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688 9 Avenue · Manhattan · BBL 1010380003 · generated 2026-10-20 · FREE

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Where the penalty points come from

ComponentWhat it coversPoints
Housing codeHPD violations by class, complaints, emergency repairs, litigation, vacate orders, AEP0
Structural & safetyDOB violations, ECB/OATH violations by class3
PestsBedbug filings, failed rodent inspections, rodent 311s0
DisplacementMarshal evictions executed0
GRADE A

The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less recorded distress than 75% 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 5. In ZIP 10036, 62% of residential buildings hold an A and 6% 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.

No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.

$310 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.

What 311 hears from this address

9 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (3) · Homeless Person Assistance (1) · Illegal Parking (1) · Illegal Dumping (1) · Graffiti (1) · Food Establishment (1).

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

YesBuilt before 1974 (1925)
YesSix or more residential units (6)
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)TP 9TH AVE LLC
Head officerAntonino Pecora
Managing agentTPEC LLC
Last registered2025-09-05

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$2,152,000 $968,400
2026$2,582,000 $1,161,900
2027$3,098,000 $1,394,100

The city's market estimate has risen 44% 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

Subway50 St — C E · 800 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: partial (Downtown only)
Times Sq-42 St — 1 2 3 7 A C E N Q R S W · 0.2 mi straight-line (about a 6-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
BusNearest boarding stop: 9 Av / W 46 St — M11 · 500 ft
Citi BikeW 47 St & 9 Ave · 100 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 051 Elias Howe
Middle: M.S. 297. 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

688 9 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

9 311 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 TPEC LLC — 10 buildings, 213 units. Grades across the portfolio: A8 · B1 · C1. See the whole portfolio

BuildingBoroughUnitsGrade
35-15 Farrington Street QN54 A
506 9 Avenue MN44 A
173 East 91 Street MN32 A
43-23 165 Street QN16 A
43-19 165 Street QN16 A
536 9 Avenue MN16 C
807 9 Avenue MN12 B
690 9 Avenue MN12 A
688 9 Avenue MN6 A
679 9 Avenue MN5 A

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $3,204,699 on 2015-09-29 (lender: The Suffolk County National Bank Of Riverhead), 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.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2023-09-20AL&R $5,000,000 — from TP 9TH AVE, LLC; UPPER EASTSIDE DEVELOPMENT CORP. to CITI REAL ESTATE FUNDING, INC. $5,000,000
2023-09-20Agreement $5,000,000 — from TP 9TH AVE, LLC; UPPER EASTSIDE DEVELOPMENT CORP. to CITI REAL ESTATE FUNDING, INC. $5,000,000
2022-10-06Agreement $2,163,637 — from TP 9TH AVE LLC to TLOA LENDING, LLC $2,163,637
2022-10-06Agreement $6,300,000 — from TP 9TH AVE LLC; UPPER EASTSIDE DEVELOPMENT CORP to TLOA LENDING LLC $6,300,000
2015-09-29Mortgage $3,204,700 — from TP 9TH AVE LLC; UPPER EASTSIDE DEVELOPMENT CORP to THE SUFFOLK COUNTY NATIONAL BANK OF RIVE $3,204,700
2015-09-29Agreement $9,500,000 — from UPPER EASTSIDE DEVELOPMENT CORP; TP 9TH AVE LLC to THE SUFFOLK COUNTY NATIONAL BANK OF RIVE $9,500,000
2015-09-29AL&R $9,500,000 — from UPPER EASTSIDE DEVELOPMENT CORP; TP 9TH AVE LLC to THE SUFFOLK COUNTY NATIONAL BANK OF RIVE $9,500,000
2012-01-13AL&R $6,900,000 — from TP 9TH AVE LLC; UPPER EASTSIDE DEVELOPMENT CORP to CAPITAL ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION $6,900,000
2012-01-13Agreement $6,900,000 — from TP 9TH AVE LLC; UPPER EASTSIDE DEVELOPMENT CORP to CAPITAL ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION $6,900,000
2012-01-13Mortgage $1,678,680 — from TP 9TH AVE LLC; UPPER EASTSIDE DEVELOPMENT CORP to CAPITAL ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION $1,678,680
2008-06-05AL&R $1,400,000 — from TP 9TH AVE LLC to SOVEREIGN BANK $1,400,000
2008-06-05Mortgage $1,400,000 — from TP 9TH AVE LLC to SOVEREIGN BANK $1,400,000
2007-12-10Deed $3,250,000 — from JOMA REALTY, LLC to TP 9TH AVE LLC $3,250,000

