A sustained record of distress well beyond its peers. More recorded distress than 98% of 1-5-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 1-5-unit residential buildings is 0 penalty
points per 10 units; this building carries 106.7. In ZIP 10021, 81% of residential buildings hold an A and
3% grade D or F.
How grades work
this building
A
C
Among 699,345 1-5-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.
$14,900 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.
What 311 hears from this address
4 service requests in the last three years. Most common: General Construction/Plumbing (3) · Indoor Air Quality (1).
Filed construction activity
$105,000 in permitted construction work filed since
2016 (6 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 (1911)
No
Six or more residential units (1)
No
421-a / J-51 tax benefit on the current tax roll
1 of 3 signals present. Only a partial profile — stabilization is possible but less likely. 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)
GEF DEVELOPMENT CORP.
Head officer
Michele Kulka
Managing agent
GEF DEVELOPMENT CORP.
Last registered
2025-10-23
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
$3,600,000
$1,620,000
2026
$3,996,000
$1,798,200
2027
$4,058,000
$1,826,100
The city's market estimate has risen
13% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Building systems
Elevators
1 active device(s) on record
Heating fuel
NATURALGAS
Facade (Local Law 11)
SAFE (cycle 10)
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
77 St — 6 · 0.3 mi straight-line (about a 7-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
Bus
Nearest boarding stop: Madison Av / E 72 St — M1 M2 M3 M4 · 250 ft
Citi Bike
5 Ave & E 72 St · 450 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.
4 311 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: $1,900,000 on
1983-05-16 (lender: Bankers Trust Company). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid
down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded
document.
Date
Record
Amount
Per res. unit
1983-05-16
Mortgage $1,900,000 — from HERMAN, STEVEN M.D. to BANKERS TRUST COMPANY
$1,900,000
Ten-year activity
50250
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
34
2025
2026
ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systems
Show as table
Year
Construction
Enforcement
Housing & tenants
Health & systems
Total
2017
6
0
1
3
10
2018
0
3
3
4
10
2019
0
0
1
2
3
2020
0
1
0
1
2
2021
0
0
3
2
5
2022
0
0
3
1
4
2023
0
1
2
1
4
2024
0
1
2
1
4
2025
13
13
5
3
34
2026
2
1
3
3
9
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HPD 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
2026-04-10
Boiler inspection
2026-03-04
Air permit (REGISTRATION), fuel: NATURALGAS
2026-02-23
Permit Sidewalk Shed — Signed-off
2026-02-11
311: General Construction/Plumbing — Sidewalk Shed/Pipe Scafford - Inadequate Defective/None
2026-02-11
DOB complaint, category ?
2026-01-13
Job filed: FACADE RESTORATION, INSPECTIONS
2025-12-16
ECB CLASS - 2 violation: FAILURE TO MAINTAIN BUILDING FACADE WALL"S" AND APPURTENANCES. NOTE: AT THE TIME OF INSPECTION I OBSERVED AT EX #1, SOUTH ELEVATIO
2025-12-04
Facade (LL11) filing, cycle 9: SAFE
The full timeline
2026
2026-09-08Facade (LL11) filing, cycle 10: SAFE
2026-05-04Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2026-04-29HPD 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
2025-12-16ECB CLASS - 2 violation: FAILURE TO MAINTAIN BUILDING FACADE WALL"S" AND APPURTENANCES. NOTE: AT THE TIME OF INSPECTION I OBSERVED AT EX #1, SOUTH ELEVATIO
2025-12-04Facade (LL11) filing, cycle 9: SAFE
2025-09-26FDNY inspection (RISK)
2025-08-26311: Indoor Air Quality — Dust from Construction
2025-07-08Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2025-06-26Permit Protection and Mechanical Methods — Signed-off
2025-06-26Permit Supported Scaffold — Signed-off
2025-06-26Permit General Construction — Signed-off
2025-06-25Job filed: INSTALLATION OF TEMPORARY ROOF PROTECTION AS PER PLANS. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY SHALL COMPLY WITH CHAPTER#33 OF 2022 THE NY BUILDING COD$1,000
2025-06-25Job filed: PROPOSED INSTALLATION OF TEMPORARY PIPE SCAFFOLD AS PER PLANS. WORK SHALL COMPLY WITH CHAPTER #33 OF 2022 THE NYC BUILDING CODE. NO CHANGE IN USE, OCC$1,000
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
2025-05-07DOB violation FISPFCS: CYCLE 9 FAILURE TO CORRECT SWARMP CONDITIONS
2025-04-22Job filed: FACADE REPAIR NO CHANGE IN USE EGRESS OR OCUUPANCY$100,000
2025-03-25Job filed: INSTALLATION OF TEMPORARY ROOF PROTECTION AS PER PLANS. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY SHALL COMPLY WITH CHAPTER#33 OF 2022 THE NY BUILDING COD$1,000
2025-03-24Job filed: PROPOSED INSTALLATION OF TEMPORARY PIPE SCAFFOLD AS PER PLANS. WORK SHALL COMPLY WITH CHAPTER #33 OF 2022 THE NYC BUILDING CODE. NO CHANGE IN USE, OCC$1,000
2025-03-06Boiler inspection
2025-03-06DOB violation IMEGNCY: REMEDY: PROVIDE 20 LINEAR FEET EXTENSION FOR SIDEWALK SHED IN ORDER TO COVER EXPOSURE#1, SOUTH.ELEVATION FOR THE ADJACENT BUILDING
2025-02-26DOB complaint, category ?
