A modest record — below the level that usually signals systemic problems. More recorded distress than 67% 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 38. In ZIP 10021, 81% of residential buildings hold an A and
3% 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
26 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2024–25: 20 · winter 2025–26: 2). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
20
’24–25
2
’25–26
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
What 311 hears from this address
23 service requests in the last three years. Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (13) · Noise (3) · Illegal Parking (2) · General Construction/Plumbing (1) · Street Condition (1) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (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 (1910)
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)
439 EAST 76 STREET, INC
Head officer
ILENE FRANZMANN
Managing agent
MARIN MANAGEMENT CORP
Last registered
2025-10-01
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
$2,971,000
$1,336,950
2026
$3,565,000
$1,604,250
2027
$3,901,000
$1,755,450
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).
Hurricane evacuation zone 6 of 6 — zone 1 evacuates first.
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
72 St — Q · 0.3 mi straight-line (about a 9-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
Bus
Nearest boarding stop: York Av / E 77 St — M31 · 150 ft
Citi Bike
E 77 St & 1 Ave · 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.
23 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 13 of them about heat or hot water.
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.
2025-01-23Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2025-01-23Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2025-01-22311: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2025-01-22Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2024
2024-12-23311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2024-12-23Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2024-12-22311: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2024-12-22Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2024-12-21311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2024-12-21311: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2024-12-21Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2024-12-21Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2024-12-16HPD class C: § 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE REMOVE DEVICE PREVENTING DOOR FROM BEING SELF-CLOSING KICK DOWN DOOR STOPPER INSTALLED AT VESTIBULE DOOR. AT PUBLIC
2024-12-16HPD class C: § 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE REMOVE DEVICE PREVENTING DOOR FROM BEING SELF-CLOSING KICK DOWN DOOR STOPPER INSTALLED AT BUILDING ENTRANCE DOOR
2024-12-15311: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2024-12-15Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2024-12-14311: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2024-12-14Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2024-12-13311: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2024-12-13Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2024-01-31311: Noise — Noise: air condition/ventilation equipment (NV1)
2024-01-04Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2023
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
2019-04-15311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2019-04-02Boiler inspection
2019-01-29Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2019-01-07Rodent inspection: Passed
2018
2018-05-04Rodent inspection: Passed
2018-04-10Boiler inspection
2018-03-16Boiler inspection — defects found
2018-01-10HPD class C: § 27-2026, 2027 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE EVIDENCE OF A WATER LEAK ...AT CEILING IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 1A, 1st S
2018-01-10HPD class B: § 27-2045 ADM CODE REPAIR OR REPLACE THE SMOKE DETECTOR ...INOPERABLE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 1A, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FR
2018-01-10HPD class C: § 27-2026, 2027 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE EVIDENCE OF A WATER LEAK ...AT CEILING IN THE 4th ROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT A
2018-01-10HPD class B: § 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE ARRANGE AND MAKE SELF-CLOSING THE DOORS ... IN THE ENTRANCE LOCATED AT APT 1A, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH
2018-01-10HPD class C: § 27-2026, 2027 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE EVIDENCE OF A WATER LEAK AT SOUTH CLOSET IN THE 1st ROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT
2018-01-10HPD 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 KITCH
2018-01-10HPD class B: § 27-2046.1 HMC: REPAIR OR REPLACE THE CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTING DEVICE(S). .. INOPERABLE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 1A, 1st STO
2016-08-05311: Derelict Vehicle — With License Plate
2016-06-13Rodent inspection: Passed
2016-03-30311: Lead — Lead Kit Request (Residential) (L10)
2015
2015-10-01DOB violation LBLVIO: VIOLATION ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO FILE ANNUAL BOILER 2014 INSPECTION REPORT
2014
2014-05-15DOB violation LBLVIO: VIOLATION ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO FILE ANNUAL BOILER 2012 INSPECTION REPORT
2012
2012-06-18Rodent inspection: Passed
2012-02-02311: Sanitation Condition — 15 Street Cond/Dump-Out/Drop-Off
2011
2011-12-12Rodent inspection: Passed
2010
2010-11-10Rodent inspection: Passed
2004
2004-07-06Permit EW — ISSUED
2004-06-04DOB complaint, category ?
2004-04-27Job filed: FILING STRUCTURAL APPLICATION FOR FACADE AND MASONRY REPAIR/REPLACEMENT AS SHOWN ON PLAN NO CNG.IN USE/EGRS/OCCP NCY.$22,000
2003
2003-10-09Permit EQ — ISSUED
2003-03-25ECB Non-Hazardous violation: FAILURE TO POST CONTRACTOR'S SIGN. REMEDY: PROVIDE CONTRACTOR'S SIGN
2003-03-25ECB Non-Hazardous violation: SIDEWALK SHED DOES NOT MEET BUILDING CODE SPECIFICATIONS. DEFECTS NOTED: (A) NO LIGHTS WERE ON AT TIME OF INSPECTION. REMEDY: CONF$1,000
2003-01-27Permit EQ — ISSUED
2002
2002-04-04Permit EQ — ISSUED
2001
2001-12-26Permit EQ — ISSUED
2000
2000-09-26Permit EQ — RE-ISSUED
2000-09-20Job filed: INSTALL HEAVY DUTY SIDEWALK SHED: 26' LONG WORK SHALL COMPLY WITH LL33/91 NO CHANGE IN USE EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY
2000-08-31DOB violation IMEGNCY:
2000-08-28ECB Hazardous violation: FAILURE TO MAINTAIN. NOTED DEFECT: BUILDING EXTERIOR FACADE PULLING AWAY FROM BUILDING STRUCTURE AND WINDOW SILLS DETACHED AND L
2000-08-28DOB complaint, category ?
2000-08-04DOB complaint, category ?
1994
1994-09-01DOB violation LL6291:
1967
1967-03-22Mortgage assigned — from COHOES SAVINGS BANK to GOLUB, PRESTON; ECKSTEIN, ELLIS