The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less recorded distress than 89% 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 0.5. In ZIP 10010, 74% of residential buildings hold an A and
5% 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 violations
15 total — 2 class C (immediately hazardous), 11 class B, 2 class A. Oldest open since 1980-08-27.
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
Patterns
2 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2025–26: 2).
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
What 311 hears from this address
78 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (43) · Drug Activity (13) · Dirty Condition (5) · Encampment (5) · Illegal Parking (3) · Non (3).
Filed construction activity
$257,250 in permitted construction work filed since
2016 (1 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
Yes
Built before 1974 (1920)
Yes
Six or more residential units (20)
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)
235-237 EAST 26TH ST CORP
Head officer
STEPHEn w GAUSTEr
Managing agent
MT PLEASANT MGMT CORP
Last registered
2025-09-25
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
$2,046,000
$920,700
2026
$2,193,000
$986,850
2027
$1,947,000
$876,150
The city's market estimate has fallen
5% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
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
28 St — 6 · 0.3 mi straight-line (about a 7-minute walk) · station accessibility: partial (Downtown only)
Bus
Nearest boarding stop: 2 Av / E 28 St — M15-SBS · 400 ft · Select Bus Service
Citi Bike
E 25 St & 2 Ave · 400 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.
78 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 1 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: $1,408,747 on
2013-08-11 (lender: Apple Bank For Savings), 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
2013-08-11
AL&R $3,000,000 — from 235-237 EAST 26TH STREET CORPORATION to APPLE BANK FOR SAVINGS
$3,000,000
2013-08-11
Agreement $3,000,000 — from 235-237 EAST 26TH STREET CORPORATION to APPLE BANK FOR SAVINGS
$3,000,000
2013-08-11
Mortgage $1,408,747 — from 235-237 EAST 26TH STREET CORPORATION to APPLE BANK FOR SAVINGS
$1,408,747
2008-10-08
AL&R $1,700,000 — from 235-237 EAST 26TH STREET to SOVEREIGN BANK
$1,700,000
2008-10-08
Agreement $1,700,000 — from SOVEREIGN BANK to 235-237 EAST 26TH STREET
$1,700,000
2008-10-08
Mortgage $41,567 — from 235-237 EAST 26TH STREET to SOVEREIGN BANK
$41,567
2004-08-27
Mortgage $1,342,187 — from 190 EAST POST ROAD CORPORATION to INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK
$1,342,187
1999-01-28
Mortgage $83,902 — from 190 EAST POST ROAD CORPORATION to COHOES SAVINGS BANK
$83,902
1988-12-15
Mortgage $426,822 — from 190 E POST RD CORP to COHOES SVGS BK
$426,822
Ten-year activity
50250
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
40
2025
2026
ConstructionHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
Show as table
Year
Construction
Housing & tenants
Ownership & money
Health & systems
Total
2017
0
35
0
1
36
2018
0
22
0
2
24
2019
0
5
0
0
5
2020
0
7
0
1
8
2021
0
9
0
0
9
2022
0
7
1
0
8
2023
0
24
0
0
24
2024
1
21
0
0
22
2025
0
39
0
1
40
2026
0
19
0
0
19
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2022-02-27311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2022-02-15HPD class A: (A) § HMC:FILE ANNUAL BEDBUG REPORT IN ACCORDANCE WITH HPD RULE AS DESCRIBED ON THE BACK OF THIS NOTICE OF VIOLATION OR AS DESCRIBED ON HPD
2022-02-09311: Illegal Dumping — Removal Request
2021
2021-11-19311: Sanitation Worker or Vehicle Complaint — Idling or Blocking Traffic
2021-04-27311: Sanitation Condition — 15 Street Cond/Dump-Out/Drop-Off
2021-04-01HPD class A: (A) § HMC:FILE ANNUAL BEDBUG REPORT IN ACCORDANCE WITH HPD RULE AS DESCRIBED ON THE BACK OF THIS NOTICE OF VIOLATION OR AS DESCRIBED ON HPD
2021-02-23311: Sanitation Condition — 15 Street Cond/Dump-Out/Drop-Off
2020
2020-09-02311: Sanitation Condition — 15 Street Cond/Dump-Out/Drop-Off
2020-08-31311: Sanitation Condition — 15 Street Cond/Dump-Out/Drop-Off
2020-03-31311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2020-03-09Rodent inspection: Passed
2020-02-16311: Noise - Helicopter — Other
2020-01-29Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2020-01-27311: Sanitation Condition — 15 Street Cond/Dump-Out/Drop-Off
2020-01-05311: Noise - Helicopter — Other
2019
2019-06-02HPD 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