2025-02-25Permit Sidewalk Shed — Signed-off
2025-02-25ECB CLASS - 2 violation: OBSERVED SIDEWALK SHED ERECTED AT EXPOURES#1 WITH MISSING 5 FEET EXTENSION AT THE SIDE OF (21 EAST 73 STREET), AS CODE (3307.6.3) $2,400
2025-02-25ECB CLASS - 1 violation: FAILURE TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE SAFETY MEASURES(SUCH AS NETTING, SIDEWALK SHED, FENCE ETC) WHERE REQUIRED TO PROTECT AND SECURE PUBLIC$10,000
2025-02-25ECB CLASS - 2 violation: AT TIME OF INSPECTION I OBSERVED A SIDEWALK SHED ERECTED AT EXPOSURE#1 WITH MISSING INFORMATION PANEL WHICH CONTAINS THE STREET AD$1,250
2025-02-25ECB CLASS - 2 violation: AT TIME OF INSPECTION OF A 9 STORY BUILDING, I OBSERVED SIDEWALK SHED ERECTED AT EXPOSURE#1, UPON REVIEW OF DEPARTMENT RECORDS (BI
2025-02-25Job filed: INSTALLATION OF TEMPORARY HEAVY DUTY SIDEWALK SHED AS PER PLANS. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY. SIDEWALK SHED SHALL COMPLY WITH CHAPTER #33 OF$1,000
2025-02-25DOB violation C: EMERGENCY WORK ORDER DUE TO BULGING/SHIFTED/LOOSE BRICK ON SOUTH-WEST CHIMNEY. REMEDY: IMMEDIATELY PROVIDE ADDITIONAL ADEQUATE SAF
2025-02-24311: General Construction/Plumbing — Sidewalk Shed/Pipe Scafford - Inadequate Defective/None
2025-02-24311: General Construction/Plumbing — Sidewalk Shed/Pipe Scafford - Inadequate Defective/None
2024-04-11ECB CLASS - 2 violation: FAILURE TO SUBMIT AN ACCEPTABLE REQUIRED CYCLE 9B REPORT OF CRITICAL EXAMINATION DOCUMENTING CONDITION OF EXTERIOR WALL AND APPURT$1,250
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
2024-02-23Boiler inspection
2023
2023-03-23Bedbug 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
2023-02-22DOB violation FISPNRF: FAILED TO FILE FISP CYCLE 9B TECHNICAL REPORT BY 2/21/2023
2023-01-27Boiler inspection
2022
2022-11-02HPD 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
2022-03-24Boiler inspection
2022-02-23Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
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
2021
2021-08-04311: Encampment — N/A
2021-04-14Elevator permit: Provide New Door Lock Monitoring System per Section 3.10.12 of Chapter K3 of Appendix K of the New York City Building Code. All wo$17,950
2021-04-01HPD 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
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
2021-02-10Boiler inspection
2020
2020-10-07DOB violation E:
2020-02-06Boiler inspection
2019
2019-11-04Rodent inspection: Passed
2019-07-26Boiler inspection
2019-01-30311: Noise - Vehicle — Car/Truck Horn
2018
2018-12-24Rodent inspection: Passed
2018-11-05Boiler inspection
2018-07-31DOB violation FISPNRF: FAILED TO FILE FISP CYCLE 8B TECHNICAL REPORT BY 02/21/2018
2018-01-10311: General Construction/Plumbing — Cons - Contrary/Beyond Approved Plans/Permits
2018-01-10DOB complaint, category ?
2018-01-02311: General Construction/Plumbing — Sidewalk Shed/Pipe Scafford - Inadequate Defective/None
2018-01-02DOB complaint, category ?
