The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less recorded distress than 96% of 25-99-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 25-99-unit residential buildings is 23.6 penalty
points per 10 units; this building carries 0.1. 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 17,252 25-99-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 1988-07-27.
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
12 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Illegal Parking (6) · Dead Animal (2) · Water Conservation (1) · Unleashed Dog (1) · Noise (1) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (1).
Filed construction activity
$332,127 in permitted construction work filed since
2016 (8 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 (1961)
Yes
Six or more residential units (67)
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)
RKS 440 EAST 81ST LLC
Head officer
DAVID KALBFELD
Managing agent
HALSTEAD MANAGEMENT CO.
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
$9,023,000
$4,060,350
2026
$9,593,000
$4,316,850
2027
$11,025,000
$4,961,250
The city's market estimate has risen
22% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Building systems
Energy grade (LL33)
A — ENERGY STAR score 90/100 (2022 disclosure cycle)
Heating fuel
NATURALGAS
Facade (Local Law 11)
SWARMP — "Safe With A Repair and Maintenance Program": known facade conditions that must be repaired (cycle 9)
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.
1 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since
2011 (0 in the last three years).
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 · 0.3 mi straight-line (about a 7-minute walk) · station accessibility: full 77 St — 6 · 0.5 mi straight-line (about a 13-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
Bus
Nearest boarding stop: York Av / E 82 St — M31 · 350 ft
Citi Bike
E 81 St & York Ave · 150 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.
12 311 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: $2,750,000 on
1994-12-22 (lender: Apple Bank For Savings). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid
down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded
document.
Date
Record
Amount
Per res. unit
2022-05-25
Deed $19,612,500 — from AK 440 EAST 81ST LLC; EKA 440 EAST 81ST STREET LLC; DKF 440 EAST 81ST LLC to RKS 440 EAST 81ST LLC; RKSF 440 EAST 81ST LLC
$19,612,500
2022-04-29
Sold for $19,612,500
$19,612,500
$292,724
2011-04-20
RPTT&RET $4,510,000 — from KALIMIAN, ROUHOLLAH to TRUST F/B/O ALBERT KALIMIAN
$4,510,000
2011-04-20
RPTT&RET $4,510,000 — from KALIMIAN, ROUHOLLAH to TRUST F/B/O RITA KALIMIAN SAKHAIE
$4,510,000
2011-04-20
RPTT&RET $4,510,000 — from KALIMIAN, ROUHOLLAH to TRUST F/B/O DEBRA KALIMIAN SHOKOUHI
$4,510,000
2011-04-20
RPTT&RET $4,510,000 — from KALIMIAN, ROUHOLLAH to TRUST F/B/O EDNA KALIMIAN AMIRIAN
$4,510,000
1994-12-22
Mortgage $2,750,000 — from KALIMIAN, ROUHOLLAH to APPLE BANK FOR SAVINGS
$2,750,000
1983-12-16
Mortgage $811,507 — from KALIMIAN, ROUHOLLAH to METROPOLITAN SVG BK,FSB
$811,507
1983-12-16
Agreement $811,507 — from KALIMIAN, ROUHOLLAH to METROPOLITIAN SV BK,FSB
$811,507
Ten-year activity
50250
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
22
2025
2026
ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
Show as table
Year
Construction
Enforcement
Housing & tenants
Ownership & money
Health & systems
Total
2017
0
2
4
0
3
9
2018
0
0
2
0
3
5
2019
0
1
10
0
4
15
2020
0
0
6
6
2
14
2021
0
2
10
0
2
14
2022
5
1
4
3
1
14
2023
0
0
8
0
2
10
2024
0
0
2
0
1
3
2025
17
0
3
0
2
22
2026
3
0
10
0
2
15
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2025-09-13Job 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
2025-08-28Permit Sidewalk Shed — Signed-off
2025-08-27Job 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
2025-07-17Job filed: Installation of suspended scaffold for facade work or inspection. Amend #1, added scaffold drops
2025-07-17Job filed: INSTALLATION OF TEMPORARY PIPE SCAFFOLD AS PER PLANS. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY.
