The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less recorded distress than 84% 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 1.7. In ZIP 10028, 79% 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
Open HPD violations
4 total — 1 class C (immediately hazardous), 2 class B, 1 class A. Oldest open since 2018-05-22.
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
6 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (3) · Consumer Complaint (1) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (1) · Illegal Dumping (1).
Filed construction activity
$45,000 in permitted construction work filed since
2016 (2 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 (1918)
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)
1200 LEXINGTON LLC
Head officer
MARTIN SCHARF
Managing agent
1200 LEXINGTON LLC
Last registered
2025-07-03
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
$3,920,000
$1,764,000
2026
$4,704,000
$2,116,800
2027
$5,645,000
$2,540,250
The city's market estimate has risen
44% 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 — 4 5 6 · 0.2 mi straight-line (about a 6-minute walk) · station accessibility: partial (Uptown local only)
Bus
Nearest boarding stop: Lexington Av / E 83 St — M101 M102 M103 · 250 ft
Citi Bike
E 81 St & Park Ave · 300 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.
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $11,000,000 on
2020-03-10 (lender: Signature Bank), covering 2 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
2020-03-10
Mortgage $11,000,000 — from 1200 LEXINGTON LLC to SIGNATURE BANK
$11,000,000
2020-03-10
AL&R $11,000,000 — from 1200 LEXINGTON LLC to SIGNATURE BANK
$11,000,000
2015-04-03
AL&R $11,650,000 — from 1200 LEXINGTON LLC to SIGNATURE BANK
$11,650,000
2015-04-03
M&CON $11,650,000 — from 1200 LEXINGTON LLC to SIGNATURE BANK
$11,650,000
2008-04-08
AL&R $1,872,000 — from 1200 LEXINGTON LLC to SOVEREIGN BANK
$1,872,000
2008-04-08
Mortgage $1,872,000 — from 1200 LEXINGTON LLC to SOVEREIGN BANK
$1,872,000
2005-05-05
AL&R $8,250,000 — from 1200 LEXINGTON LLC to INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK
$8,250,000
2005-05-05
Agreement $8,250,000 — from INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK to 1200 LEXINGTON LLC
$8,250,000
2005-05-05
Mortgage $1,858,889 — from 1200 LEXINGTON LLC to INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK
$1,858,889
2004-07-13
DEEDO $11,850,000 — from B.N.O. ASSOCIATES, LLC to 1200 LEXINGTON LLC
$11,850,000
2003-06-19
DEEDO $8,250,000 — from 1200 LEXINGTON AVENUE A LLC; 1200 LEXINGTON AVENUE G, LLC to BNO ASSOCIATES, LLC
$8,250,000
2003-06-19
Mortgage $1,500,000 — from B.N.O. ASSOCIATES, LLC to M & T REAL ESTATE, INC
$1,500,000
2003-06-19
Mortgage $3,631,748 — from B.N.O. ASSOCIATES, LLC to M & T REAL ESTATE, INC
$3,631,748
1999-09-22
Mortgage $1,500,000 — from GREENSTEIN, LARRY ASTRUSTEE; AVLON, JOHN J. AS TRUSTEE; GLUCKMAN, ERIC L/W/T/ DECEASED; GL to BANK OF NEW YORK
$1,500,000
Ten-year activity
50250
2017
28
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
2
0
2
4
2018
0
0
25
0
3
28
2019
0
1
7
0
2
10
2020
0
0
9
2
1
12
2021
0
0
3
0
1
4
2022
0
0
1
0
1
2
2023
2
0
4
0
2
8
2024
0
0
4
2
1
7
2025
0
0
5
0
1
6
2026
0
0
1
0
2
3
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2025-09-07HPD class A: § 27-2014 ADM CODE AND DEPT. RULES AND REGULATIONS. SCRAPE AND REMOVE RUST SCALES AND PAINT WITH 2 COATS OF PAINT AT BUILDING FRONT FIRE ESC
2024-09-11AALR — from SIGNATURE BRIDGE BANK, N.A.; SIGNATURE BANK; FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION to SIG RCRS A/B MF 2023 VENTURE LLC
2024-09-11Mortgage assigned — from SIGNATURE BRIDGE BANK, N.A.; FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION; SIGNATURE BANK to SIG RCRS A/B MF 2023 VENTURE LLC
2020-03-17311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2020-03-15311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2020-03-10Mortgage $11,000,000 — from 1200 LEXINGTON LLC to SIGNATURE BANK$11,000,000
2020-03-10AL&R $11,000,000 — from 1200 LEXINGTON LLC to SIGNATURE BANK$11,000,000
2020-01-26311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2019
2019-11-26Rodent inspection: Passed
2019-11-15Boiler inspection
2019-11-01311: General Construction/Plumbing — Debris - Falling Or In Danger Of Falling
2019-11-01DOB complaint, category ?
