The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less recorded distress than 76% 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 4.4. In ZIP 10023, 77% of residential buildings hold an A and
3% 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
11 total — 0 class C (immediately hazardous), 6 class B, 5 class A. Oldest open since 1975-12-08.
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
Patterns
2 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 2).
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
What 311 hears from this address
50 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (47) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (2) · HEAT/HOT WATER (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
Yes
Built before 1974 (1892)
Yes
Six or more residential units (11)
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)
43 WEST 69 STREET LLC
Head officer
RUDOLF ARMBRUSTER
Managing agent
E&C MANAGEMENT CORP
Last registered
2025-09-22
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
$1,674,000
$753,300
2026
$1,476,000
$664,200
2027
$1,513,000
$680,850
The city's market estimate has fallen
10% 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
72 St — B C · 500 ft straight-line (about a 2-minute walk) · station accessibility: none 66 St-Lincoln Center — 1 · 1,000 ft straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
Bus
Nearest boarding stop: Columbus Av / W 69 St — M7 M11 · 450 ft
Citi Bike
Columbus Ave & W 72 St · 650 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.
50 311 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.
2024-03-12Rodent inspection: Failed for Rat Activity
2023
2023-12-08Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2023-12-01311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2023-12-01Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2023-07-24Rodent inspection: Passed
2023-05-31Boiler inspection
2023-05-15311: Noise - Helicopter — Other
2023-05-14311: Noise - Helicopter — Other
2023-05-14311: Noise - Helicopter — Other
2023-05-14311: Noise - Helicopter — Other
2023-05-14311: Noise - Helicopter — Other
2023-05-14311: Noise - Helicopter — Other
2023-04-08311: Noise - Helicopter — Other
2023-03-27311: Noise - Helicopter — Other
2023-03-27311: Noise - Helicopter — Other
2023-03-16Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2023-03-16Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2023-03-16HPD 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
2023-01-12311: Noise - Helicopter — Other
2022
2022-12-22311: Noise - Helicopter — Other
2022-12-14311: Noise - Helicopter — Other
2022-12-14311: Noise - Helicopter — Other
2022-12-14311: Noise - Helicopter — Other
2022-12-14311: Noise - Helicopter — Other
2022-12-14311: Noise - Helicopter — Other
2022-12-14311: Noise - Helicopter — Other
2022-12-14311: Noise - Helicopter — Other
2022-12-14311: Noise - Helicopter — Other
2022-12-14311: Noise - Helicopter — Other
2022-12-14311: Noise - Helicopter — Other
2022-11-27311: Noise - Helicopter — Other
2022-11-27311: Noise - Helicopter — Other
2022-11-27311: Noise - Helicopter — Other
2022-11-24311: Noise - Helicopter — Other
2022-11-24311: Noise - Helicopter — Other
2022-11-24311: Noise - Helicopter — Other
2022-11-02HPD class I: §27-2107 ADM CODE OWNER FAILED TO FILE A VALID REGISTRATION STATEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT AS REQUIRED BY ADM CODE §27-2097 AND IS THEREFORE
2022-10-13Boiler inspection
2022-09-05311: General Construction/Plumbing — Egress - Doors Locked/Blocked/Improper/No Secondary Means
2022-09-05DOB complaint, category ?
2022-03-31Rodent inspection: Passed
2022-02-18Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2022-02-16HPD 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
2021-12-02Boiler inspection
2021-05-17311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2021-04-01HPD class I: §27-2107 ADM CODE OWNER FAILED TO FILE A VALID REGISTRATION STATEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT AS REQUIRED BY ADM CODE §27-2097 AND IS THEREFORE
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
2021-03-22311: Dirty Conditions — E4 18" Law
2020
2020-11-19Boiler inspection
2020-08-12311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2019-12-26Rodent inspection: Failed for Rat Activity
2019-11-21Rodent inspection: Failed for Rat Activity
2019-11-12311: Rodent — Rat Sighting
2019-07-02Boiler inspection
2019-06-16311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2019-04-25Rodent inspection: Passed
2019-01-31311: Special Projects Inspection Team (SPIT) — Illegal Hotel Rooms In Residential Building
2019-01-31DOB complaint, category ?
