The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. More recorded distress than 52% 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 18.1. 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
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.
What 311 hears from this address
6 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (2) · Air Quality (1) · Illegal Parking (1) · Special Projects Inspection Team (SPIT) (1) · Rodent (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 (1898)
Yes
Six or more residential units (8)
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)
129 WEST 88TH STREET, LLC
Head officer
MAGDALENA KOSZ
Managing agent
A.J. CLARKE REAL ESTATE CORP
Last registered
2026-07-20
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
$2,396,000
$1,078,200
2026
$2,875,000
$1,293,750
2027
$3,280,000
$1,476,000
The city's market estimate has risen
37% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Building systems
Heating fuel
NO2FUEL
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
86 St — 1 · 1,050 ft straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: none 86 St — B C · 0.2 mi straight-line (about a 6-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
Bus
Nearest boarding stop: Columbus Av / W 89 St — M7 M11 · 350 ft
Citi Bike
W 89 St & Columbus Ave · 550 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.
6 311 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.
2025-10-09Rodent inspection: Failed for Rat Activity
2025-07-02Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2025-06-20Rodent inspection: Passed
2025-06-04HPD 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
2025-05-29Rodent inspection: Failed for Other Reason
2025-05-22311: Rodent — Rat Sighting
2025-04-18HPD class C: § 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE REMOVE DEVICE PREVENTING DOOR FROM BEING SELF-CLOSING HOOK AND EYE AT VESTIBULE DOOR , 1st STORY
2025-04-09Boiler inspection
2025-03-10311: Special Projects Inspection Team (SPIT) — Illegal Hotel Rooms In Residential Building
2025-03-10DOB complaint, category ?
2024
2024-11-20Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2024-08-13Rodent inspection: Passed
2024-05-21Boiler inspection
2024-05-17311: Illegal Parking — Blocked Hydrant
2024-05-17311: Air Quality — Air: Odor/Fumes, Vehicle Idling (AD3)
2024-03-15311: Noise - Residential — Loud Talking
2024-03-01311: Noise — Noise, Barking Dog (NR5)
2023
2023-12-27Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2023-08-18Rodent inspection: Passed
2023-06-27Boiler inspection
2023-06-08City emergency repair (HWO): nyc hpd emergency operations division essential service work at entrance door at public hall, 1st story at vestibu$52
2023-04-19HPD class C: § 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE REMOVE DEVICE PREVENTING DOOR FROM BEING SELF-CLOSING HOOK AND EYE DEVICE NSTALLED AT BUILDING ENTRANCE DOOR , 1st
2023-04-19HPD class C: § 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE REMOVE DEVICE PREVENTING DOOR FROM BEING SELF-CLOSING HOOK AND EYE DEVICE INSTALLED AT VESTIBULE DOOR , 1st STORY
2022
2022-12-21Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2022-05-17Rodent inspection: Passed
2022-04-14Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2022-03-29Boiler inspection
2022-03-11311: GENERAL — BELL/BUZZER/INTERCOM
2022-03-11Tenant complaint: GENERAL — BELL/BUZZER/INTERCOM
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
2022-01-23311: Noise - Helicopter — Other
2022-01-18311: Noise — Noise: Construction Equipment (NC1)
2021
2021-11-03311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2021-11-03Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2021-09-05311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2021-09-05Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2021-08-19311: Lead — Lead Kit Request (Residential) (L10)
2021-06-17311: Damaged Tree — Branch Cracked and Will Fall
2021-06-06311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2021-05-14Boiler inspection
2021-05-11City emergency repair (OMO): division nyc - ''essential hpd emergency operations service work'' install hinges to make door self-closing arrange and $334
2021-04-07HPD class C: § 27-2033 ADM CODE PROVIDE READY ACCESS TO BUILDINGS HEATING SYSTEM DOOR LOCKED AT BASEMENT
2021-04-07HPD class C: § 27-2031 ADM CODE PROVIDE HOT WATER AT ALL HOT WATER FIXTURES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 2A, 2nd STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM NORT
2021-04-07HPD class C: § 27-2005, 2007, 204.1 HMC CODE: ARRANGE AND MAKE SELF-CLOSING THE DOORS ... IN THE ENTRANCE LOCATED AT APT 2A, 2nd STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FRO
2021-04-06311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2021-04-06Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2019-06-25311: Noise — Noise: Construction Before/After Hours (NM1)
2019-04-26Rodent inspection: Passed
2019-02-27Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2019-01-08Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2018
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
2018-08-07Rodent inspection: Passed
2018-07-05RPTT&RET — from E/O VINCENT B. DOWNING to TR FBO DAVID DOWNING UWO VINCENT B. DOWN
2018-05-02Boiler inspection
2017
2017-12-26311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2017-11-14Rodent inspection: Passed
2017-02-22Rodent inspection: Passed
2016
2016-11-04Deed — from VINCENT DOWNING (ESTATE OF); DOWNING (EXECUTOR), DAVID to 129 WEST 88 STREET LLC
2016-10-26HPD 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
2016-10-06Deed transfer (nominal price)
2016-03-11Rodent inspection: Passed
2015
2015-11-25DOB violation LANDMK:
2015-11-09311: Taxi Report — Driver Report
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
2015-06-05311: Homeless Encampment — N/A
2015-05-07Rodent inspection: Passed
2015-03-24311: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2015-03-24Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING