The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less recorded distress than 68% 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 6.7. 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
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
4 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 4).
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
What 311 hears from this address
53 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (20) · Food Establishment (10) · Outdoor Dining (4) · Encampment (4) · Consumer Complaint (3) · HEAT/HOT WATER (2).
Filed construction activity
$294,000 in permitted construction work filed since
2016 (9 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 (1920)
Yes
Six or more residential units (19)
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)
YORK ASSOCIATES LLC
Head officer
LEONARD ZANGAS
Managing agent
LEONARD ZANGAS
Last registered
2025-07-24
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
$4,403,000
$1,981,350
2026
$4,455,000
$2,004,750
2027
$4,623,000
$2,080,350
The city's market estimate has risen
5% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
2 food-poisoning reports to 311 at this address in the last three years (0 with three or more people sick) 10 Food Establishment complaints to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Letter Grading, Pet/Animal, Rodents/Insects/Garbage) · complaints filed by the public; DOHMH investigates, outcomes aren't published.
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 — Q · 500 ft straight-line (about a 2-minute walk) · station accessibility: full 86 St — 4 5 6 · 700 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: partial (Uptown local only)
Bus
Nearest boarding stop: E 86 St / 3 Av — M86-SBS · 150 ft · Select Bus Service
Citi Bike
E 85 St & 3 Ave · 400 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.
53 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 2 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.
Sales, deeds & mortgages
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $935,343 on
2020-06-01 (lender: New York Community 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
2020-06-01
Agreement $5,300,000 — from ORNSTEIN 215-217 E. 86 LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK
$5,300,000
2020-06-01
Mortgage $935,343 — from ORNSTEIN 215-217 E. 86 LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK
$935,343
2014-01-30
Agreement $5,000,000 — from ORNSTEIN 213-217 E. 86 LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK
$5,000,000
2014-01-30
Mortgage $1,672,016 — from ORNSTEIN 213-217 E. 86 LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK
$1,672,016
2011-03-17
Mortgage $2,283,110 — from ORNSTEIN 215-217 E.86 LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK
$2,283,110
2011-03-17
AL&R $3,500,000 — from ORNSTEIN 215-217 E.86 LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK
$3,500,000
2011-03-17
Agreement $3,500,000 — from NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK to ORNSTEIN 215-217 E.86 LLC
$3,500,000
2009-01-09
Mortgage $35,181 — from ORNSTEIN 215-217 E. 86 LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK
$35,181
2009-01-09
Agreement $1,250,000 — from NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK to ORNSTEIN 215-217 E. 86 LLC
$1,250,000
2009-01-09
AL&R $1,250,000 — from ORNSTEIN 215-217 E. 86 LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK
$1,250,000
1995-09-22
Mortgage $1,250,000 — from ORNSTEIN 215-217 EAST 86 LLC to ARBOR NATIONAL COMMERICAL MTGE CORPORATI
$1,250,000
1988-01-06
Mortgage $1,500,000 — from KBS EIGHTY-SIX ASSOC to CHASE MANHATTAN BANK
$1,500,000
1987-10-08
Mortgage $3,250,000 — from KSB 86 ASSOCS to CHASE MANHATTAN BANK
$3,250,000
1985-08-19
Mortgage $2,627,000 — from KSG EIGHTY-SIX ASSOC. to CHASE MANHATTAN BANK, NA
$2,627,000
1985-08-19
Mortgage $8,623,000 — from KSB EIGHTY-SIX ASSOC. to CHASE MANHATTAN BANK
$8,623,000
Ten-year activity
50250
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
40
2024
2025
2026
ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
Show as table
Year
Construction
Enforcement
Housing & tenants
Ownership & money
Health & systems
Total
2017
4
3
6
0
2
15
2018
0
0
4
0
2
6
2019
0
0
8
0
3
11
2020
3
0
6
2
1
12
2021
1
0
3
0
3
7
2022
0
0
15
0
14
29
2023
2
0
25
0
5
32
2024
2
7
28
0
3
40
2025
0
0
15
0
6
21
2026
0
1
14
0
3
18
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2024-04-12ECB CLASS - 2 violation: AT APT 3C, IN KITCHEN, ABOVE WINDOW, LARGE VERTICAL CRACK APPEARS,ALSO AT EXTERIOR WALL CRACK APPEARS AT BOTTOM OF WINDOW., REPAIR
2024-04-09311: General Construction/Plumbing — Building Shaking/Vibrating/Structural Stability
2024-01-19HPD class C: § 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE REMOVE DEVICE PREVENTING DOOR FROM BEING SELF-CLOSING CONSISTING OF HOOK AND EYE, AT BUILDING ENTRANCE DOOR
2024-01-17311: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2024-01-17Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2023