2017
2017-12-14Boiler inspection
2017-09-20Rodent inspection: Passed
2017-09-10311: Consumer Complaint — Overcharge
2017-04-20Permit EQ — ISSUED
2017-04-20Permit EQ — ISSUED
2017-04-19Job filed: INSTALLATION OF TEMPORARY HEAVY DUTY SIDEWALK SHED AS PER PLANS. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY.SIDEWALK SHED SHALL COMPLY WITH CHAPTER #33 OF
2017-04-19Job filed: INSTALLATION OF TEMPORARY PIPE SCAFFOLD AT 66'HIGH OFF SHED AS PER PLAN. NO CHANGE IN USE EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY,PIPE SCAFFOLD SHALL COMPLY WITH CHAPTER#
2017-04-19Job filed: INSTALLATION OF TEMPORARY PIPE SCAFFOLD AT 66'HIGH OFF SHED AS PER PLAN. NO CHANGE IN USE EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY,PIPE SCAFFOLD SHALL COMPLY WITH CHAPTER#
2017-04-19Job filed: INSTALLATION OF TEMPORARY HEAVY DUTY SIDEWALK SHED AS PER PLANS. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY.SIDEWALK SHED SHALL COMPLY WITH CHAPTER #33 OF
2017-04-14Rodent inspection: Passed
2016
2016-12-21ECB CLASS - 2 violation: FAILURE TO MAINTAIN EXTERIOR BLDG FACADE.NOTE:EXPO 1,SOUTH ELEVATION:DISINTEGRATED MORTAR JOINTS(4TH FLR)STEP CRACK IN MASONRY BET$500
2016-10-25HPD 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
2016-07-13Rodent inspection: Passed
2014
2014-08-14DOB violation E:
2013
2013-06-15DOB violation E:
2012
2012-12-05DOB violation E:
2012-11-30Permit EW — ISSUED
2012-11-20Permit PL — ISSUED
2012-10-17Permit EW — ISSUED
2012-10-12Job filed: MECHANICAL WORK AS SHOWN ON PLANS FILED HEREWITH.$16,800
2012-10-12Job filed: MECHANICAL WORK AS SHOWN ON PLANS FILED HEREWITH.$16,800
2012-10-01Job filed: GENERAL CONSTRUCTION, STUCTURAL AND PLUMBING WORK AS SHOWN ON PLANS FILED HEREWITH$131,500
2012-08-30Permit EW — ISSUED
2012-08-15Job filed: INTERIOR DEMOLITION OF PARTITIONS, CEILING, AND FIXTURES AS SHOWN ON PLANS FILED$12,000
2012-07-16Rodent inspection: Passed
2011
2011-12-09Rodent inspection: Passed
2011-11-30DOB violation E:
2011-06-29Facade (LL11) filing, cycle 7: SAFE
2010
2010-11-05Rodent inspection: Passed
2009
2009-04-13ECB CLASS - 2 violation: 75M7.56Y10.59Y2.62B10.52Y2.16B1.100M7.37T7.37M7.75M PROVIDE SPRING BUFFER FOR CWT 62B POLISH & CLEAN COMMUUTATOR 16B ADJUST PIN AN
2008
2008-12-15DOB violation E:
2008-03-31DOB violation LL2604E:
2007
2007-09-24Permit EQ — ISSUED
2007-09-20Job filed: Install sidewalk shed for exterior facade work. Shed to be heavy duty shed max 300 psf load. No storage on shed. No change in use , egress or occupanc
2007-08-30Permit AL — ISSUED
2007-08-10Job filed: Saw cutting and pointing at N,E and W facades approximately 1000 . Bricck replacement at E and W facades approximately 1000. Brick replacement at E a$45,000
2007-08-01DOB violation E:
2006
2006-07-25DOB violation E:
2006-07-25DOB violation E:
2006-07-14Facade (LL11) filing, cycle 6: SWARMP
2005
2005-09-29Permit EW — ISSUED
2005-09-29Permit EQ — ISSUED
2005-09-20Job filed: FRONT ELEVATIONNO CHANGE IN USE EGRESS OR OCCUP ANCY$40,000
2004
2004-02-27ECB Non-Hazardous violation: FAILURE TO SUBMIT A FIFTH ROUND TECHNIAL REPORT : PERIOIC INSPECTION OF EXTERIOR WALLS AND APPURTENANCES AS REQUIRED BY LOCAL LAW $350
2003
2003-08-26Permit AL — ISSUED
