The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less recorded distress than 78% 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 3.6. 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
2 total — 0 class C (immediately hazardous), 2 class B, 0 class A. Oldest open since 1993-04-06.
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
3 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Rodent (1) · Commercial Disposal Complaint (1) · Residential Disposal Complaint (1).
Filed construction activity
$131,200 in permitted construction work filed since
2016 (4 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 (1910)
Yes
Six or more residential units (18)
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)
160-172 East 85th Street, LLC
Head officer
Richard M Rubel
Managing agent
BRONSTEIN PROPERTIES LLC
Last registered
2025-07-16
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
$2,598,000
$1,169,100
2026
$2,860,000
$1,287,000
2027
$2,983,000
$1,342,350
The city's market estimate has risen
15% 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 — 4 5 6 · 400 ft straight-line (about a 2-minute walk) · station accessibility: partial (Uptown local only) 86 St — Q · 1,050 ft straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
Bus
Nearest boarding stop: 3 Av / E 85 St — M102 M103 BxM1 BxM10 · 350 ft
Citi Bike
E 85 St & 3 Ave · 350 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.
3 311 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: $781,218 on
1985-10-30 (lender: Troy Savings Bank), covering 4 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
1985-10-30
Mortgage $781,219 — from LEVINE, HARVEY L. to TROY SAVINGS BANK
$781,219
Ten-year activity
20100
2017
2018
2019
2020
15
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systems
Show as table
Year
Construction
Enforcement
Housing & tenants
Health & systems
Total
2017
0
0
2
2
4
2018
0
0
1
2
3
2019
0
1
3
1
5
2020
0
0
2
0
2
2021
3
0
12
0
15
2022
3
0
8
0
11
2023
0
2
8
0
10
2024
0
0
3
2
5
2025
0
0
1
0
1
2026
0
0
1
0
1
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2022-06-29HPD class B: § 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE AND DEPT. RULES AND REGULATIONS. REMOVE THE ENCUMBRANCE OBSTRUCTING EGRESS FROM FIRE ESCAPES FLOWER POTS AT 2ND STO
2022-03-29Job filed: PROPOSED INTERIOR RENOVATION TO EXISTING COMMERCIAL SPACE TO INCLUDE A HANDICAPPED BATHROOM AS PER DRAWINGS. NO CHANGE IN USE, OCCUPANCY OR EGRESS.$55,000
2022-03-29Job filed: NEW ADA BATHROOM, NEW PLUMBING FIXTURES, RADIATORS (2)TO BE CAPPED & REMOVED AS PER PLANS. NO CHANGE IN USE, OCCUPANCY OR EGRESS.$10,600
2022-03-05311: WATER LEAK — HEAVY FLOW
2022-03-05Tenant complaint: WATER LEAK — HEAVY FLOW
2022-02-03311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2022-01-24Permit Plumbing — Signed-off
2022-01-23311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2022-01-19311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2021
2021-12-23Permit General Construction — Signed-off
2021-12-17Job filed: PROPOSED INTERIOR RENOVATION TO EXISTING COMMERCIAL SPACE TO INCLUDE A HANDICAPPED BATHROOM AS PER DRAWINGS. NO CHANGE IN USE, OCCUPANCY OR EGRESS.$55,000
2021-12-17Job filed: NEW ADA BATHROOM, NEW PLUMBING FIXTURES, RADIATORS (2)TO BE CAPPED & REMOVED AS PER PLANS. NO CHANGE IN USE, OCCUPANCY OR EGRESS.$10,600