2023-12-06Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2023-12-02311: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2023-12-02Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2020-02-15Job filed: ILLUMINATED BUSINESS ACCESSORY WALL SIGN. NO CHANGE TO USE, EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY$3,000
2020-02-12Job filed: WE ARE FILING FOR THE INTERIOR RENOVATIONS OF AN EXISTING PIZZA PARLOR.INCLUDES REPLACING PARTITION WALLS AND FINISHES @ PARTIAL 1ST. FLOOR.$78,000
2020-02-12Job filed: WE ARE FILING FOR THE INTERIOR RENOVATIONS OF AN EXISTING PIZZA PARLOR.INCLUDES REPLACING PARTITION WALLS AND FINISHES @ PARTIAL 1ST. FLOOR.$78,000
2019
2019-12-24Rodent inspection: Passed
2019-12-10Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2019-11-25Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2019-10-03311: Noise — Noise: Construction Before/After Hours (NM1)
2019-09-27Boiler inspection
2019-09-19311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2019-05-30311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2019-04-09Rodent inspection: Passed
2019-03-29311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2018-12-27311: Water System — Other Water Problem (Use Comments) (WZZ)
2018-12-26Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2018-08-31311: Noise — Noise: Construction Before/After Hours (NM1)
2018-08-30311: Noise — Noise: Construction Before/After Hours (NM1)
2018-08-06Boiler inspection
2018-06-12Rodent inspection: Passed
2017
2017-11-09Boiler inspection
2017-10-18Rodent inspection: Passed
2017-09-29311: Noise — Noise: Construction Before/After Hours (NM1)
2017-09-15Job filed: AFFIX AWNING WITH LETTERING ' LITTLE ITALY PIZZA' TO BUILDING FRONT AS PER PLAN$3,000
2017-09-15Job filed: AFFIX AWNING WITH LETTERING " LITTLE ITALY PIZZA" TO BUILDING FRONT AS PER PLAN$3,000
2017-08-09ECB CLASS - 2 violation: FAILURE TO MAINTAIN BLDG IN VODE COMPLIANT MANNER. NOTED: THE PORTION OF SHEETMETAL HOUSING FOR THE ROLL UP GATE,THAT STAYS OPEN T$250
2017-08-09ECB CLASS - 2 violation: 1)ILLUMINATED AWNING W/INSCRIPTION"LITTLE ITALY PIZZA",APPROX 10FT WIDE X 5FT HIGH X 3FT OVERHANG,HAVING 4 HI-INTENSITY ELECT'L FI$800
2016-08-12Job filed: HEREWITH TO PROPOSE NEW GAS FLU ( B-VENT)FOR PIZZA OVEN."LITTLE ITALY PIZZA".NO CHANGES IN OCCUPANCY, USE,GROUP OR EGRESS UNDER THIS APPLICATION$12,000
2016-06-06Job filed: HEREWITH TO PROPOSE MINOR PLUMBING WORK GAS RISER CONNECTIONS TO MODIFY.NO CHANGES IN OCCUPANCY,USE,GROUP OR EGRESS UNDER THIS APPLICATION.$8,500
2016-06-06Job filed: HEREWITH TO PROPOSE MINOR PLUMBING WORK GAS RISER CONNECTIONS TO MODIFY.NO CHANGES IN OCCUPANCY,USE,GROUP OR EGRESS UNDER THIS APPLICATION.$8,500
2016-05-09311: Broken Muni Meter — Coin or Card Did Not Register
2016-04-28311: Noise - Residential — Loud Television
2016-04-28311: Broken Muni Meter — Coin or Card Did Not Register
2016-04-20311: Noise - Residential — Loud Television
2016-04-12311: Lead — Lead Kit Request (Residential) (L10)
2016-04-03311: Noise - Residential — Loud Television
2016-04-02311: Noise - Residential — Loud Television
2013-01-22HPD class B: § 27-2046.1, 2046.2 HMC: PROVIDE AN APPROVED AND OPERATIONAL CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTING DEVICE, INSTALLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE LAW A
2013-01-22HPD class B: § 27-2045 ADM CODE REPAIR OR REPLACE THE SMOKE DETECTOR DEFECTIVE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 1B, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM W
2013-01-22HPD class C: § 27-2005 ADM CODE & 309 M/D LAW ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF SCALDING HOT WATER IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 1B, 1st STORY, 1
2013-01-22Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2013-01-21311: HEATING — HEAT
2013-01-21311: HEATING — HEAT
2013-01-21311: PLUMBING — RADIATOR
2013-01-21311: PLUMBING — RADIATOR
2013-01-21311: PLUMBING — RADIATOR
2013-01-21Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2013-01-21Tenant complaint: PLUMBING — RADIATOR
2013-01-21Tenant complaint: PLUMBING — RADIATOR
2013-01-21Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2010-01-08Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2009
2009-12-19Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2009-12-19Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2009-12-19Tenant complaint: ELECTRIC — ELECTRIC-SUPPLY
2009-01-09Mortgage assigned — from M&T REAL ESTATE TRUST to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK
2009-01-09Mortgage $35,181 — from ORNSTEIN 215-217 E. 86 LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK$35,181
2009-01-09Agreement $1,250,000 — from NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK to ORNSTEIN 215-217 E. 86 LLC$1,250,000
2009-01-09AL&R $1,250,000 — from ORNSTEIN 215-217 E. 86 LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK$1,250,000
2009-01-09TL&R — from M&T REAL ESTATE TRUST
2008
2008-03-19Tenant complaint: PLUMBING — WATER SUPPLY
2008-03-19Tenant complaint: PLUMBING — WATER SUPPLY
2006
2006-10-19DOB complaint, category ?