2019-05-22311: Sanitation Condition — 15 Street Cond/Dump-Out/Drop-Off
2019-04-11311: Sanitation Condition — 15 Street Cond/Dump-Out/Drop-Off
2019-01-29Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2019-01-06311: Noise - Residential — Loud Talking
2018
2018-11-07311: Homeless Person Assistance
2018-10-31Rodent inspection: Passed
2018-10-30311: Lead — Lead Kit Request (Residential) (L10)
2018-10-07311: Homeless Person Assistance
2018-10-06311: Homeless Person Assistance
2018-10-05311: Homeless Person Assistance
2018-10-05311: Homeless Person Assistance
2018-10-04311: Homeless Person Assistance
2018-10-04311: Homeless Person Assistance
2018-10-03311: Sanitation Condition — 15 Street Cond/Dump-Out/Drop-Off
2018-10-02311: Homeless Encampment — N/A
2018-10-01311: Homeless Encampment — N/A
2018-08-17311: Homeless Person Assistance
2018-08-10311: Illegal Parking — Blocked Bike Lane
2018-08-10311: For Hire Vehicle Complaint — Driver Complaint
2018-07-13311: Homeless Person Assistance
2018-06-30311: Homeless Person Assistance
2018-06-24311: Homeless Encampment — N/A
2018-05-04311: Sanitation Condition — 15 Street Cond/Dump-Out/Drop-Off
2018-04-07311: Sanitation Condition — 15 Street Cond/Dump-Out/Drop-Off
2018-03-27311: Sanitation Condition — 15 Street Cond/Dump-Out/Drop-Off
2018-01-13311: Sanitation Condition — 15 Street Cond/Dump-Out/Drop-Off
2018-01-11Rodent inspection: Passed
2017
2017-12-18311: Sanitation Condition — 15 Street Cond/Dump-Out/Drop-Off
2017-10-31311: Homeless Person Assistance — N/A
2017-10-19311: Homeless Person Assistance — N/A
2017-10-19311: Disorderly Youth — Nuisance/Truant
2017-10-10311: Homeless Person Assistance — N/A
2017-10-03311: Homeless Person Assistance — N/A
2017-08-24311: Homeless Person Assistance — N/A
2017-08-23311: Homeless Person Assistance — N/A
2017-08-16311: Homeless Person Assistance — N/A
2017-08-09311: Homeless Person Assistance — N/A
2017-07-25311: Homeless Person Assistance — N/A
2017-06-28311: Homeless Person Assistance — N/A
2017-06-24311: Homeless Person Assistance — N/A
2017-06-23311: Homeless Person Assistance — N/A
2017-06-21311: Homeless Person Assistance — N/A
2017-06-16311: Homeless Person Assistance — N/A
2017-06-14311: Homeless Encampment — N/A
2017-06-13311: Homeless Person Assistance — N/A
2017-06-09311: Homeless Person Assistance — N/A
2017-06-08311: Homeless Person Assistance — N/A
2017-06-07HPD class A: § 27-2005 HMC: POST, IN A FORM APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER, AND MAINTAIN A NOTICE IN A COMMON AREA OF THE BUILDING REGARDING THE PROCEDURES
2017-06-07HPD class A: § 26-1103 ADMIN. CODE: POST AND MAINTAIN A PROPER NOTICE ON WALL OF THE ENTRANCE STORY IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH ON THE AVAILABILITY OF THE AGE
2017-06-01311: Homeless Person Assistance — N/A
2017-05-31311: Homeless Person Assistance — N/A
2017-05-30311: Homeless Person Assistance — N/A
2017-05-30311: WATER LEAK — HEAVY FLOW
2017-05-28Tenant complaint: WATER LEAK — HEAVY FLOW
2017-05-26311: Homeless Person Assistance — N/A
2017-05-16311: Homeless Person Assistance — N/A
2017-05-06311: Homeless Person Assistance — N/A
2017-05-04311: Homeless Person Assistance — N/A
2017-04-21311: Water System — NO WATER - WNW
2017-04-20311: Homeless Person Assistance — N/A
2017-04-18311: Homeless Person Assistance — N/A
2017-03-07311: Homeless Encampment — N/A
2017-02-07Rodent inspection: Passed
2016
2016-10-27311: Water Quality — Cloudy Or Milky Water (QB1)
2016-10-22311: Lead — Lead Kit Request (Residential) (L10)
2016-10-14311: Homeless Person Assistance — N/A
2016-09-20311: Homeless Person Assistance — N/A
2016-09-13311: Homeless Person Assistance — N/A
2016-08-19311: Homeless Encampment — N/A
2016-08-16311: Homeless Person Assistance — N/A
2016-08-05Rodent inspection: Passed
2016-07-30311: Homeless Person Assistance — N/A
2016-07-30311: Homeless Person Assistance — N/A
2016-06-18311: Homeless Person Assistance — N/A
2016-06-18311: Homeless Person Assistance — N/A
2016-06-18311: Homeless Person Assistance — N/A
2016-04-21311: Homeless Person Assistance — N/A
2016-04-21311: Homeless Person Assistance — N/A
2016-04-20Rodent inspection: Passed
2016-04-16311: Homeless Person Assistance — N/A
2016-04-16311: Homeless Person Assistance — N/A
2016-04-01Rodent inspection: Failed for Rat Activity
2016-03-10311: Sanitation Condition — 15 Street Cond/Dump-Out/Drop-Off
2016-03-10311: Homeless Encampment — N/A
