The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less recorded distress than 57% 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 12. 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
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
6 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2024–25: 6).
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
What 311 hears from this address
13 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (3) · PLUMBING (3) · HEAT/HOT WATER (3) · FLOORING/STAIRS (2) · Illegal Parking (1) · Dirty Condition (1).
Filed construction activity
$34,000 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 (15)
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
$1,549,000
$697,050
2026
$2,468,000
$1,110,600
2027
$2,844,000
$1,279,800
The city's market estimate has risen
84% 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 · 350 ft straight-line (about a 2-minute walk) · station accessibility: partial (Uptown local only) 86 St — Q · 0.2 mi straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
Bus
Nearest boarding stop: Lexington Av / E 85 St — M101 M103 · 350 ft
Citi Bike
E 85 St & 3 Ave · 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.
13 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 3 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.
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
2019-05-02
RPTT&RET $900,000 — from SCLAFANI, JUSTINE; BOLT, MICHAEL; BOLT, JUSTINE to SHURE, KATHLEEN; SHURE, GARY
$900,000
2019-04-16
Sold for $900,000
$900,000
$60,000
1985-10-30
Mortgage $781,219 — from LEVINE, HARVEY L. to TROY SAVINGS BANK
$781,219
Ten-year activity
50250
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
24
2025
2026
ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
Show as table
Year
Construction
Enforcement
Housing & tenants
Ownership & money
Health & systems
Total
2017
0
0
0
0
2
2
2018
0
0
2
0
3
5
2019
0
0
3
2
2
7
2020
7
0
4
0
1
12
2021
0
1
2
0
1
4
2022
0
2
1
0
1
4
2023
0
0
11
0
1
12
2024
0
1
3
0
1
5
2025
0
1
22
0
1
24
2026
0
1
0
0
1
2
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2025-01-22HPD class B: § 27-2045 ADM CODE REPAIR OR REPLACE THE SMOKE DETECTOR DEFECTIVE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 3E, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM N
2025-01-22HPD 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
2025-01-22HPD class B: § 27-2046.1 HMC: REPAIR OR REPLACE THE CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTING DEVICE(S). DEFECTIVE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 3E, 3rd STORY,
2025-01-22Tenant complaint: PLUMBING — RADIATOR
2025-01-18311: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2025-01-18Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2023-11-05311: Noise — Noise: lawn care equipment (NCL)
2023-08-25Boiler inspection
2023-07-12311: Illegal Parking — Paper License Plates
2023-04-20311: Illegal Parking — Parking Permit Improper Use
2023-04-20311: Illegal Parking — Parking Permit Improper Use
2023-03-17311: Indoor Air Quality — Dust from Construction
2023-02-23311: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2023-02-23Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2023-02-08HPD class B: § 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE REMOVE ALL ENCUMBRANCES CONSISTING OF BICYCLE AT PUBLIC HALL, 1st STORY
2023-02-05311: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2023-02-05Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2022
2022-12-13Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2022-11-25ECB CLASS - 1 violation: FAILURE TO MAINTAIN BUILDING IN CODE COMPLAINT MANNER I OBSERVED ON THE SECOND FLOOR APARTMENT 2W HAVING OPEN END GAS LINE AND FUT$312
2022-11-15DOB complaint, category ?
2022-10-18Boiler inspection
2021
2021-12-13Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2021-09-14FDNY inspection (RISK)
2021-03-01311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2021-01-13Boiler inspection
2020
2020-12-23Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2020-11-19Permit AL — ISSUED
2020-11-13Job filed: PATCH STUCCO & PAINT THOROCOAT AS PER PLAN.NO CHANGE IN USE OCCUPANCY OR EGRESS UNDER THIS APPLICATION.$16,000
2020-11-13Job filed: PATCH STUCCO & PAINT THOROCOAT AS PER PLAN.NO CHANGE IN USE OCCUPANCY OR EGRESS UNDER THIS APPLICATION.$16,000
2020-09-30311: Lead — Lead Kit Request (Residential) (L10)
2020-09-21Permit Supported Scaffold — Signed-off
2020-09-19Job filed: INSTALLATION OF TEMPORARY 52' HIGH PIPE SCAFFOLD ORIGINATING (OFF SHED) FOR FACADE REPAIR WORK AS PER PLAN. NO CHANGE IN USE EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY,PIPE $1,000
2020-09-11Job 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
2020-09-11Permit Sidewalk Shed — Signed-off
2020-02-24311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2020-01-21311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2020-01-09Boiler inspection
2019
2019-12-26Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2019-12-16311: Street Condition — Defective Hardware
2019-12-02Rodent inspection: Passed
2019-05-02RPTT&RET $900,000 — from SCLAFANI, JUSTINE; BOLT, MICHAEL; BOLT, JUSTINE to SHURE, KATHLEEN; SHURE, GARY$900,000
2019-04-16Sold for $900,000$900,000
2019-01-24Boiler inspection
2019-01-21Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2018
2018-12-20Rodent inspection: Passed
2018-07-28311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2018-05-22311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2018-04-17Rodent inspection: Passed
2018-02-15Boiler inspection
2017
2017-09-27Rodent inspection: Passed
2017-03-29Rodent inspection: Passed
2016
2016-09-29Rodent inspection: Passed
2015
2015-08-01311: Homeless Encampment — N/A
2013
2013-08-18311: Taxi Complaint — Driver Complaint
2013-02-22311: Air Quality — Air: Smoke, Chimney or vent (AS1)
2012
2012-07-20Rodent inspection: Passed
2012-05-27311: Noise — Noise: Construction Before/After Hours (NM1)
2011
2011-11-30Rodent inspection: Passed
2010
2010-11-22Rodent inspection: Passed
2006
2006-02-26Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
1999
1999-04-27Deed — from LEVINE, HARVEY L. to 160-172 EAST 85TH STREET, LLC
1999-03-16DOB violation LL6291:
1998
1998-12-28Permit EQ — ISSUED
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
1993-03-18DOB 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
1990-08-23DOB complaint, category ?
1985
1985-10-30Mortgage assigned — from LEVINE, HARVEY L to TROY SAVINGS BANK
1985-10-30Mortgage assigned — from AMERICAN SAVINGS BANK to TROY SAVINGS BANK
1985-10-30Mortgage assigned — from AMERICAN SAVINGS BKFSB to TROY SAVINGS BANK
1985-10-30Mortgage $781,219 — from LEVINE, HARVEY L. to TROY SAVINGS BANK$781,219
1985-10-30Agreement — from LEVINE, HARVEY L. to TROY SAVINGS BANK
1985-10-30Mortgage assigned — from TROY SAVINGS BANK to FEDERAL HOME LN MTGECP
1985-10-30Mortgage assigned — from TROY SAVINGS BANK to FEDERAL HOME LN MTGECP
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
1973
1973-12-13Agreement — from MIDTWON PROPERTIES INC to AMALGAMATED BANK OFNY
1971
1971-09-10SMTG — from NEWPORT ASSOCIATES INC to AMALGAMATED BANK OFNY
1971-09-10SMTG — from BELOFSKY, MORRIS; THEOBOLD, JACK; ROBBINS, SAMUEL; THEOBOLD, ANN; BELOFSKY, HYMAN 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