2019-10-06311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2019-06-18311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2019-03-10311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2019-03-05311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2019-01-28Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2019-01-11311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2018
2018-12-19Rodent inspection: Passed
2018-11-09Boiler inspection
2018-10-29311: Broken Parking Meter — Coin or Card Did Not Register
2018-09-14311: Consumer Complaint — Receipt Incomplete/Not Given
2018-09-09311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2018-07-20311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2018-05-22HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE INTERCOM SYSTEM FROM 1ST STORY HALL VESIBULE TO THE INTERCOM IN IN THE ENTIRE APA
2018-05-22HPD class C: § 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR AT CEILING IN THE 2nd ROOM FROM EAST AT SO
2018-05-22HPD class B: § 27-2026, 2027 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE EVIDENCE OF A WATER LEAK AT CEILING IN THE 2nd ROOM FROM EAST AT SOUTH LOCATED
2018-04-09311: Broken Parking Meter — Out of Order
2017
2017-12-05311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2017-09-19Rodent inspection: Passed
2017-04-18Rodent inspection: Passed
2017-02-15311: Broken Muni Meter — Coin or Card Did Not Register
2016
2016-12-01311: City Vehicle Placard Complaint — N/A
2016-10-05Rodent inspection: Passed
2016-10-04Permit EW — ISSUED
2016-09-12EASE — from 1200 LEXINGTON LLC/RICHARD SCHARF to 1200 LEXINGTON LLC/RICHARD SCHARF
2016-07-13DOB violation AEUHAZ1: FAILURE TO CERTIFY CORRECTION ON IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUS (CLASS 1) ECB VIOLATION
2016-07-13DOB violation AEUHAZ1: FAILURE TO CERTIFY CORRECTION ON IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUS (CLASS 1) ECB VIOLATION
2016-07-13ECB CLASS - 2 violation: FAILURE TO COMPLY W/THE COMM'S ORDER CONTAINED IN NOV #35166860H ISSUED ON 04/13/16 & TO FILE A C OF C PURSUANT TO 28-201.1;28-204$800
2016-07-13ECB CLASS - 2 violation: FAILURE TO COMPLY W/THE COMM'S ORDER CONTAINED IN NOV #35179692K ISSUED ON 04/11/16 & TO FILE A C OF C PURSUANT TO 28-201.1;28-204$800
2016-06-20Job filed: INSTALL EXTENSION OF EXISTING FIRE ESCAPE TO 1200 LEXINGTON AVE TO COMPLY WITH EGRESS FOR 1202 LEXINGTON AVENUE IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPROVED CCD1 &$10,000
2016-06-03ECB CLASS - 2 violation: FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE COMMISSIONER'S ORDER CONTAINED IN NOV#35179692K ISSUED ON 4/11/16 &TO FILE A CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION $800
2016-06-03ECB CLASS - 2 violation: FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE COMMISSIONER'S ORDER CONTAINED IN NOV#35166860H ISSUED ON 4/13/16 &TO FILE A CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION $800
2016-05-10311: Miscellaneous Categories — Inspection Work Order (DOB)
2016-05-10DOB complaint, category ?
2016-04-14311: General Construction/Plumbing — Failure To Maintain
2016-04-14DOB complaint, category ?
