The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less recorded distress than 61% of 25-99-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 25-99-unit residential buildings is 23.6 penalty
points per 10 units; this building carries 12.7. In ZIP 10022, 72% of residential buildings hold an A and
6% grade D or F.
How grades work
this building
A
B
C
Among 17,252 25-99-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more
Open with the city right now
Open HPD violations
16 total — 2 class C (immediately hazardous), 10 class B, 4 class A. Oldest open since 1996-05-28.
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
14 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (8) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (3) · Damaged Tree (3).
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 (1926)
Yes
Six or more residential units (30)
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)
319 East 53 Street, LLC
Head officer
JACK ROSENTHAL
Managing agent
EFRAIN SOTO
Last registered
2025-08-13
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
$5,962,000
$2,682,900
2026
$7,077,000
$3,184,650
2027
$8,215,000
$3,696,750
The city's market estimate has risen
38% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
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
51 St — 6 E F · 900 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: full 59 St — 4 5 6 N R W · 0.4 mi straight-line (about a 10-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
Bus
Nearest boarding stop: 2 Av / E 54 St — M15 · 300 ft
Citi Bike
E 55 St & 2 Ave · 500 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.
14 311 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.
Sales, deeds & mortgages
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $561,791 on
2016-11-10 (lender: TD Bank, N.A.). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid
down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded
document.
Date
Record
Amount
Per res. unit
2022-10-05
Agreement $1,500,000 — from 319 EAST 53RD STREET, LLC to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
$1,500,000
2016-11-10
Mortgage $561,792 — from 319 EAST 53RD STREET, LLC to TD BANK, N.A.
$561,792
2016-11-10
Agreement $1,500,000 — from 319 EAST 53RD STREET, LLC to TD BANK, N.A.
$1,500,000
2016-11-10
AL&R $1,500,000 — from 319 EAST 53RD STREET, LLC to TD BANK, N.A.
$1,500,000
2007-04-04
Agreement $1,000,000 — from 319 EAST 53RD STREET, LLC to WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK,
$1,000,000
2007-04-04
Mortgage $170,282 — from 319 EAST 53RD STREET, LLC to WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK,
$170,282
1998-12-08
Mortgage $11,312 — from 319 EAST 53RD STREET, LLC to DIME SAVINGS BANK OFNEW YORK
$11,312
1987-10-09
Mortgage $111,239 — from 319 EAST 53RD ST CO to LINCOLN SVGS BK
$111,239
1985-07-03
Mortgage $309,488 — from 319 E 53RD ST COMPANY to DIME SVGS BANK/WMSBURGH
$309,488
Ten-year activity
50250
2017
2018
2019
2020
46
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
EnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
Show as table
Year
Enforcement
Housing & tenants
Ownership & money
Health & systems
Total
2017
0
11
0
1
12
2018
0
2
0
3
5
2019
1
4
0
1
6
2020
3
6
0
3
12
2021
1
44
0
1
46
2022
0
3
3
1
7
2023
0
9
0
3
12
2024
0
10
0
2
12
2025
0
5
0
4
9
2026
0
8
0
1
9
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2024-06-09HPD class C: § 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE REMOVE DEVICE PREVENTING DOOR FROM BEING SELF-CLOSING CONSISTING OF HOOK AND EYE INSTALLED AT VESTIBULE DOOR , 1st
2024-05-18HPD class C: § 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE REMOVE DEVICE PREVENTING DOOR FROM BEING SELF-CLOSING HOOK AND EYE AT PUBLIC HALL, 1st STORY
2024-04-20HPD 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
2024-04-20HPD class C: HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF ROACHES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 2B, 2nd STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FR
2024-04-20HPD 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
2024-04-20HPD class A: § 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE MACHANICAL VENTILATION SYSTEM AT SOUTH WALL IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT
2024-04-01HPD 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
2023-11-06Restaurant inspection: YARA — grade B · mice evidence
2023-07-17Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2023-03-15HPD 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
2023-03-13Boiler inspection
2023-03-11311: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2023-03-11Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2023-01-14311: Food Establishment — Letter Grading
2022
2022-10-14Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2022-10-05Agreement $1,500,000 — from 319 EAST 53RD STREET, LLC to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.$1,500,000
2022-10-05Mortgage assigned — from TD BANK, N.A. to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
2022-10-05TL&R — from TD BANK, N.A. to 319 EAST 53RD STREET, LLC
2022-02-15HPD 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
2022-02-15HPD 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
2022-02-02Boiler inspection — defects found
2021
2021-10-24311: Vaccine Mandate Non-Compliance — Customer Proof of Vaccination Not Checked
2021-10-18311: Vaccine Mandate Non-Compliance — Customer Proof of Vaccination Not Checked
2021-10-11311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2021-08-29311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2021-07-20HPD 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 NORTH LOCA
2021-07-20HPD class B: § 27-2005, 2006, 2037 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR AND ABATE UNSAFE ELECTRIC WIRING CONDITION CONSISTING OF OUTLET WIRING AT EAST WALL IN THE KITCHE
2021-07-20HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE MECHANICAL VENTILATION SYSTEM AT CEILING IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 6F, 6th ST
2021-07-20HPD class A: § 27-2013 ADM CODE PAINT WITH LIGHT COLORED PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT ALL WALLS AND CEILING IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT AP
2021-07-20HPD class C: HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF ROACHES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 6F, 6th STORY, 3rd APARTMENT FR
2021-07-20HPD class C: HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF MICE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 6F, 6th STORY, 3rd APARTMENT FROM
2021-07-20HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE WOOD FLOOR IN THE 1st ROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT APT 6F, 6t
2021-07-20HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY SECURE THE LOOSE HAND RAIL AND NEWEL POST AT INTERIOR STAIRS IN THE 1st ROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT APT 6F, 6th S
2021-07-20HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY SECURE THE LOOSE LIGHT FIXTURE AT CEILING IN THE 1st ROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT APT 6F, 6th STORY, 3rd APARTMENT
2021-07-20HPD class B: § 27-2005, 2006, 2037 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR AND ABATE UNSAFE ELECTRIC WIRING CONDITION CONSISTING OF ELECTRICAL WIRING EXPOSED IN CLOSET IN T
2021-07-14311: UNSANITARY CONDITION — PESTS
2021-07-14311: UNSANITARY CONDITION — MOLD
2021-07-14311: UNSANITARY CONDITION — PESTS
2021-07-14311: GENERAL — VENTILATION SYSTEM
2021-07-14311: ELECTRIC — WIRING
2021-07-14311: APPLIANCE — ELECTRIC/GAS RANGE
2021-07-14311: PAINT/PLASTER — WALL
2021-07-14311: General Construction/Plumbing — Vent/Exhaust - Illegal/Improper
2021-04-18311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2021-04-01Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2021-04-01HPD 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
2020-11-01311: Food Establishment — Letter Grading
2020-09-02311: Food Establishment — Letter Grading
2020-08-20311: NonCompliance with Phased Reopening — Business not in compliance
2020-08-18Elevator permit: Furnish and install new door lock monitoring unit. All tests and inspections must be performed as per 1RCNY Section 101-02 and 10$9,000
2020-05-27ECB CLASS - 2 violation: NO BOILER ROOM ACCESS SIGN VISIBLE FROM FRONT DOOR. CORRECT VIOLATING CONDITION & SUBMIT A CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION.$625
2011-10-25Job filed: PROPOSED INSTALLATION OF HEAVY DUTY SIDEWALK SHED FILED FOR REMEDIAL REPAIRS AS PER PLANS. NO CHANGE IN USE OCCUPANCY OR EGRESS UNDER THIS APPLICATION
2009-01-10Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2008
2008-12-16DOB violation E:
2008-12-15ECB CLASS - 2 violation: 05B10,08V01,32H11,59B10,71I10,60B07 05,B,10-CAR DOOR OPERATION IS INSUFFICIENT, REPAIR. 08,V,01-FLOOR JOBS ARE NOT LEVEL. ADJUST. $250
2008-11-15DOB complaint, category ?
2008-09-30Tenant complaint: GENERAL — LOCKS
2008-09-30DOB complaint, category ?
2008-09-28DOB complaint, category ?
2008-09-20DOB complaint, category ?
2008-07-30ECB CLASS - 2 violation: 08V01.73O02.74O02.40P16.71X10.$500
2007-10-05Tenant complaint: ELECTRIC — BELL-BUZZER/INTERCOM
2007-09-25Permit EW — ISSUED
2007-09-19Job filed: Install kitchen fire suppression system in conjunction with job#104654562, as shown on plan. Gas shutoff valve filed under job#104654562. No change $3,000
2007-04-04Agreement $1,000,000 — from 319 EAST 53RD STREET, LLC to WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK,$1,000,000
2007-04-04Mortgage $170,282 — from 319 EAST 53RD STREET, LLC to WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK,$170,282
2007-03-16Permit PL — ISSUED
2007-02-24DOB complaint, category ?
2007-02-20DOB complaint, category ?
2007-01-24Permit AL — ISSUED
2007-01-18Job filed: A1$111,000
2007-01-18Job filed: A1$111,000
2006
2006-12-07Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2006-07-12DOB violation E:
2006-04-15DOB complaint, category ?
2000
2000-11-08DOB violation E: 1P31027
1999
1999-10-12HPD class B: SECTION 27-2040 ADM CODE PROVIDE ADEQUATE LIGHTING AT OR NEAR THE OUTSIDE OF THE FRONT ENTRANCEWAY OF THE BUILDING AND KEEP SAME BURNING FRO
1999-03-16DOB violation LL6291:
1998
1998-12-08SAGE — from DIME SAVINGS BANK OFNEW YORK
1998-12-08Agreement — from 319 EAST 53RD STREET, LLC to DIME SAVINGS BANK OFNEW YORK
1998-12-08Mortgage $11,312 — from 319 EAST 53RD STREET, LLC to DIME SAVINGS BANK OFNEW YORK$11,312
1998-12-08Mortgage assigned — from 319 EAST 53RD STREET, LLC to DIME SAVINGS BANK OFNEW YORK
1998-12-08Deed — from 319 EAST 53RD STREETCOMPANY to 319 EAST 53RD STREET, LLC
1997
1997-01-13DOB violation LL1081:
1997-01-13DOB violation LL1081:
1996
1996-05-28HPD class B: SECTION 27-2045 ADM CODE REPAIR OR REPLACE THE SMOKE DETECTOR MISSING AT 2 STY SOUTHWEST APT 2B LOPEZ. , SECTION '' ''
1996-05-28HPD class A: SECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE MECHANICAL VENT 2 STY SOUTHWEST APT 2B BATHROOM. , SECTION '' ''
1996-05-28HPD class A: SECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE MECHANICAL VENT 2 STY SOUTHWEST APT 2B BATHROOM. , SECTION '' ''
1994
1994-09-01DOB violation LL6291:
1994-01-19Mortgage assigned — from 319 EAST 53RD STREETCOMPANY to LINCOLN SAVINGS BANK
1994-01-19Agreement — from 319 EAST 53RD STREETCOMPANY to LINCOLN SAVINGS BANKFSB
1994-01-19Mortgage assigned — from BIRNBAUM, BARBARA to LINCOLN SAVINGS BANK
1992
1992-11-05SAGE — from LINCOLN SAVINGS BK FSB
1992-11-05Mortgage assigned — from LINCOLN SAVINGS BK to BIRNBAUM, BARBARA
1992-11-05PAT — from ROSENTHAL, JACK to ROSENTHAL, ELIZABETH; ROSENTHAL, STEVEN H.
1992-11-05Agreement — from BIRNBAUM, BARBARA to 319 EAST 53 ST CO
1987
1987-10-09Mortgage $111,239 — from 319 EAST 53RD ST CO to LINCOLN SVGS BK$111,239
1987-10-09Mortgage assigned — from DIME SVGS WLLMSBGH to LINCOLN SVGS BK
1987-10-09Agreement — from 319 EAST 53RD ST CO to LINCOLN SVGS BK
1987-10-09Mortgage assigned — from 319 EAST 53RD ST CO to LINCOLN SVGS BK
1985
1985-10-23Agreement — from DIME SVGS BK/WILLIAMBURH to 319 EAST 53RD ST CO
1985-07-03Mortgage assigned — from LINCOLN SAVGS BANK,FSB to DIME SAVGS BK/WILLIAMBGH
1985-07-03Mortgage $309,488 — from 319 E 53RD ST COMPANY to DIME SVGS BANK/WMSBURGH$309,488
1979
1979-10-02Deed — from 319 EAST 53RD ST CORP to 319 EAST 53RD ST COMPANY
1976
1976-04-21Agreement — from 319 EAST 53RD ST CORP to LINCOLN SAVINGS BANK
1976-03-19Mortgage — from 319 EAST 53RD ST CORP to LINCOLN SAVINGS BANK
1976-03-19Mortgage assigned — from CITIBANK NA to LINCOLN SAVINGS BANK
1975
1975-12-23Mortgage assigned — from HOBBY, BARBARA; BECKER, HENRY JR to FIRST NATIONAL CITYBANK
1975-11-20Mortgage assigned — from BECKER, MARTIN REID to FIRST NATIONAL CITYBANK
1975-11-20Mortgage assigned — from BECKER, DAVID ANDREW to FIRST NATIONAL CITYBANK
1975-08-18Mortgage — from 319 EAST 53RD ST CORP to FIRST NATIONAL CITYBANK
1974
1974-11-12Mortgage assigned — from BECKER, HENRY JR; HOBBY, BARBARA; BECKER, DAVID ANDREW; BECKER, BARBARA M FKA; BECKER, MAR to BECKER, DAVID ANDREW; BECKER, HENRY JR; BECKER, MARTIN REID; HOBBY, BARBARA
1973
1973-01-16Mortgage — from 319 EAST 53RD ST CORP to BECKER, HENRY; BECKER, MARTIN REID; BECKER, MARTIN DECD; BECKER, DAVID ANDREW
1973-01-09Deed — from HITAU, M M DECD EX; BECKER, MARTIN DECDEX; HITAU, FRANK DECD EX to 319 EAST 53RD ST CORP
1973-01-08RTXL — from BECKER, MARTIN DECD
1973-01-04MISC — from HITAU, FRANK DECD
1973-01-04RTXL — from HITAU, M M DECD ESTOF
1973-01-04RTXL — from BECKER, MARTIN DECD
1973-01-04RTXL — from HITAU, M M DECD ESTOF
1972
1972-12-05RTXL — from HITAU, FRANK DECD EST OF
1967
1967-05-08Deed — from DUMINIL GENVIEVE to HITOW MARCELLE M.
1966
1966-05-09Deed — from HITAW FRANK to HITAW MARCELLO M.