The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less recorded distress than 62% 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 9.5. 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
8 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Illegal Parking (5) · Unsanitary Pigeon Condition (1) · Obstruction (1) · Rodent (1).
Filed construction activity
$2,000 in permitted construction work filed since
2016 (1 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 (1896)
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)
WEST 88A LLC
Head officer
SHIRLEY FONG
Managing agent
RACOHEN & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Last registered
2025-09-04
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
$3,174,000
$1,428,300
2026
$3,809,000
$1,714,050
2027
$3,047,000
$1,371,150
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.
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 · 700 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: none 96 St — 1 2 3 · 0.3 mi straight-line (about a 7-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
Bus
Nearest boarding stop: Riverside Dr / W 89 St — M5 · 450 ft
Citi Bike
W 87 St & West End Ave · 400 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.
8 311 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: $7,500,000 on
2013-09-10 (lender: Signature Bank), covering 3 lots — the amount covers all of them. Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid
down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded
document.
Date
Record
Amount
Per res. unit
2013-09-10
AL&R $7,500,000 — from WEST 88A LLC to SIGNATURE BANK
$7,500,000
2013-09-10
Mortgage $7,500,000 — from WEST 88A LLC to SIGNATURE BANK
$7,500,000
2013-09-10
Deed $15,260,000 — from JUDSU REALTY COMPANY to WEST 88A LLC
$15,260,000
Ten-year activity
50250
2017
36
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
Show as table
Year
Construction
Enforcement
Housing & tenants
Ownership & money
Health & systems
Total
2017
0
0
5
0
7
12
2018
2
1
5
0
28
36
2019
1
0
8
0
23
32
2020
0
0
1
0
0
1
2021
0
0
2
0
2
4
2022
0
0
4
0
4
8
2023
0
0
4
0
3
7
2024
0
0
5
2
3
10
2025
0
0
2
0
2
4
2026
0
0
3
0
2
5
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2026-05-01Rodent inspection: Failed for Rat Activity
2025
2025-12-24311: Obstruction — Trash or Recycling
2025-12-11Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2025-03-11Rodent inspection: Passed
2025-01-31Rodent inspection: Failed for Rat Activity
2024
2024-12-20Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2024-11-22Mortgage assigned — from SIGNATURE BANK; SIGNATURE BRIDGE BANK, N.A.; FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION to SIG RCRS D MF 2023 VENTURE LLC
2024-11-22AALR — from FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION; SIGNATURE BRIDGE BANK, N.A.; SIGNATURE BANK to SIG RCRS D MF 2023 VENTURE LLC
2024-11-06Rodent inspection: Passed
2024-10-01Rodent inspection: Failed for Rat Activity
2018-07-06Rodent inspection: Failed for Rat Activity
2018-05-24Permit PL — ISSUED
2018-05-23Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2018-05-23Job filed: INSTALL APPROXIMATELY 6' OF NEW GAS PIPING TO EXISTING BBQ GRILL IN REAR YARD. GAS SERVICE ENTERS 317 WEST 88TH STREET. SEPARATE APPLICATION FOR PORT$2,000
2018-05-14Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2018-05-04Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2018-04-27Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2018-04-20Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2018-04-13Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2018-03-24Rodent inspection: Monitoring visit
2018-03-19Rodent inspection: Failed for Rat Activity
2018-03-17Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2018-03-11Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2018-03-03Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2018-03-03Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2018-03-02311: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2018-03-02Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2018-02-12Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2018-02-11311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2018-02-09Rodent inspection: Failed for Rat Activity
2018-02-01Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2018-01-24Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2018-01-17Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2017
2017-11-15Rodent inspection: Failed for Rat Activity
2017-11-14Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2017-11-02Rodent inspection: Failed for Rat Activity