2016-04-13ECB CLASS - 1 violation: FAILURE TO MAINTAIN BUILDING IN CODE COMPLIANT MANNEE.NOTED REAR FIRE ESCAPE DETERIORATING/DISCONNECTED RAILS LOOSE BOLTS DISCONNE$1,000
2016-04-12311: Miscellaneous Categories — Inspection Work Order (DOB)
2016-04-12DOB complaint, category ?
2016-04-11311: General Construction/Plumbing — Egress - Doors Locked/Blocked/Improper/No Secondary Means
2016-04-11ECB CLASS - 1 violation: BC1001.3. FAILURE TO MAINTAIN EGRESS CLEAR AND UNOBSTRUCTED. NOTED: FOUND REAR FIRE ESCAPE INSTALLED AT EXISTING BUILDING LEADS $1,600
2016-04-11DOB complaint, category ?
2015
2015-11-20311: New Tree Request — For One Address
2015-11-14311: New Tree Request — For One Address
2015-10-02311: Broken Muni Meter — Out of Order
2015-04-03Mortgage assigned — from SOVEREIGN BANK; SOVEREIGN BANK, N.A.; SANTANDER BANK, N.A. to SIGNATURE BANK
2015-04-03AL&R $11,650,000 — from 1200 LEXINGTON LLC to SIGNATURE BANK$11,650,000
2015-04-03Mortgage assigned — from SANTANDER BANK, N.A. to SIGNATURE BANK
2015-04-03TL&R — from FANNIE MAE to 1200 LEXINGTON LLC
2015-04-03TL&R — from SANTANDER BANK, N.A.; SOVEREIGN BANK; SOVEREIGN BANK, N.A. to 1200 LEXINGTON LLC
2015-04-03Mortgage assigned — from FANNIE MAE to SANTANDER BANK, N.A.
2015-04-03M&CON $11,650,000 — from 1200 LEXINGTON LLC to SIGNATURE BANK$11,650,000
2008-12-31Job filed: REPLACE BOILER AND OIL BURNER (NYC BOILER # MD 6051-01) WITH BOILER AND GAS/OIL BURNER.$20,000
2008-12-31Permit EW — ISSUED
2008-12-31Permit EW — ISSUED
2008-12-31Permit EW — ISSUED
2008-12-31Permit PL — ISSUED
2008-05-05Permit AL — ISSUED
2008-04-22Job filed: INSTALL NON-ILLUMINATED AWNING WITH LETTERING NO LARGER THAN 12', NOR MORE THAN 12 SQ. FT. IN COPY READING: THE UPS STORE$2,000
2008-04-22Job filed: INSTALL NON-ILLUMINATED AWNING WITH LETTERING NO LARGER THAN 12", NOR MORE THAN 12 SQ. FT. IN COPY READING: THE UPS STORE$2,000
2008-04-08AL&R $1,872,000 — from 1200 LEXINGTON LLC to SOVEREIGN BANK$1,872,000
2008-04-08Mortgage $1,872,000 — from 1200 LEXINGTON LLC to SOVEREIGN BANK$1,872,000
2005
2005-06-08AALR — from INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK to FANNIE MAE
2005-06-08Mortgage assigned — from INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK to FANNIE MAE
2005-05-05AL&R $8,250,000 — from 1200 LEXINGTON LLC to INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK$8,250,000
2005-05-05Agreement $8,250,000 — from INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK to 1200 LEXINGTON LLC$8,250,000
2005-05-05Mortgage $1,858,889 — from 1200 LEXINGTON LLC to INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK$1,858,889
2005-05-05Mortgage assigned — from M&T REAL ESTATE TRUST SUCCESSOR BY MERGE to INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK
2005-05-05TL&R — from M&T REAL ESTATE TRUST to B.N.O ASSOCIATES LLC
