2,074 recorded events, 1971–2026, from 18 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 688 311 service requests, 633 HPD complaints, 630 HPD housing violations.
Full record, year by year Support this site
A sustained record of distress well beyond its peers. More recorded distress than 97% of 25-99-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 25-99-unit residential buildings is 23.6 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 398.2. In ZIP 11203, 76% of residential buildings hold an A and 7% grade D or F. How grades work
Among 17,252 25-99-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more
| Open HPD violations | 67 total — 21 class C (immediately hazardous), 42 class B, 4 class A. Oldest open since 2017-09-22. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
171 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 30 · winter 2024–25: 80 · winter 2025–26: 61). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
206 service requests in the last three years. Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (85) · PAINT/PLASTER (20) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (15) · WATER LEAK (14) · Blocked Driveway (11) · PLUMBING (9).
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.
| Yes | Built before 1974 (1929) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (25) |
| 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) | Gan East LLC |
| Head officer | VON WILLMS |
| Managing agent | VON WILLMS |
| Last registered | 2026-07-20 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,751,000 | $787,950 |
| 2026 | $1,933,000 | $869,850 |
| 2027 | $1,929,000 | $868,050 |
The city's market estimate has risen 10% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fortune House of Chen | Chinese | A | — |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
1 restaurant · 0 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.
3 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2016 (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 | Sutter Av-Rutland Rd — 3 · 0.6 mi straight-line (about a 16-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Remsen Av / E 56 St — B17 · 800 ft |
| Citi Bike | E 52 St & Winthrop St · 500 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 268 Emma Lazarus Middle: The Middle School of Media, Law and Fine Arts. 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.
126 East 53 Street
| 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 |
206 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 85 of them about heat or hot water.
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: $505,975 on 2022-08-16 (lender: JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.), 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.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-08-16 | Agreement $4,500,000 — from GAN EAST LLC to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. | $4,500,000 | |
| 2022-08-16 | Mortgage $505,976 — from GAN EAST LLC to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. | $505,976 | |
| 2013-05-03 | Mortgage $77,146 — from GAN EAST LLC to CAPITAL ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | $77,146 | |
| 2013-05-03 | Deed $6,600,000 — from 126 REALTY NY LLC; 139 REALTY NY LLC to GAN EAST LLC | $6,600,000 | |
| 2013-05-03 | AL&R $4,950,000 — from GAN EAST LLC to CAPITAL ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | $4,950,000 | |
| 2013-05-03 | Agreement $4,950,000 — from GAN EAST LLC to CAPITAL ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | $4,950,000 | |
| 2009-05-07 | Agreement $2,161,169 — from 126 REALTY NY LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $2,161,169 | |
| 2006-02-09 | Mortgage $1,641,117 — from 126 REALTY NY LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $1,641,117 | |
| 2006-02-09 | AL&R $2,190,000 — from NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK to 126 REALTY NY LLC | $2,190,000 | |
| 2006-02-09 | Agreement $2,190,000 — from 126 REALTY NY LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $2,190,000 | |
| 2006-01-24 | Deed $2,675,410 — from 126 EAST 53RD LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY to 126 REALTY NY LLC | $2,675,410 | |
| 1996-08-07 | Mortgage $249,674 — from 126 EAST 53RD LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY to ARCS COMMERICAL MORTGAGE CO L.P. | $249,674 | |
| 1987-03-26 | Mortgage $545,000 — from NEISS, CHARLES BERNARD to GLOBE MTGE CO | $545,000 |
| Year | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 313 | 0 | 1 | 314 |
| 2018 | 0 | 109 | 0 | 1 | 110 |
| 2019 | 1 | 103 | 0 | 0 | 104 |
| 2020 | 0 | 84 | 0 | 1 | 85 |
| 2021 | 2 | 130 | 0 | 1 | 133 |
| 2022 | 1 | 105 | 4 | 4 | 114 |
| 2023 | 2 | 104 | 0 | 3 | 109 |
| 2024 | 1 | 191 | 0 | 8 | 200 |
| 2025 | 3 | 249 | 0 | 1 | 253 |
| 2026 | 1 | 136 | 0 | 1 | 138 |
Every one of the 2,074 recorded events, 1971–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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