2019-01-21311: Noise - Vehicle — Car/Truck Music
2019-01-21311: Noise - Vehicle — Car/Truck Music
2018
2018-10-25Boiler inspection
2018-10-10HPD class I: §27-2107 ADM CODE OWNER FAILED TO FILE A VALID REGISTRATION STATEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT AS REQUIRED BY ADM CODE §27-2097 AND IS THEREFORE
2018-09-24Rodent inspection: Passed
2018-04-06DOB violation LBLVIO: VIOLATION ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO FILE ANNUAL BOILER 2016 INSPECTION REPORT
2017
2017-12-20Boiler inspection
2017-11-30Rodent inspection: Passed
2017-02-13Rodent inspection: Passed
2016
2016-03-24Rodent inspection: Passed
2015
2015-10-02HPD class I: §27-2107 ADM CODE OWNER FAILED TO FILE A VALID REGISTRATION STATEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT AS REQUIRED BY ADM CODE §27-2097 AND IS THEREFORE
2015-08-14HPD 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
2015-08-14HPD class A: § 27-2046.1 HMC: POST A PROPER NOTICE OF CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTING DEVICE REQUIREMENTS, IN A FORM APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER, IN A COMMON
2015-08-10311: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2015-08-10Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2009-09-11Job filed: GENERAL RENOVATION OF APARTMENT GR AFTER THE FIRE, PLUMBING WORK AS PER DRAWINGS. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY.$35,000
2009-09-11Job filed: GENERAL RENOVATION OF APARTMENT GR AFTER THE FIRE, PLUMBING WORK AS PER DRAWINGS. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY.$35,000
2008
2008-08-05Permit EW — ISSUED
2007
2007-11-28DOB complaint, category ?
2007-10-11Permit EW — ISSUED
2007-10-09Job filed: GENERAL RENOVATION: PAINTING, SHEETROCKING, RELOCATION OF THE DOORS TO APT.1A AS PER PLAND FILED HEREWITH. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY.$18,000
2007-04-06Job filed: Widen entry stair from sidewalk to areaway. Install privacy fence within areaway between two buildings.$9,000
2002
2002-03-26DOB violation LL6291:
1997
1997-10-24Permit PL — ISSUED
1994
1994-01-20Permit EW — ISSUED
1990
1990-12-20Deed — from ARMBRUSTER, ROSA to BRUECK, ROSANNA TR; REGAN, ELSA TR; 43 WEST 69TH ST TRUST; ARMBRUSTER, RUDOLF H.TR; ARMBRU
1990-05-29SAGE — from LANDMARKS PRSVN COMMSN
1987
1987-08-06HPD class A: D26-10.01 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE LOOSE HAND RAIL PUBLIC HALL 2ND TO 3RD STY.
1987-08-06HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADM CODE REPLACE WITH NEW THE MISSING BALLUSTRADE 1 STORY PUBLIC HALL.
1987-08-06HPD class A: D26-10.01 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR WALL 4 STY PUBLIC HALL BATHROOM.
1987-08-06HPD class B: D26-10.01 ADM CODE PROPERLY SECURE THE LOOSE HANDRAIL & NEWEL POST 1 TO 2 STY PUB HALL STAIRS.
1978
1978-01-09HPD class B: D26-10.01 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR WALL 3RD STY FRONT WEST APT FRONT ROOM EAS
1976
1976-09-14HPD class B: D26-10.01 ADM CODE ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF CONCEALED LEAK AT CLG BATHRM 3 STY FRNT WEST APT 5. , SECTION '' ''
1976-09-14HPD class A: D26-10.01 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLO03CLG BATHRM 3 STY FRNT WEST APT 5. , SECTIO
1976-09-14HPD class A: D26-10.01 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE FLOOR BATHRM 3 STY FRNT WEST APT 5. , SECTION '' ''
1976-09-14HPD class A: D26-12.01 ADM CODE PAINT WITH LIGHT COLORED PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT CLG BATHRM WALL CLG KITCHEN 3 STY FRNT WEST APT 5.
1975
1975-12-08HPD class B: § 194 M/D LAW PROVIDE SPRINKLER HEADS IN ALL CLASS B ROOMS AND FILE APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL BEFORE DOING THIS WORK 2ND STY 2ND ROOM FROM RE
1975-12-08HPD class B: § 300, 301, 302, M/D LAW FILE PLANS AND OBTAIN A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY TO LEGALIZE THE FOLLOWING ALTERATION OR RESTORE PREMISES TO PRIOR