2021-12-13Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2021-10-17311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2021-10-06311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2021-09-04311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2021-08-31311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2021-08-20311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2021-08-17311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2021-08-14311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2021-08-10311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2014-12-11Job filed: PROPOSED MODIFY EXISTING STOREFRONT FOR EXISTING STORE ON FIRST FLOOR. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS, AND OCCUPANCY.$12,750
2014-12-11Job filed: PROPOSED MODIFY EXISTING STOREFRONT FOR EXISTING STORE ON FIRST FLOOR. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS, AND OCCUPANCY.$12,750
2014-12-11Permit EW — ISSUED
2014-12-11Permit EQ — ISSUED
2012
2012-09-30311: Taxi Complaint — Driver Complaint
2012-07-20Rodent inspection: Passed
2011
2011-11-30Rodent inspection: Passed
2010
2010-11-22Rodent inspection: Passed
2007
2007-08-29Tenant complaint: GENERAL — MOLD
2003
2003-03-19DOB violation LL6291:
2002
2002-03-26DOB violation LL6291:
2001
2001-02-27DOB violation LL6291:
2000
2000-02-07DOB violation LL6291:
1999
1999-04-27Deed — from LEVINE, HARVEY L. to 160-172 EAST 85TH STREET, LLC
1999-03-16DOB violation LL6291:
1998
1998-09-24Permit EQ — ISSUED
1998-05-04DOB violation LL6291:
1997
1997-09-16DOB violation LL6291:
1997-02-10DOB violation LL6291:
1995
1995-08-29DOB violation LL6291:
1994
1994-03-18DOB violation LL6291:
1993
1993-04-06HPD class B: SECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR CEILING BATHROOM 2 STY SOUTHWEST APT
1993-04-06HPD class B: SECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE & 309 M/D LAW ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF WATER PEXETRATE CEILING BATHROOM 2 STY SOUTHWEST APT 6. , SECTION ''
1993-03-18DOB violation LL6291:
1992
1992-07-16Mortgage satisfied — from LEVINE, HARVEY L. to FRANKLIN SAVINGS BANK/NY
1992-03-17Mortgage satisfied — from LEVINE, HARVEY L. to FRANKLIN SVGS BANK NY
1990
1990-09-28Permit EQ — ISSUED
1985
1985-10-30Mortgage assigned — from TROY SAVINGS BANK to FEDERAL HOME LN MTGECP
1985-10-30Mortgage $781,219 — from LEVINE, HARVEY L. to TROY SAVINGS BANK$781,219
1985-10-30Mortgage assigned — from AMERICAN SAVINGS BKFSB to TROY SAVINGS BANK
1985-10-30Mortgage assigned — from AMERICAN SAVINGS BANK to TROY SAVINGS BANK
1985-10-30Mortgage assigned — from LEVINE, HARVEY L to TROY SAVINGS BANK
1985-10-30Mortgage assigned — from TROY SAVINGS BANK to FEDERAL HOME LN MTGECP
1985-10-30Agreement — from LEVINE, HARVEY L. to TROY SAVINGS BANK
1978
1978-08-02Mortgage assigned — from LEVINE, HARVEY L to FRANKLIN SAVINGS BANK NY
1978-08-02Mortgage — from LEVINE, HARVEY L to FRANKLIN SAVINGS BANK N
1976
1976-10-18Deed — from LEE, HOWARD to LEVINE, HARVEY L
1975
1975-08-04Deed — from FABRICANT, LESTER I; NEWPORT ASSOC INC ETAL to LEE, HOWARD
1971
1971-09-10SMTG — from BELOFSKY, MORRIS; THEOBOLD, JACK; ROBBINS, SAMUEL; THEOBOLD, ANN; BELOFSKY, HYMAN to AMALGAMATED BANK OFNY
1971-09-10SMTG — from NEWPORT ASSOCIATES INC to AMALGAMATED BANK OFNY
1971-09-10Agreement — from MIDTOWN PROPERTIES INC to AMALGAMATED BANK OFNY
1971-09-10Mortgage assigned — from FISH, STANLEY GLEN FBO; HELLER, HYMANN DECD; HELLER,ALVIN H TR(IND/TR; HELLER, SYLVIA TR(I to AMALGAMATED BANK OFNY
1970
1970-01-19Deed — from NEWPORT ASSOCIATES INC to MIDTOWN PROPERTIES INC
1970-01-19Mortgage — from MIDTOWN PROPERTIES INC to NEWPORT ASSOCIATES INC
1968
1968-03-27Mortgage assigned — from VOGEL, HYMANN DECD EX to FISH, PAUL DAVID FBO; HELLER,ALVIN A TR(INDIV); HELLER, HYMANN DECD; VOGEL, HERMAN TR; FIS
1966
1966-03-04Mortgage — from NEWPORT ASSOCIATES INC to BELOFSKY, MORRIS; THEOBALD, ANN; BELOFSKY, HYMAN; ROBBINS, SAMUEL; THEOBALD, JACK