2003-05-09ECB Non-Hazardous violation: FAILURE TO SUBMIT A FIFTH ROUND TECHNICAL REPORT: PERIODIC INSPECTION OF EXTERIOR WALLS AND APPURTENANCES AS REQUIRED LOCAL LAW 11$700
2003-03-19DOB violation LL6291:
2002
2002-12-10Job filed: RESTORE & RESECURE STONE AND POINTING. SIDEWALK SHED FILED UNDER APPLICATION 3103205755. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY.$15,000
2002-09-17ECB Hazardous violation: FAILURE TO SAFEGUARD PUBLIC AND PROPERTY OFFECTED BY CONSTRUCTION OPERATION. AT TIME OF INSPECTION BRICK AND STONE WORK WAS COMMER
2002-08-08DOB violation L1198:
2002-07-09Permit EQ — ISSUED
2002-07-03Job filed: INSTALLATION OF HEAVY DUTY SIDEWALK SHED , 28' DURING FACADE REPAIR. NO HANGE IN EGRESS, USE OR OCCUPANCY. SHED TO COMPLY WITH LL 33/91. NO MATERIAL O
2002-07-03Job filed: INSTALLATION OF HEAVY DUTY SIDEWALK SHED , 28' DURING FACADE REPAIR. NO HANGE IN EGRESS, USE OR OCCUPANCY. SHED TO COMPLY WITH LL 33/91. NO MATERIAL O
2002-06-14ECB Non-Hazardous violation: FAILURE TO MAINTAIN EXTERIOR BLDG.WALL.NOTED:LIMESTONE COPING ALONG ROOF AREA S/E SIDE CRACKED & OPEN ALONG WITH VERTICAL CRACKS O$800
2002-06-13DOB complaint, category ?
2001
2001-11-20DOB violation E:
2000
2000-11-02DOB violation E: 1P20001
1999
1999-03-16DOB violation LL6291:
1998
1998-05-04DOB violation LL6291:
1997
1997-12-19ECB Non-Hazardous violation: 18Q,28H,60M,45R,50Y,74M,21X,15R, 60-CWT BUFFER SPRING #45R12-SLACK CABLE NOT MANUEL RESETTING 74-CAPACITY PLATE 15R-LOCKS ON HOSIT
1997-09-16DOB violation LL6291:
1997-07-01DOB violation LL1080:
1994
1994-11-15Permit EQ — ISSUED
1994-07-11Permit EW — ISSUED
1994-03-18DOB violation LL6291:
1993
1993-03-18DOB violation LL6291:
1992
1992-07-01DOB violation LL10/80:
1990
1990-11-20DOB violation E:
1990-01-04DOB violation E:
1985
1985-06-26Deed — from DUCAS INVESTMENT, N.V. to GEF DEVELOPMENT CORP.
1985-06-26SAGE — from CRJ INVESTMENTS
1985-06-26Mortgage assigned — from BANKERS TRUST COMPANY to A & X DEVELPMT CORP.
1984
1984-03-20Agreement — from DUCAS INVESTMENT N.V. to BANKERS TRUST COMPANY
1984-03-20Mortgage assigned — from DUCAS INVESTMENT N.V. to BANKERS TRUST COMPANY
1984-03-16Deed — from HERMAN, STEVEN to DUCAS INVESTMENT N.V.
1984-01-18CNTR — from HERMAN, STEVEN M.D. to CRJ INVESTMENTS
1983
1983-08-09Deed — from HERMAN, STEVEN to HERMAN, STEVEN
1983-05-16Deed — from TONTI, DIVO LOUIS to HERMAN, STEVEN M.D.P.C.
1983-05-16Mortgage $1,900,000 — from HERMAN, STEVEN M.D. to BANKERS TRUST COMPANY$1,900,000
1982
1982-07-02LDMK — from LANDMARKS PRESERVTNCOMM to CITY OF NEW YORK
1980
1980-12-24Deed — from WOLFSON, CYRIL Z; IONIAN TRANSPORT INC; SILL, LOUIS P to TONTI, DIVO L
1980-06-19Deed — from HIRSCHI, NORMAN; FELD, STUART P to WOLFSON, CYRIL Z; SILL, LOUIS P; IONIAN TRANSPORT INC
1979
1979-04-06MISC — from MC CLUSKY, TERESA
1976
1976-09-13Deed — from PAHLMAN, WILLIAM C; MICHAELS, ANDREW to HIRSCHL, NORMAN; FELD, STUART P
1968
1968-09-12Deed — from 23 E73RD ST RLTY CP to MICHEALS ANDREW; PAHLMANN WILLIAMS C
1968-09-12Deed — from MCCLUSKY TERESA to 23 E73RD ST RLTY CP
1968-09-12Mortgage — from 23 E73RD ST RLTY CP to MCCLUSKEY TERESA
1968-07-16Deed — from 73RD CLEO CP to MCCLUSKEY TERESA
1967
1967-11-14Deed — from MCCLUSKY TERESA to 73RD CLEO CP