2005-05-05Mortgage assigned — from M&T REAL ESTATE TRUST SUCCESSOR BY MERGE to INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK
2005-05-05TL&R — from M&T REAL ESTATE TRUST SUCCESSOR BY MERGE to B.N.O ASSOCIATES LLC
2004
2004-07-13DEEDO $11,850,000 — from B.N.O. ASSOCIATES, LLC to 1200 LEXINGTON LLC$11,850,000
2003
2003-06-19AL&R — from B.N.O. ASSOCIATES, LLC to M & T REAL ESTATE, INC
2003-06-19AL&R — from B.N.O. ASSOCIATES, LLC to M & T REAL ESTATE, INC
2003-06-19DEEDO $8,250,000 — from 1200 LEXINGTON AVENUE A LLC; 1200 LEXINGTON AVENUE G, LLC to BNO ASSOCIATES, LLC$8,250,000
2003-06-19TL&R — from BANK OF NEW YORK to AVLON, JOHN J; GLUCKMAN, ELISE; GREENSTEIN, LARRY
2003-06-19Mortgage $1,500,000 — from B.N.O. ASSOCIATES, LLC to M & T REAL ESTATE, INC$1,500,000
2003-06-19Mortgage $3,631,748 — from B.N.O. ASSOCIATES, LLC to M & T REAL ESTATE, INC$3,631,748
2003-06-19Mortgage assigned — from BANK OF NEW YORK to M & T REAL ESTATE, INC
2002
2002-01-14Deed — from GLUCKMAN, ERIC L/W/T; GREENSTEIN, LARRY MR. AS CO-TRUSTEE; GLUCKMAN, ELISE WERTHEIM MS. AS to 1200 LEXINGTON AVENUE G LLC
2002-01-14Deed — from AVLON, JOHN J. to 1200 LEXINTON AVENUEA LLC
2000
2000-04-04Deed — from GLUCKMAN, ELISE WERTHEIM; GREENSTEIN, LARRY to GLUCKMAN, ELISE WERTHEIM MS.; GREENSTEIN, LARRY MR.
1999
1999-12-06WSAT — from GRUBEL REALTY CORPORATION to MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YOR
1999-09-22Mortgage assigned — from GLUCKMAN, ERIC L/W/T; GLUCKMAN, ELISE TRUSTEE; GREENSTEIN, LARRY TRUSTEE; AVLON, JOHN J. T to BANK OF NEW YORK
1999-09-22Mortgage $1,500,000 — from GREENSTEIN, LARRY ASTRUSTEE; AVLON, JOHN J. AS TRUSTEE; GLUCKMAN, ERIC L/W/T/ DECEASED; GL to BANK OF NEW YORK$1,500,000
1998
1998-06-26Mortgage assigned — from AVLON, JOHN J. AS EXECUTOR; AVLON, JOHN ESTATE OF; KUFELD, WILLIAM M. AS EXECUTOR to JEFFRIES AVLON, INC.
1998-05-05Permit EW — ISSUED
1998-05-04DOB violation LL6291:
1997
1997-09-25Permit PL — ISSUED
1997-09-16DOB violation LL6291:
1997-08-20Permit EW — ISSUED
1997-08-11DOB complaint, category ?
1996
1996-09-13SMIS — from CHASE MANHATTAN BANK to AVLON, JOHN J.
1996-05-07Deed — from AVLON, CAROL L/W/T; CHASE MANHATTAN BANKEXECUTOR to AVLON, JOHN J.
1995
1995-08-29DOB violation LL6291:
1995-02-09Permit EW — ISSUED
1995-02-07Permit EW — ISSUED
1993
1993-10-22DOB complaint, category ?
1992
1992-01-06DOB complaint, category ?
1991
1991-12-23DOB violation B:
1991-11-20Permit EW — ISSUED
1985
1985-08-07Mortgage assigned — from GLUCKMAN, ISAAC to GLUCKMAN, ERIC; GLUCKMAN, ISAAC
1985-08-07Mortgage assigned — from GLUCKMAN, ANNETTE L.; GLUCKMAN, ISAAC; CITICORP TRUST, N.A. to GLUCKMAN, ISAAC
1984
1984-09-27Mortgage assigned — from GLUCKMAN, ISAAC to GLUCKMAN, ANNETTE L.TR; CITIBANK, N.A. TR; GLUCKMAN, ISAAC TR
1982
1982-05-19Mortgage assigned — from AMERICAN SAVINGS BANK to AVLON, JOHN J.; GLUCKMAN, ISAAC
1972
1972-08-17Agreement — from AVLON, CAROL; GLUCKMAN, ERIC to AMERICAN SAVINGS BANK