Ten-year activity

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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
2017002035
2018010023
2019025029
2020103015
2021006017
202200104317
20230293216
2024023229
2025003025
2026004026
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The last 12 months — 7 records

DateRecord
2026-07-07311: Noise - Vehicle — Engine Idling
2026-06-17311: Consumer Complaint — Hardware Store
2026-05-12311: Food Establishment — Rodents/Insects/Garbage
2026-05-01Rodent inspection: Passed
2026-03-26Boiler inspection
2026-01-01311: Noise - Vehicle — Engine Idling
2025-12-16Bedbug filing: 0 infested units

The full timeline

2026
2026-07-07311: Noise - Vehicle — Engine Idling
2026-06-17311: Consumer Complaint — Hardware Store
2026-05-12311: Food Establishment — Rodents/Insects/Garbage
2026-05-01Rodent inspection: Passed
2026-03-26Boiler inspection
2026-01-01311: Noise - Vehicle — Engine Idling
2025
2025-12-16Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2025-08-21Boiler inspection
2025-07-17Rodent inspection: Passed
2025-01-14311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2025-01-06Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2024
2024-12-12Boiler inspection
2024-09-17311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2024-08-15311: Illegal Dumping — Removal Request
2024-07-22Rodent inspection: Passed
2024-04-29ECB CLASS - 2 violation: AS PER ONE NATURAL GAS BURNING, BURNHAM HEATING BOILER MODEL NO. IN9, BUILT 2015. SERIAL NO. 65491206. BOILER NOT REGISTERED. APPL$310
2024-04-29DOB complaint, category ?
2024-03-08311: Illegal Parking — License Plate Obscured
2024-01-05AALR — from CITI REAL ESTATE FUNDING INC. to COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL AS
2024-01-05Mortgage assigned — from CITI REAL ESTATE FUNDING INC. to COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL AS
2023
2023-12-05Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2023-10-21311: Homeless Person Assistance
2023-09-20AL&R $5,000,000 — from TP 9TH AVE, LLC; UPPER EASTSIDE DEVELOPMENT CORP. to CITI REAL ESTATE FUNDING, INC.$5,000,000
2023-09-20Agreement $5,000,000 — from TP 9TH AVE, LLC; UPPER EASTSIDE DEVELOPMENT CORP. to CITI REAL ESTATE FUNDING, INC.$5,000,000
2023-09-20Mortgage assigned — from TLOA LENDING, LLC to CITI REAL ESTATE FUNDING, INC.
2023-09-11311: Building/Use — No Certificate Of Occupancy/Illegal/Contrary To CO
2023-09-11DOB complaint, category ?
2023-06-30Rodent inspection: Passed
2023-06-30DOB violation LBLVIO: VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2021 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION
2023-05-20311: Noise - Residential — Loud Music/Party
2023-05-10311: Noise - Vehicle — Engine Idling
2023-05-09311: Noise - Vehicle — Engine Idling
2023-02-28Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2023-02-11311: Noise - Residential — Banging/Pounding
2023-02-07Boiler inspection
2023-01-02311: Illegal Parking — Commercial Overnight Parking
2022
2022-12-23311: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2022-12-23Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2022-11-22311: Illegal Parking — Blocked Bike Lane
2022-11-08311: Encampment — N/A
2022-11-07311: Illegal Parking — Blocked Hydrant
2022-11-06311: Illegal Parking — Blocked Hydrant
2022-11-02311: Noise - Vehicle — Car/Truck Music
