The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. More recorded distress than 54% 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 19.5. In ZIP 10016, 71% of residential buildings hold an A and
4% 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
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
No heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years.
1 bedbug-infested unit(s) reported in filings over the last three years.
$10,000 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.
What 311 hears from this address
26 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Encampment (11) · Homeless Person Assistance (3) · Noise (2) · Graffiti (2) · For Hire Vehicle Complaint (2) · Illegal Parking (2).
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
Yes
Built before 1974 (1920)
Yes
Six or more residential units (10)
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 with HPD — the names behind the building
Registered owner(s)
FOX 129 REALTY LLC
Head officer
LEONARD FOX
Managing agent
CORNERSTONE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS INC
Last registered
2025-10-20
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
What the city thinks it's worth
Tax year
City market value
Assessed value
2025
$2,097,000
$943,650
2026
$2,749,000
$1,237,050
2027
$2,638,000
$1,187,100
The city's market estimate has risen
26% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Building systems
Heating fuel
NATURALGAS
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
Subway
Grand Central-42 St — 4 5 6 7 S · 650 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
Bus
Nearest boarding stop: Lexington Av / E 40 St — M101 M102 M103 · 100 ft
Citi Bike
E 39 St & Lexington Ave · under 50 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
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.
26 311 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.
2026-04-28311: Homeless Person Assistance — Chronic
2026-04-25311: Encampment — N/A
2026-04-25311: Encampment — N/A
2026-04-25311: Homeless Person Assistance — Chronic
2026-04-24311: Encampment — N/A
2026-04-24311: Illegal Parking — Blocked Bike Lane
2026-04-23311: Dirty Condition — Trash
2026-04-22311: Homeless Person Assistance — Chronic
2026-04-20311: Encampment — N/A
2026-04-20311: Encampment — N/A
2026-04-19311: Encampment — N/A
2026-04-19311: Encampment — N/A
2026-03-30311: Encampment — N/A
2026-03-28311: Encampment — N/A
2026-03-28311: Encampment — N/A
2026-03-10311: Encampment — N/A
2025
2025-12-02Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2025-10-29Boiler inspection
2025-03-07Rodent inspection: Passed
2025-03-06311: For Hire Vehicle Complaint — Driver Complaint - Non Passenger
2024
2024-12-27DOB complaint, category ?
2024-12-11ECB CLASS - 1 violation: OUTDOOR SIGN NOT HUNG OR ATTACHED BY A LICENSED SIGN HANGER-MULTIPLE NEW YORK KNICKS/MICHELOB ULTRA SIGNS FACING LEXINGTON AVENUE
2024-12-11ECB CLASS - 1 violation: OUTDOOR ADVERTISING COMPANY SIGN NOT PERMITTED IN C1-5 DISTRICT-MULTIPLE NEW YORK/MICHELOB ULTRA SIGNS FACING LEXINGTIN AVENUE AND
2024-12-11ECB CLASS - 1 violation: OUTDOOR ADVERTISING COMPANY SIGN ON DISPLAY WITHOUT A PERMIT-MULTIPLE NEW YORK KNICKS/MICHELOB ULTRA SIGNS FACING LEXINGTON AVENUE$10,000
2024-12-03Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2024-09-18Boiler inspection
2024-09-13311: LinkNYC — Touchscreen/Button Not Working
2023-09-27ECB CLASS - 2 violation: AS PER ONE WEIL MCLAIN, EGH-125; ANS Z21.13B 2007. BOILER NOT REGISTERED-NO DOOR HANDLE ON INSIDE OF BOILER ROOM. APPLY FOR PROPER
2018-07-27311: General Construction/Plumbing — Failure To Maintain
2018-07-27311: Food Establishment — Odor
2018-07-27DOB complaint, category ?