2006-10-19DOB complaint, category ?
2006-10-19ECB Hazardous violation: EXIT PASSAGE OR CORRIDOR TOTAL OBSTRUCTION:DEFECT NOTED:AT FRONT FACADE:FIRE ESCAPE DESCENDING LADDER TOTALLY BLOCKED BY AWNING AT$480
2005
2005-06-01DOB complaint, category ?
2004
2004-06-14Tenant complaint: GENERAL — WINDOWS
2001
2001-08-16Mortgage satisfied — from KSB EIGHTY-SIX ASSOCIATES to CHASE MANHATTAN BANK
1999
1999-10-04WSAT — from KSB EIGHTY-SIX ASSOCIATES to CHASE MANHATTAN BANK
1999-09-07DOB complaint, category ?
1999-05-03PAT — from HASEKO URBAN K.K. to SUGANUMA, TOSHIYA
1999-05-03Deed — from COLORADO PARTNERSHIP to TEACHERS INSURANCE &ANNUITY ASSN/AMERICA
1997
1997-09-16DOB violation LL6291:
1997-02-10DOB violation LL6291:
1996
1996-02-14Mortgage assigned — from DAIWA BANK, LTD. to SUMITOMO BANK, LIMITED
1996-02-14Mortgage assigned — from DAIWA BANK, LTD. to SUMITOMO BANK, LIMITED
1996-02-14Mortgage assigned — from DAIWA BANK, LTD. to SUMITOMO BANK, LIMITED
1996-02-14Mortgage assigned — from DAIWA BANK, LTD. to SUMITOMO BANK, LIMITED
1996-01-23DECL — from ORNSTEIN, ALAN
1995
1995-09-22Deed — from ORNSTEIN, STEVEN CO-TRUSTEE; ORNSTEIN, PAMELA J.O'NEIL; REISMAN, JULIA KATECO-TRUSTEE; WAT to ORNSTEIN 215-217 EAST 86 LLC.
1995-09-22Mortgage $1,250,000 — from ORNSTEIN 215-217 EAST 86 LLC to ARBOR NATIONAL COMMERICAL MTGE CORPORATI$1,250,000
1994
1994-02-15Deed — from ORNSTEIN, ALEC to ORNSTEIN, ATHENA
1993
1993-11-22Deed — from ORNSTEIN, J. ALAN to ORNSTEIN, PAMELA L O
1992
1992-06-01Deed — from ORNSTEIN, DAVID BENF/; ORNSTEIN, EMANUEL LWT; ORNSTEIN, ALBERT TRTEE; ORNSTEIN, J. ALAN TR to CHEMICAL BANK TRTEE; ORNSTEIN, DAVID U/L/W/T
1991
1991-02-21Permit AL — ISSUED
1991-02-21Permit AL — ISSUED
1990
1990-07-13Permit AL — ISSUED
1990-03-29Deed — from KSB EIGHTY SIX ASSOC to COLORADO PARTERSHIP
1990-03-29Mortgage satisfied — from KSB EIGHT SIX ASSOC to CHASE MANHATTAN BK,N.A.
1990-03-29Agreement — from COLORADO PARTNERSHIP to DAIWA BANK LTD
1990-03-29Mortgage assigned — from COLORADO PARTERSHIP to DAIWA BANK LTD
1990-03-29Mortgage assigned — from HASEKO(CONVERSION) INC to DAIWA BANK LTD
1990-03-29Mortgage assigned — from HASEKO(CONVERSION) INC to THE DAIWA BANK LTD.