2022-10-06Agreement $2,163,637 — from TP 9TH AVE LLC to TLOA LENDING, LLC$2,163,637
2022-10-06Agreement $6,300,000 — from TP 9TH AVE LLC; UPPER EASTSIDE DEVELOPMENT CORP to TLOA LENDING LLC$6,300,000
2022-10-06Mortgage assigned — from M & T BANK to TLOA LENDING, LLC
2022-10-06TL&R — from TP 9TH AVENUE LLC; UPPER EASTSIDE DEVELOPMENT CORP to M& T BANK
2022-07-19Rodent inspection: Passed
2022-06-23311: Noise - Vehicle — Car/Truck Music
2022-03-07Boiler inspection — defects found
2022-01-27Rodent inspection: Passed
2022-01-25311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2022-01-25Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2021
2021-12-31311: Noise - Residential — Loud Music/Party
2021-12-31311: Noise - Residential — Loud Music/Party
2021-12-08Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2021-11-06311: Noise - Residential — Loud Music/Party
2021-11-05311: Noise - Street/Sidewalk — Loud Music/Party
2021-06-22Rodent inspection: Passed
2021-01-07Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2020
2020-10-29Boiler inspection
2020-09-25311: New Tree Request — For One Address
2020-07-13Certificate of occupancy Final
2020-04-22311: Consumer Complaint — Retail Store
2020-03-26311: Consumer Complaint — Retail Store
2019
2019-12-30Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2019-05-30Rodent inspection: Passed
2019-05-06Boiler inspection
2019-04-14311: Special Projects Inspection Team (SPIT) — Illegal Hotel Rooms In Residential Building
2019-04-14DOB complaint, category ?
2019-03-27311: Special Projects Inspection Team (SPIT) — Illegal Hotel Rooms In Residential Building
2019-03-27DOB complaint, category ?
2019-02-04311: Broken Parking Meter — Out of Order
2019-01-18Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2018
2018-11-28ECB CLASS - 1 violation: FAILURE TO MAINTAIN BUILDING IN A CODE COMPLIANT MANNER. EXP1, WEST ELEVATION: AIR CONDITIONER INSTALLED IN FIRE ESCAPE WINDOW(3$1,250
2018-10-23Boiler inspection
2018-08-24Rodent inspection: Passed
2017
2017-11-27311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2017-11-26311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2017-08-31Boiler inspection
2017-08-16Rodent inspection: Passed
2017-01-20Rodent inspection: Passed
2016
2016-10-17FDNY inspection (RISK)
2016-03-15FDNY inspection (ALT)
2016-02-19Rodent inspection: Passed
2016-02-16FDNY inspection (ALT)
2016-01-12FDNY inspection (ALT)
2015
2015-12-25311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2015-12-17FDNY inspection (ALT)
2015-10-29Permit PL — ISSUED
2015-10-20311: WATER LEAK — DAMP SPOT
2015-10-20311: PAINT/PLASTER — CEILING
2015-10-20311: UNSANITARY CONDITION — MOLD
2015-10-20Tenant complaint: WATER LEAK — DAMP SPOT
2015-10-20Tenant complaint: PAINT/PLASTER — CEILING
2015-10-20Tenant complaint: UNSANITARY CONDITION — MOLD
2015-09-29Mortgage assigned — from CAPITAL ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION to THE SUFFOLK COUNTY NATIONAL BANK OF RIVE
2015-09-29Mortgage $3,204,700 — from TP 9TH AVE LLC; UPPER EASTSIDE DEVELOPMENT CORP to THE SUFFOLK COUNTY NATIONAL BANK OF RIVE$3,204,700
2015-09-29Agreement $9,500,000 — from UPPER EASTSIDE DEVELOPMENT CORP; TP 9TH AVE LLC to THE SUFFOLK COUNTY NATIONAL BANK OF RIVE$9,500,000
2015-09-29AL&R $9,500,000 — from UPPER EASTSIDE DEVELOPMENT CORP; TP 9TH AVE LLC to THE SUFFOLK COUNTY NATIONAL BANK OF RIVE$9,500,000
2015-09-29FDNY inspection (ALT)