2018-02-20Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2018-01-02Rodent inspection: Passed
2017
2017-12-14311: Sanitation Condition — 15 Street Cond/Dump-Out/Drop-Off
2017-09-05HPD class B: § 27-2040 ADM CODE PROVIDE ADEQUATE LIGHTING AT OR NEAR THE OUTSIDE OF THE FRONT ENTRANCEWAY OF THE BUILDING AND KEEP SAME BURNING FROM SUNS
2017-08-12311: Sanitation Condition — 15 Street Cond/Dump-Out/Drop-Off
2017-02-02Rodent inspection: Passed
2016
2016-12-23311: Water System — Other Water Problem (Use Comments) (WZZ)
2016-12-19311: Street Condition — Defective Hardware
2016-11-14311: Lead — Lead Kit Request (Residential) (L10)
2014-03-26311: Noise — Noise: Construction Before/After Hours (NM1)
2013
2013-09-12Permit EW — ISSUED
2013-09-10Job filed: FILING FOR FACADE REPAIRS AND MISCELLANEOUS PARAPET/ROOF REPAIRS AS SHOWN ON DRAWINGS FILED HEREWITH. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY.$40,000
2013-06-19Permit EQ — ISSUED
2013-06-18Job filed: ERECT HEAVY DUTY SIDEWALK SHED PER DRAWINGS. INSTALLATION SHALL COMPLY WITH BSA-351-74-SM, LL-33/91, CHAPTER 33, SECTION 3307 OF 2008 NYC BC AND TPPN#
2008-09-25ECB CLASS - 1 violation: FAILURE TO FILE AFFIDAVITS AND/OR COMPLY W/ OTHER REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH FOR PHOTOLUMINESCENT EXIT PATH MARKING REMEDY: COMPLY W/
2008-06-30DOB complaint, category ?
2007
2007-06-05Job filed: MASONRY REPAIRS AND ROOF REPLACEMENT AS SHOWN ON DRAWINGS FILED HEREWITH. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY.$40,000
2007-01-19DOB violation LL6291:
2006
2006-11-01DOB violation LL2604:
2006-01-22Tenant complaint: NONCONST — VERMIN
2006-01-18Tenant complaint: NONCONST — VERMIN
2006-01-18Tenant complaint: NONCONST — VERMIN
2006-01-06DOB violation LL6291:
2003
2003-10-15Permit EW — ISSUED
2003-10-15Permit EW — ISSUED
2003-09-24Job filed: INSTALL FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM ONLY. NO CHANGE IN USE,EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY.$3,000
2003-08-14Tenant complaint: GENERAL — WINDOWS
2003-08-14Tenant complaint: GENERAL — FLOOR
2000
2000-08-16Job filed: INSTALLATION OF A HEAVY DUTY SHED 40' DU RING FACADE REPAIR. NO CHANGE I USE, EGRESS, OR OCCUPANCY. SHED TO COMPL Y WITH LL33/91.
2000-08-16Job filed: INSTALLATION OF A HEAVY DUTY SHED 40' DU RING FACADE REPAIR. NO CHANGE I USE, EGRESS, OR OCCUPANCY. SHED TO COMPL Y WITH LL33/91.
1996
1996-09-13Permit EW — ISSUED
1996-02-06Permit PL — ISSUED
1996-02-06Permit EW — RE-ISSUED
1995
1995-04-03Deed — from FOX REALTY ASSOCIATES to FOX 129 REALTY LLC
1993
1993-05-26DOB complaint, category ?
1993-05-05Permit AL — ISSUED
1992
1992-06-11DOB violation ES:
1991
1991-03-19Permit PL — ISSUED
1991-01-10Permit EQ — ISSUED
1991-01-10Permit AL — ISSUED
1991-01-10Permit AL — ISSUED
1984
1984-01-04Deed — from C.FOX REALTY CORP to FOX REALTY ASSOC.
1983
1983-03-15Mortgage assigned — from RUSU REALTY CORP. to FOX, SUE; FOX, RICHARD; FOX, LEONARD; FOX, ELEANOR
1979
1979-06-01MISC — from ISELIN, LOUIS DECD EX
1974
1974-07-29Mortgage assigned — from TROY SAVINGS BANK to RUSU REALTY CORP
1969
1969-06-10Deed — from ISELIN, LOUIS EX DECD to C FOX REALTY CORP
1969-06-10Mortgage — from C FOX REALTY CORP to ISELIN, LOUIS DECD EX
1966
1966-01-19Deed — from LUSONN REALTY CORP to ISELIN, LOUIS