The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less recorded distress than 100% 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. 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
4 total — 0 class C (immediately hazardous), 3 class B, 1 class A. Oldest open since 1986-07-10.
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
Patterns
No heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
What 311 hears from this address
21 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (18) · Sewer (1) · Illegal Parking (1) · Street Condition (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 (1894)
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)
APFELBAUM NO 2 LLC
Head officer
BARRY APFELBAUM
Managing agent
INFO-STRUCTURE ENTERPRISES INC.
Last registered
2025-08-25
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
$3,702,000
$1,665,900
2026
$2,968,000
$1,335,600
2027
$3,562,000
$1,602,900
The city's market estimate has fallen
4% 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.
2 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.
Getting around
Subway
72 St — 1 2 3 · 950 ft straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
Bus
Nearest boarding stop: Columbus Av / W 75 St — M7 M11 · 450 ft
Citi Bike
W 76 St & Columbus Ave · 350 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.
21 311 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.
1990-08-28Mortgage satisfied — from GIBARRY TRADING CORP; ABLAB CORP to PFLUMM, SUSAN; CANIELLO, JEAN; CANIELLO, SAMUEL; CITADEL LIFE INSURANCE C
1990-05-29SAGE — from LANDMARKS PRSVN COMMSN
1986
1986-07-10HPD class B: D26-10.01, 10.05 ADM CODE REMOVE ALL ENCUMBRANCES CONSISTING OF LADDER AND HOUSEHOLD ARTICLES 4TH STY PUBLIC HALL IN SCUTTLE AREA.
1986-07-10HPD class B: D26-19.07 ADM CODE PROVIDE ADEQUATE LIGHTING AT OR NEAR THE OUTSIDE OF THE FRONT ENTRANCEWAY OF THE BUILDING AND KEEP SAME BURNING FROM SUNS
1986-07-10HPD class B: D26-10.01, 10.05 ADM CODE REMOVE ALL ENCUMBRANCES CONSISTING OF BICYCLE PUBLIC HALL BASEMENT APT.
1986-07-10HPD class A: D26-10.01 ADM CODE PROPERLY SECURE THE LOOSE HANDRAIL PUBLIC HALL BASEMENT APT.
1975
1975-08-27Deed — from KANBAR,EDWARD S to APPLEBOUM BARRY
1972
1972-12-29Mortgage assigned — from CITADEL LF INSRNCE CO NY to UN FDRL S/L ASSOC NY
1972-08-25Deed — from GIBARRY TRADING CORP to APFELBAUM,ERNEST; KANBAR,EDWARD S
1972-08-25Mortgage assigned — from CANIELLO,JEAN; CANIELLO,SAMUEL to CITADEL LIFE INS CONY
1972-08-25Agreement — from GIBARRY,TRADING CORP to CITADEL LIFE INS CONY
1972-08-25Mortgage assigned — from PFLUMM, SUSAN to CITADEL LF INSRNCE CO N
1972-08-25SMTG — from SCHOCK, ALFRED to CITADEL LF INSRNCE CO N
1972-08-16Deed — from APFELBAUM,ERNEST; KANBAR,EDWARD S to GIBARRY TRADING CORP
1971
1971-12-14Deed — from HERLINGER, MORRIS to APFELBAUM, ERNEST
1971-12-14Mortgage — from APFELBAUM, ERNEST to SCHOCK, ALFRED
1971-12-14Mortgage assigned — from APFELBAUM, ERNEST to SCHOCK, ALFRED
1971-06-08Deed — from APFELBAUM, ERNEST to HERLINGER, MORRIS
1970
1970-06-04Deed — from ABLAB CORP to KANBAR, EDWARD S; APFELBAUM, ERNEST
1970-06-04Deed — from APFELBAUM, ERNEST; KANBAR, EDWARD S to ABLAB CORP
1970-06-04SMTG — from APFELBAUM, ERNEST to CANIELLO, JEAN; CANIELLO, SAMUEL
1970-06-04Mortgage — from ABLAB CORP to CANIELLO, SAMUEL; CANIELLO, JEAN
1969
1969-05-05Deed — from ABLAB CORP to KANBAR, EDWARD S; APFELBAUM, ERNEST
1968
1968-07-02Deed — from PFLUMM, SUSAN to ABLAB CORP
1968-07-02Mortgage — from ABLAB CORP to PFLUMM, SUSAN
1968-07-02Mortgage — from ABLAB CORP to APFELBAUM, ERNEST