2015-09-29TL&R — from CAPITAL ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION to TP 9TH AVE LLC; UPPER EASTSIDE DEVELOPMENT LLC
2015-09-29Mortgage assigned — from FKA SOVEREIGN BANK; FKA SOVEREIGN BANK, N.A.; SANTANDER BANK, N.A. to CAPITAL ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
2015-08-07Permit EQ — ISSUED
2015-08-06Permit AL — ISSUED
2015-08-04Job filed: PROPOSED INSTALLATION OF HEAVY DUTY SIDEWALK SHED FILED FOR REMEDIAL REPAIRS AS PER PLANS. NO CHANGE IN USE OCCUPANCY OR EGRESS UNDER THIS APPLICATION
2015-07-13FDNY inspection (ALT)
2015-05-12FDNY inspection (ALT)
2015-04-17311: Stalled Sites — Stalled Construction Site
2015-04-17DOB complaint, category ?
2015-04-13FDNY inspection (ALT)
2015-03-12FDNY inspection (ALT)
2014
2014-12-27ZONE — from TP 9TH AVE LLC
2014-12-27CERT — from HOME ABSTRACT CORP.
2014-10-21Job filed: ALTERATION TYPE I IS BEING FILED HEREWITH FOR A 884 SF VERTICAL ENLARGEMENT OR ONE STORY ADDITION TO EXISTING 4 STORY THREE FAMILY WITH COMMERCIAL SPA$200,000
2014-03-25Permit PL — ISSUED
2014-03-06Permit EW — ISSUED
2014-02-19Job filed: ALTERATION TYPE II IS BEING FILED HEREWITH TO RESTORE ENTRANCE DOOR AT 2ND FLOOR APARTMENT TO COMPLY WITH STOP WORK ORDER #123109C04DM01, ECB VIOLATIO$17,000
2012
2012-08-30Rodent inspection: Passed
2012-01-13AL&R $6,900,000 — from TP 9TH AVE LLC; UPPER EASTSIDE DEVELOPMENT CORP to CAPITAL ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION$6,900,000
2012-01-13Agreement $6,900,000 — from TP 9TH AVE LLC; UPPER EASTSIDE DEVELOPMENT CORP to CAPITAL ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION$6,900,000
2012-01-13Mortgage $1,678,680 — from TP 9TH AVE LLC; UPPER EASTSIDE DEVELOPMENT CORP to CAPITAL ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION$1,678,680
2012-01-13Mortgage assigned — from SOVEREIGN BANK to CAPITAL ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
2012-01-13TL&R — from SOVEREIGN BANK to TP 9TH AVE LLC
2011
2011-05-18Rodent inspection: Passed
2010
2010-02-19311: Sidewalk Condition — Blocked - Construction
2009
2009-12-31ECB CLASS - 1 violation: WORK WITHOUT A PERMIT. WORK NOTED: THE SEALING UP OF APT ENTRANCE DOOR WITH DRYWELL (WESTSIDE). NOTED LOCATION: 2ND FL APT. - STOP$1,600
2009-12-22DOB complaint, category ?
2009-02-19Permit EW — ISSUED
2009-01-15Job filed: ALTERATION TYPE II IS BEING FILED HEREWITH TO ACCOMMODATE HARDWARE STORE USE ROUP 6 IN EXISTING USE GROUP 6 COMMERCIAL SPACE,INCLUDING MINOR RENOVATI$10,000
2009-01-01DOB violation LL6291:
2008
2008-06-05AL&R $1,400,000 — from TP 9TH AVE LLC to SOVEREIGN BANK$1,400,000
2008-06-05Mortgage $1,400,000 — from TP 9TH AVE LLC to SOVEREIGN BANK$1,400,000
2008-01-03DOB violation LL6291:
2007
2007-12-10Deed $3,250,000 — from JOMA REALTY, LLC to TP 9TH AVE LLC$3,250,000
2006
2006-02-06Deed — from GIOVANNI BIANCHI GRANTOR TRUST; CATHERINE BIANCHI GRANTOR TRUST to JOMA REALTY, LLC
1998
1998-07-29Deed — from BIANCHI, CATHERINE; BIANCHI, GIOVANNI to BIANCHI, MARIO; BIANCHI, JOSEPH; BIANCHI, CATHERINE; BIANCHI, GIOVANNI
1998-07-29Deed — from BIANCHI, GIOVANNI to BIANCHI, GIOVANNI; BIANCHI, CATHERINE
1998-06-12Permit PL — ISSUED
1998-05-26Permit EW — ISSUED
1998-05-26Permit EW — ISSUED
1998-05-26Permit EQ — ISSUED
1998-01-14Permit PL — ISSUED
1997
1997-09-11Permit EW — ISSUED
1997-09-11Permit EW — ISSUED

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