1990-01-30Deed — from ORNSTEIN, EMANUEL LWT; ORNSTEIN, J. ALAN TRST; ORNSTEIN, ALBERT to ORNSTEIN, ALEC; ORNSTEIN, J. ALAN; GOLDBERGER, ALAN; ORNSTEIN, ARIEL BEN/; WATZMAN, EMILIE
1989
1989-05-05Mortgage assigned — from AETNA LIFE INSURANCECO to HASEKO (CONVERSION)INC
1989-04-10Mortgage assigned — from AETNA LIFE INSUR CO to HASEKO CONVERSION INC
1989-04-06Agreement — from KSB EIGHTY-SIX ASSOCIATE to HASEKO INC
1989-04-06Mortgage assigned — from CHASE MANHATTAN BANK to HASEKO INC
1989-04-06CNTR — from KSB EIGHTY SIX ASSOC to HASEKO INC
1988
1988-01-06Mortgage $1,500,000 — from KBS EIGHTY-SIX ASSOC to CHASE MANHATTAN BANK$1,500,000
1987
1987-10-08Mortgage assigned — from KSB 86 ASSOCS to AETNA LIFE INS CO
1987-10-08Mortgage $3,250,000 — from KSB 86 ASSOCS to CHASE MANHATTAN BANK$3,250,000
1987-10-08Agreement — from KSB 86 ASSOCS to AETNA LIFE INS CO
1987-10-08Mortgage assigned — from CHASE MANHATTAN BANK to AETNA LIFE INS CO
1987-10-01Agreement — from AETNA LIFE INSUR CO to F W WOOLWORTH CO
1986
1986-03-18Agreement — from CHASE MANHATTAN BANK, NA to KSB EIGHTY-SIX ASSOC.
1985
1985-09-19SAGE — from KSB EIGHTY-SIX ASSOCIATE
1985-08-19Agreement — from CHASE MANHATTAN BANK, NA to KSB EIGHTY-SIX ASSOCIATE
1985-08-19Mortgage $2,627,000 — from KSG EIGHTY-SIX ASSOC. to CHASE MANHATTAN BANK, NA$2,627,000
1985-08-19Mortgage $8,623,000 — from KSB EIGHTY-SIX ASSOC. to CHASE MANHATTAN BANK$8,623,000
1985-03-01CERT — from CHICAGO TITLE INS. CO.
1985-02-15Agreement — from KSB EIGHTY-SIX ASSOCIATE to CHASE MANHATTAN BANK
1985-02-15Agreement — from CHASE MANHATTAN BANK to KSB EIGHTY-SIX ASSOCS
1985-02-15Agreement — from KSB EIGHTY-SIX ASSOCS. to CHASE MANHATTAN BANK, NA
1985-02-15Agreement — from CHASE MANAHTTAN BANK to KSB EIGHTY-SIX ASSOCS
1985-02-15Agreement — from KSB EIGHTY-SIX ASSOCS. to CHASE MANHATTAN BANK, NA
1985-02-14Agreement — from KSB EIGHTY-SIX ASSOC. to CHASE MANHATTAN BANK, NA
1985-02-11DECL — from KSB EIGHTY-SIX ASSOCS; ORNSTEIN, EMANUEL L.W.T.; JEMAL, JOSEPH TR; ORNSTEIN, THEODORE TRST
1985-02-11SAGE — from BOTESH DEVELOPMENT CORP
1985-02-11Agreement — from ORNSTEIN, EMANUEL L.W.T.; ORNSTEIN, DAVID TRST; JEMAL, JOSEPH; ORNSTEIN, THEODORE TRST.; O to KSB EIGHTY-SIX ASSOCS
1985-02-11SAGE — from KSB EIGHTY-SIX ASSOCS
1985-02-11DECL — from ORNSTEIN, THEODORE TRST; ORNSTEIN, EMANUEL L.W.T; ORNSTEIN, ALBERT TRST; ORNSTEIN, DAVID T
1985-02-11Agreement — from ORNSTEIN, EMANUEL LWT; ORNSTEIN, THEODORE TR; ORNSTEIN, ALBERT TR; ORNSTEIN, DAVID TR to KSB EIGHTY-SIX ASSOC.
1985-02-11SAGE — from ORNSTEIN, EMANUEL LWT; ORNSTEIN, THEODORE TR; ORNSTEIN, DAVID TR; ORNSTEIN, ALBERT TR
1984
1984-11-05Mortgage satisfied — from E. ORNSTEIN INC; 215-221 E. 86TH. ST.INC; 86 NEAR SECOND AVE CORP to EQUITABLE LF ASSURNETC.; DRY DOCK SVGS BANK; AMERICAN SVGS BANK
1973
1973-03-21Deed — from EAST 67 REALTY CORP to ORNSTEIN, ALBERT TR; ORNSTEIN, THEODORE TR; ORNSTEIN, E DECD TR; ORNSTEIN, DAVID TR
1968
1968-02-28Mortgage assigned — from DRY DOCK SAVINGS BANK to 301 EAST 82ND ST INC