A modest record — below the level that usually signals systemic problems. More recorded distress than 63% 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 29.4. 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
8 total — 2 class C (immediately hazardous), 2 class B, 4 class A. Oldest open since 2018-12-01.
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
9 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (6) · Street Condition (1) · WATER LEAK (1) · Street Sign (1).
Filed construction activity
$60,000 in permitted construction work filed since
2016 (2 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 (1887)
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)
KEN ALVAREZ
Managing agent
GUIDANCE REALTY CORP
Last registered
2025-12-30
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
$3,826,000
$1,721,700
2026
$4,591,000
$2,065,950
2027
$5,024,000
$2,260,800
The city's market estimate has risen
31% 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 · 1,000 ft straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: none 81 St-Museum of Natural History — B C · 0.2 mi straight-line (about a 6-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
Bus
Nearest boarding stop: Amsterdam Av / W 81 St — M7 M11 · 450 ft
Citi Bike
Amsterdam Ave & W 82 St · 600 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.
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.
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $141,826 on
1990-11-15 (lender: American Savings Bk). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid
down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded
document.
Date
Record
Amount
Per res. unit
2021-01-15
Deed $2,200,000 — from CALLANAN, MARY M to ALVAREZ, JOANN; ALVAREZ, NORMA D; ALVAREZ, KEN C
$2,200,000
2020-12-28
Sold for $2,200,000
$2,200,000
$220,000
1990-11-15
Mortgage $141,826 — from ALVAREZ, NORMA D.; CALLANAN, MARY M. to AMERICAN SAVINGS BK
$141,826
1986-01-13
Mortgage $180,476 — from CALLANAN, MARY M; ALVAREZ, NORMA D to CENTRAL FDRL SVGS
$180,476
Ten-year activity
50250
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
33
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
Show as table
Year
Construction
Enforcement
Housing & tenants
Ownership & money
Health & systems
Total
2017
0
1
3
0
1
5
2018
0
0
22
0
3
25
2019
0
1
4
0
6
11
2020
0
1
7
1
2
11
2021
0
0
2
3
2
7
2022
4
1
18
0
10
33
2023
0
0
7
0
3
10
2024
0
0
12
0
3
15
2025
0
0
3
0
2
5
2026
0
0
2
0
2
4
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311: Noise — Noise: air condition/ventilation equipment (NV1)
2026-04-01
Rodent inspection: Passed
2026-03-23
Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2025-11-17
HPD 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
2026-06-23311: Noise — Noise: air condition/ventilation equipment (NV1)
2026-04-01Rodent inspection: Passed
2026-03-23Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2025
2025-11-17HPD 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
2025-11-06Boiler inspection
2025-07-11311: Street Sign - Damaged — Street Cleaning - ASP
2025-01-28Rodent inspection: Passed
2025-01-28Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2024
2024-12-17Boiler inspection
2024-11-22HPD 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
2024-06-28311: Noise — Noise: Construction Before/After Hours (NM1)
2024-04-16HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE ROOF SO THAT IT WILL NOT LEAK OVER CEILING IN THE 1st ROOM FROM EAST LOCATED AT APT 4B, 4th STORY, 1st APARTME
2024-04-16HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE BRICK AND MORTAR JOINTS AT NORTH WALL IN THE 1st ROOM FROM
2024-04-16HPD 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
2024-04-16HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR AT CEILING IN THE 1st ROOM FROM EAST LOCAT
2024-03-22Rodent inspection: Failed for Other Reason
2024-03-22HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE ROOF SO THAT IT WILL NOT LEAK OVER CEILING IN THE 1st ROOM FROM EAST LOCATED AT APT 4B, 4th STORY, 1st APARTME
2024-03-22HPD class C: § 27-2005, 27-2007, 27-2041.1 HMC, §238, § 309; § 107 (2) ( C) MDL AND 28 RCNY §25-171: REPLACE OR REPAIR THE SELF-CLOSING DOORS THAT IS MIS
2024-03-09311: WATER LEAK — HEAVY FLOW
2024-03-09Tenant complaint: WATER LEAK — HEAVY FLOW
2024-02-20Rodent inspection: Failed for Other Reason
2023-11-15HPD 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
2023-11-05311: Street Condition — Blocked - Construction
2023-05-16311: Street Condition — Blocked - Construction
2023-05-01311: Sidewalk Condition — Blocked - Construction
2023-03-28Rodent inspection: Passed
2022
2022-12-31Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2022-12-22311: Sidewalk Condition — Blocked - Construction
2022-12-22311: General Construction/Plumbing — Sidewalk Shed/Pipe Scafford - Inadequate Defective/None
2022-12-22DOB complaint, category ?