2016-03-09311: Homeless Encampment — N/A
2015
2015-12-12311: Noise - Park — Loud Talking
2015-11-14311: Homeless Person Assistance — No Status Call
2015-11-04311: Homeless Person Assistance — No Status Call
2015-10-25311: Homeless Person Assistance — No Status Call
2015-10-13311: Homeless Person Assistance — No Status Call
2009-09-01Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2009-09-01Tenant complaint: GENERAL — COOKING GAS
2009-05-17Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2009-05-05Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2009-01-16AALR — from SOVEREIGN BANK to FANNIE MAE
2009-01-16Mortgage assigned — from SOVEREIGN BANK to FANNIE MAE
2008
2008-10-30Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2008-10-08EASE — from 235-237 EAST 26TH STREET CORPORATION to 235-237 EAST 26TH STREET CORPORATION
2008-10-08AL&R $1,700,000 — from 235-237 EAST 26TH STREET to SOVEREIGN BANK$1,700,000
2008-10-08Agreement $1,700,000 — from SOVEREIGN BANK to 235-237 EAST 26TH STREET$1,700,000
2008-10-08Mortgage $41,567 — from 235-237 EAST 26TH STREET to SOVEREIGN BANK$41,567
2008-10-08Mortgage assigned — from FANNIE MAE to SOVEREIGN BANK
2008-10-08TL&R — from FANNIE MAE
2007
2007-12-10Tenant complaint: ELECTRIC — ELECTRIC-SUPPLY
2007-04-26Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2007-02-11Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2007-01-12Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2007-01-02Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2006
2006-12-19Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2006-10-13Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2006-08-13Tenant complaint: ELECTRIC — ELECTRIC-SUPPLY
2006-06-10DOB complaint, category ?
2006-04-24Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2006-04-22Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2006-03-22City emergency repair (HWO): public hall: repair window guard with one way screwes and stops at public hall (5) windows.$111
2006-02-20Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2005
2005-10-27Tenant complaint: PLUMBING — WATER SUPPLY
2005-10-27Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2005-02-01Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2004
2004-11-16AALR — from INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK to FANNIE MAE
2004-11-16Mortgage assigned — from INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK to FANNIE MAE
2004-10-17Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2004-09-08Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2004-08-27Agreement — from 190 EAST POST ROAD CORPORATION to INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK
2004-08-27Mortgage assigned — from HUDSON BANK & TRUST COMPANY to INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK
2004-08-27AL&R — from 190 EAST POST ROAD CORPORATION to INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK
2004-08-27Mortgage $1,342,187 — from 190 EAST POST ROAD CORPORATION to INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK$1,342,187
2004-08-12Permit EQ — ISSUED
2004-07-06Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2004-05-05Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2004-04-11Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2003
2003-12-04Permit EQ — ISSUED
2003-12-04Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2003-12-03Job filed: Install heavy duty sidewalk shed 25t long AT 237 EAST 26 STduring remedial repairs. Work shall comply with LL33/91. No change in use egress or occupan
2003-12-03Job filed: Install heavy duty sidewalk shed 25t long AT 237 EAST 26 STduring remedial repairs. Work shall comply with LL33/91. No change in use egress or occupan
2003-11-30Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2003-11-29Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2003-11-06Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2003-10-17Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2003-10-02Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2003-07-01DOB complaint, category ?
2003-05-26Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2003-05-26Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2003-05-17Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2003-05-17Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2003-04-24Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2003-04-03DOB violation C:
2003-04-03DOB complaint, category ?
