction 36Enforcement 33Housing & tenants 238Ownership & money 120Health & systems 44

Every one of the 471 recorded events, 1900–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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