2022-12-08311: Sidewalk Condition — Blocked - Construction
2022-11-23311: Sidewalk Condition — Blocked - Construction
2022-11-10Boiler inspection
2022-10-24Permit Plumbing — Signed-off
2022-09-27311: Noise — Noise: Construction Before/After Hours (NM1)
2022-09-13Rodent inspection: Passed
2022-09-09Job filed: application filed to conjunction with M07995913-I1 to show plumbing work as per plan, No change in use, egress or occupancy.$20,000
2022-09-07Permit General Construction — Signed-off
2022-08-31Job filed: Interior renovation at apt 2A on the 2nd floor & Apt 4B on the 4th fl. Repair walls, sand floor finish, replace ceramic tiles, and paint the wall and $40,000
2022-07-20Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2022-07-13Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2022-07-12Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2022-07-06Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2022-06-27Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2022-06-16Rodent inspection: Failed for Rat Activity
2022-05-18Rodent inspection: Failed for Rat Activity
2022-05-17HPD class B: § 27-2045 ADM CODE REPAIR OR REPLACE THE SMOKE DETECTOR MISSING IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT BSMT-APT B, 1st BSMT-APT FROM EAST AT SOU
2022-05-17HPD class A: § 27-2026, 2027 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE EVIDENCE OF A WATER LEAK AT CEILING IN THE 2nd ROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT BSMT
2022-05-17HPD class A: § 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR AT 1st CLOSET FROM EAST AT SOUTH WALL WALL
2022-05-17HPD class B: § 27-2046.1 HMC: REPAIR OR REPLACE THE CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTING DEVICE(S). MISSING IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT BSMT-APT B, 1st BSMT-
2022-05-17HPD class A: § 27-2013 ADM CODE PAINT WITH LIGHT COLORED PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT ALL PEELING PAINT SURFACES IN THE FOYER , THE 23rd
2022-05-17HPD class A: § 27-2026, 2027 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE EVIDENCE OF A WATER LEAK AT SOUTH WALL IN THE 22nd ROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT
2022-05-17HPD class C: § 27-2043.1 HMC INSTALL THE MISSING OR REPAIR/REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE WINDOW GUARD(S) IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SPECIFICATIONS OF THE NEW YORK CI
2022-05-09311: Noise — Noise: Construction Before/After Hours (NM1)
2022-05-09311: PAINT/PLASTER — WALL
2022-05-09Tenant complaint: PAINT/PLASTER — WALL
2022-05-07311: Lead — Lead Kit Request (Residential) (L10)
2022-02-11Rodent inspection: Passed
2022-01-28Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2021
2021-10-27311: Noise - Helicopter — Other
2021-09-22Boiler inspection
2021-07-13Rodent inspection: Passed
2021-04-08Mortgage satisfied — from ALVAREZ, NORMA D; CALLANAN, MARY M to U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTE
2021-02-13Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2021-01-15PAT — from ALVAREZ, NORMA to ALVAREZ WEBB, JO ANN
2021-01-15Deed $2,200,000 — from CALLANAN, MARY M to ALVAREZ, JOANN; ALVAREZ, NORMA D; ALVAREZ, KEN C$2,200,000
2020
2020-12-28Sold for $2,200,000$2,200,000
2020-11-14311: Noise - Helicopter — Other
2020-09-19311: Building/Use — Illegal. Commercial Use In Resident Zone
2020-09-19DOB complaint, category ?
2020-09-14Boiler inspection
2020-08-24311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2020-03-04Rodent inspection: Passed
2020-01-28HPD 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
2020-01-28HPD class A: § 27-2045 ADM CODE POST A PROPER NOTICE OF SMOKE DETECTOR REQUIREMENTS, IN A FORM APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER, AT OR NEAR THE MAIL BOX , IM
2020-01-28HPD class C: § 27-2033 ADM CODE POST NOTICE, IN FORM APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT, STATING THE NAME AND LOCATION OF THE PERSON DESIGNATED BY THE OWNER TO H
2020-01-28HPD 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
2019
2019-08-19Rodent inspection: Failed for Rat Activity
2019-08-13311: Special Projects Inspection Team (SPIT) — Illegal Hotel Rooms In Residential Building
2019-08-13DOB complaint, category ?
2019-07-30Boiler inspection
2019-06-26Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2019-06-07Rodent inspection: Failed for Rat Activity
2019-05-23Tenant complaint: GENERAL — SIGNAGE MISSING
2019-05-08Rodent inspection: Failed for Rat Activity
2019-04-23Rodent inspection: Passed
2018
2018-12-01HPD class A: § 27-2045 ADM CODE POST A PROPER NOTICE OF SMOKE DETECTOR REQUIREMENTS, IN A FORM APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER, AT OR NEAR THE MAIL BOX .. A
2018-12-01HPD 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
2018-12-01HPD class A: § 27-2104 ADM CODE POST AND MAINTAIN A PROPER SIGN ON WALL OF ENTRANCE STORY SHOWING THE REGISTRATION NUMBER ASSIGNED BY THE DEPARTMENT AND
2018-12-01HPD 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
2018-12-01HPD class C: § 27-2033 ADM CODE POST NOTICE, IN FORM APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT, STATING THE NAME AND LOCATION OF THE PERSON DESIGNATED BY THE OWNER TO H
2018-12-01HPD 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
2017-02-02311: Special Projects Inspection Team (SPIT) — Illegal Hotel Rooms In Residential Building
2017-01-21311: Special Projects Inspection Team (SPIT) — Illegal Hotel Rooms In Residential Building
2017-01-21DOB complaint, category ?
2016
2016-10-26HPD class I: SECTION27-2107 ADM CODE OWNER FAILED TO FILE A VALID REGISTRATION STATEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT AS REQUIRED BY ADM CODE ?27-2097 AND IS THER