2003-03-12Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2003-03-03Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2003-02-28Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2003-02-28Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2003-02-28Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2003-02-25Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2003-02-24Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2000
2000-07-20DOB complaint, category ?
1999
1999-09-04HPD class B: § 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE AND DEPT. RULES AND REGULATIONS. REMOVE THE ENCUMBRANCE OBSTRUCTING EGRESS FROM FIRE ESCAPES 5 STY SOUTH FIRE ESCAP
1999-01-28Mortgage $83,902 — from 190 EAST POST ROAD CORPORATION to COHOES SAVINGS BANK$83,902
1999-01-28Agreement — from COHOES SAVINGS BANK to 190 EAST POST ROAD CORPORATION
1998
1998-05-04DOB violation LL6291:
1997
1997-09-16DOB violation LL6291:
1997-06-11HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE CEMENT PLASTER WEST WALL AT STAIRS BULKHEAD
1997-06-11HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE CEMENT PLASTER CEILING AT 5 STY PUBLIC HALL AT STAIRS
1997-06-11HPD class B: § 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE AND DEPT. RULES AND REGULATIONS. REMOVE THE ENCUMBRANCE OBSTRUCTING EGRESS FROM FIRE ESCAPES FLOWER POTS 3 4 AND 5
1997-02-10DOB violation LL6291:
1995
1995-08-29DOB violation LL6291:
1994
1994-09-01DOB violation LL6291:
1989
1989-12-13HPD class C: § 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE REMOVE THE ILLEGAL FASTENING DOUBLE CYLINDER KEY OPERATED LOCK ENTRANCE DOOR 3 STY FRONT EAST APT.
1988
1988-12-15Agreement — from COHOES SVGS BK to 190 E POST RD CORP
1988-12-15Mortgage assigned — from 190 E POST RD CORP to COHOES SVGS BK
1988-12-15Mortgage $426,822 — from 190 E POST RD CORP to COHOES SVGS BK$426,822
1988-12-15SAGE — from COHOES SVGS BK
1988-05-10HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADM CODE & 309 M/D LAW ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF DOUBLE CYLINDER KEY OPERATED LOCK INSTALLED ENTRANCE DOOR 3 STY FRONT EAST
1987
1987-09-08HPD class A: § 27-2014 ADM CODE AND DEPT. RULES AND REGULATIONS. SCRAPE AND REMOVE RUST SCALES AND PAINT WITH 2 COATS OF PAINT ALL STYS FRONT FIRE ESCAPE
1987-09-08HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE CEMENT SPALLING ENTRANCE EXTERIOR 1ST STY FRONT.
1987-09-08HPD class B: § 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE AND DEPT. RULES AND REGULATIONS. REMOVE THE ENCUMBRANCE OBSTRUCTING EGRESS FROM FIRE ESCAPES FLOWER POTS 5TH STY LA
1986
1986-02-25HPD class B: D26-10.01 ADM CODE & 309 M/D LAW ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF DOUBLE CYLINDER KEY OPERATED LOCK ENTRANCE DOOR 3 STY FRONT EAST APT 3F. ,
1985
1985-05-13HPD class B: D26-10.01, 10.05 ADM CODE AND DEPT. RULES AND REGULATIONS. REMOVE THE ENCUMBRANCE OBSTRUCTING EGRESS FROM FIRE ESCAPES FLOWER POTS 5TH STY F
1985-05-13HPD class A: § 300 M/D LAW FILE PLANS AND APPLICATION AND LEGALIZE THE FOLLOWING ALTERATION OR RESTORE TO THE LEGAL CONDITION EXISTING PRIOR TO THE MAKIN
1985-05-13HPD class B: D26-10.01 ADM CODE REPLACE WITH NEW THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE WINDOW FRAME AT 5TH STY TO BULKHEAD PUBLIC HALL R111.
1984
1984-01-18HPD class C: D26-10.01 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR CLG 1 STY REAR WEST APT 1G BATHROOM ER1 ,
1980
1980-08-27HPD class B: D26-10.01 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE EAST WALL OF CELLAR FRONT SECTION.
1979
1979-05-23Deed — from BEEKMAN ESTATE to 190 E POST ROAD CORP
1976
1976-10-25Mortgage — from BEEKMAN ESTATE AKA; BEEKMAN ESTATE INC to COHOES SAVINGS BANK
1976-10-25Mortgage assigned — from BEEKMAN ESTATE to COHOES SAVINGS BANK