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 19.6. In ZIP 10024, 70% of residential buildings hold an A and
2% 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
13 total — 4 class C (immediately hazardous), 9 class B, 0 class A. Oldest open since 1984-08-16.
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
16 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Rodent (11) · Noise (2) · Abandoned Vehicle (1) · Curb Condition (1) · Maintenance or Facility (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 (12)
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 272 CORP 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
$912,000
$410,400
2026
$1,042,000
$468,900
2027
$1,121,000
$504,450
The city's market estimate has risen
23% 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
79 St — 1 · 600 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: none 72 St — 1 2 3 · 0.2 mi straight-line (about a 6-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
Bus
Nearest boarding stop: Broadway / W 77 St — M104 · 350 ft
Citi Bike
W 78 St & Broadway · 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.
16 311 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.
2000-11-08Deed — from APFELBAUM, ERNEST to APFELBAUM 272 LLC
2000-11-08Deed — from GIBARRY TRADING CORP. to APFELBAUM, ERNEST
2000-06-29Permit PL — ISSUED
2000-06-29Permit EW — ISSUED
2000-06-29Permit EW — ISSUED
2000-06-14Job filed: REPLACE BOILER AND GAS BURNER AND CONNECT TO EXISTING GAS SERVICE. NO CHANGE IN EGRESS, OCCUPANCY OR USE UNDER THIS APPLICATION.$14,400
2000-06-14Job filed: REPLACE BOILER AND GAS BURNER AND CONNECT TO EXISTING GAS SERVICE. NO CHANGE IN EGRESS, OCCUPANCY OR USE UNDER THIS APPLICATION.$14,400
1990
1990-08-28Mortgage satisfied — from GIBARRY TRADING CORP to UNION FEDERAL SVNGSETC
1990-01-16HPD class B: SECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE REPLACE WITH NEW THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE APPROVED TYPE WIRE SCREEN COVER OVER SKYLITE BULKHEAD ROOF.
1990-01-16HPD class B: SECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE INTERCOM VESTIBULE TO 5 STY APT 12. LOCATED AT APT 12
1990-01-16HPD class C: SECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE REPLACE WITH NEW THE MISSING WIRE GLASS SKYLITE OVER KITCHEN 5 STY APT 12. LOCATED AT APT 12
1990-01-16HPD class B: SECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY SECURE THE LOOSE IRON LADDER ROOF TO BULKHEAD ROOF.
1990-01-16HPD class C: SECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE REPLACE WITH NEW THE MISSING WIRE GLASS SKYLITE BULKHEAD ROOF ER1.
1990-01-16HPD class C: SECTION 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE REMOVE THE ILLEGAL FASTENING DOUBLE CYLINDER KEY OPERATED LOCK ENTRANCE DOOR BUILDING FRONT.
1990-01-16HPD class C: SECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE REPLACE WITH NEW THE MISSING GLASS TOP SASH SOUTH WINDOW EAST ROOM 5 STY APT 12 ER1. LOCATED AT APT 12
1989
1989-09-21HPD class B: D26-10.01, 10.05 ADM CODE REMOVE THE ILLEGAL FASTENING DOUBLE CYLINDER KEY OPERATED LOCK AT ENTRANCE DOOR FROM STREET TO 1 STY VESTIBULE.
1989-09-21HPD class B: SECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE TILE FLOOR 4 STY PUBLIC HALL.
1989-09-21HPD class B: D26-10.01, 10.05 ADM CODE ARRANGE AND MAKE SELF-CLOSING THE DOORS AT STAIR BULKHEAD TO ROOF.
1985
1985-05-08HPD class B: D26-10.01 ADM CODE REPLACE WITH NEW THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PAINTED SPRINKLER HEAD 3 STY FRONT WEST APT KITCHEN.
1984
1984-12-21HPD class B: D26-13.03 ADM CODE ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF VERMIN MICE AND ROACHES 3RD STY FRONT EAST APT 3B. , SECTION '' ''
1984-08-16HPD class B: D26-10.01 ADM CODE REPLACE WITH NEW THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PAINTED SPRINKLER HEAD 3 STY FRONT APT 3B KITCHENETTE. , SECTION '' ''
1972
1972-08-11SMTG — from PAYNOR, EUGENE to UNION FDRL S/LA ETAL
1972-08-11SMTG — from SCHOCK, ALFRED to UNION FDRL S/LA ETAL
1972-08-11Mortgage — from GIBARRY TRADING CORP to UNION FDRL S/LA ETAL
1972-08-09Deed — from APFELBAUM, ERNEST to GIBARRY TRADING CORP
1972-08-09Deed — from APFELBAUM, KATHE; HERLINGER, MORRIS to APFELBAUM, ERNEST
1972-08-09PAT — from HERLINGER, MORRIS to APFELBAUM, KATHE
1971
1971-12-14Deed — from HERLINGER,MORRIS to APFELBAUM,ERNEST
1971-12-14Mortgage assigned — from APELBAUM,ERNEST to SCHOICK,ALFRED
1971-06-08Mortgage — from HERLINGER,NORRIS to APFELBAUM,ERNEST
1971-06-08Deed — from APFELBAUM, ERNEST to HERLINGER, MORRIS
1969
1969-07-30Mortgage — from APELBAUM ERNEST to PAYOR EUGENE
1969-07-30Deed — from PAYOR EUGENE to APFELBAUM ERNEST
1968
1968-03-08Mortgage assigned — from LOHEN REALTY CORP to MARGOLIS,HENRIETTA; MARGOLIS,LOUIS
1967
1967-04-28Mortgage — from PAYOR, EUGENE to LOHEN REALTY CORP
1967-04-28Deed — from LOHEN REALTY CORP to PAYOR,EUGENE