2025-07-14Permit Supported Scaffold — Signed-off
2025-07-11Job filed: PROPOSED INSTALLATION OF TEMPORARY PIPE SCAFFOLD AS PER PLANS. WORK SHALL COMPLY WITH CHAPTER #33 OF 2022 THE NYC BUILDING CODE. NO CHANGE IN USE, OCC$1,000
2025-06-08311: Unleashed Dog — Unleashed Dog in Public
2025-04-08Job 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
2025-04-02Job filed: Parking garage repairs and facade repairs. No change in egress, use or occupancy.$128,000
2024
2024-12-19311: Water Conservation — Wasting Faucets,Sinks,Flushometer,Urinal,Etc. - Private Residence (CWR)
2023-02-03HPD class B: § 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE AND DEPT. RULES AND REGULATIONS. REMOVE THE ENCUMBRANCE OBSTRUCTING EGRESS FROM FIRE ESCAPES HOUSEHOLD ITEMS AT 4TH
2023-02-02311: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2023-02-02Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2023-01-14311: Smoking — Smoking Violation
2022
2022-12-27Permit General Construction — Signed-off
2022-12-02Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2022-11-18Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2022-08-31Boiler inspection
2022-08-02DOB violation BENCH: FAILURE TO FILE BENCHMARKING REPORT OF ENERGY USE AS PER AD. CODE SEC. 28-309.4
2022-06-24311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2022-06-13Permit Plumbing — Signed-off
2022-06-02Permit General Construction — Signed-off
2022-05-25TERA — from AK 440 EAST 81ST LLC; DKF 440 EAST 81ST LLC to RKSF 440 EAST 81ST LLC; EKA 440 EAST 81ST STREET LLC
2022-05-25Deed $19,612,500 — from AK 440 EAST 81ST LLC; EKA 440 EAST 81ST STREET LLC; DKF 440 EAST 81ST LLC to RKS 440 EAST 81ST LLC; RKSF 440 EAST 81ST LLC$19,612,500
2022-04-29Sold for $19,612,500$19,612,500
2022-03-26311: Blocked Driveway — No Access
2022-03-01Job filed: Architectural renovation of an existing apartment on 1st floor of a six (6) story residential building. Architectural work to include partition work a$49,327
2022-03-01Job filed: Plumbing work associated with an architectural renovation of apartment 1J on 1st floor of a six (6) story residential use building. No change to use, $22,800
2021
2021-12-10Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2021-11-10Asbestos abatement: Removal — PLI Group Corp
2021-11-06311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2021-11-06311: General Construction/Plumbing — Site Conditions Endangering Workers
2019-11-18311: Water Quality — unknown odor/taste in drinking water (QA6)
2019-11-14Rodent inspection: Passed
2019-10-19DOB violation E:
2019-10-17311: Blocked Driveway — No Access
2019-09-23311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2019-07-29Elevator permit: We will furnish and install Door Lock Monitoring System on the elevator, as per ASME A17.3 of 2002, as modified by chapter K3 of A$6,590
2019-03-07311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2019-02-27Boiler inspection
2019-02-26Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2019-01-09Rodent inspection: Passed
2019-01-06311: Blocked Driveway — No Access
2018
2018-05-21311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2018-05-08Rodent inspection: Passed
2018-03-12Boiler inspection
2018-02-20Facade (LL11) filing, cycle 8: SAFE
2018-02-02311: Blocked Driveway — No Access
2017
2017-11-10311: Blocked Driveway — Partial Access
2017-11-06HPD 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
2017-10-18Rodent inspection: Passed
2017-09-24311: Blocked Driveway — Partial Access
2017-09-23311: Blocked Driveway — No Access
2017-09-05Boiler inspection
2017-08-24FDNY inspection (RISK)
2017-04-25Rodent inspection: Passed
2017-01-03DOB violation ACC1: VIO ISSUED TO ELEVATOR - FAIL TO CORRECT DEFECTS ON 2015 CAT 1 INSP/TST
2016
2016-12-16311: Blocked Driveway — No Access
2016-11-14DOB violation ACC1: VIO ISSUED TO ELEVATOR - FAIL TO CORRECT DEFECTS ON 2014 CAT 1 INSP/TST
2016-10-17Rodent inspection: Passed
2016-09-01311: Blocked Driveway — No Access
2016-08-24311: Blocked Driveway — No Access
2016-08-13311: General Construction/Plumbing — Building Shaking/Vibrating/Structural Stability
2013-10-03311: Noise — Noise: Construction Before/After Hours (NM1)
2013-10-01311: Street Condition — Plate Condition - Noisy
2013-09-06311: Street Condition — Plate Condition - Noisy
2013-09-06DOB violation E:
2013-06-17Permit EW — ISSUED
2013-06-17Permit EW — ISSUED
2013-06-17Permit PL — ISSUED
2013-06-17Job filed: REPLACE LOW PRESSURE BOILER AND GAS/OIL BURNER. CONNECT TO EXISTING GAS PIPING. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS, OR OCCUPANCY UNDER THIS APPLICATION.$2,000
2013-06-17Job filed: REPLACE LOW PRESSURE BOILER AND GAS/OIL BURNER. CONNECT TO EXISTING GAS PIPING. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS, OR OCCUPANCY UNDER THIS APPLICATION.$2,000
2013-05-08311: Noise — Noise: Construction Before/After Hours (NM1)
2011-11-16311: General Construction/Plumbing — Building Shaking/Vibrating/Structural Stability
2011-11-16DOB complaint, category ?
2011-11-16DOB complaint, category ?
2011-11-10Permit EW — ISSUED
2011-11-07Rodent inspection: Passed
2011-11-07Job filed: THE PROPOSED WORK FILED UNDER THIS APPLICATION IS LIMIT TO REPLACEMENT OF ALL WINDOW SILLS AT REAR FACADE (SOUTH FACADE) AND REMOVE EXISTING CHAIN LIN$42,920
2011-08-23DOB violation E:
2011-05-24311: Damaged Tree — Branch or Limb Has Fallen Down
2011-05-05311: Blocked Driveway — No Access
2011-05-02311: Blocked Driveway — No Access
2011-05-02311: Blocked Driveway — No Access
2011-04-20RPTT&RET $4,510,000 — from KALIMIAN, ROUHOLLAH to TRUST F/B/O ALBERT KALIMIAN$4,510,000
2011-04-20RPTT&RET $4,510,000 — from KALIMIAN, ROUHOLLAH to TRUST F/B/O RITA KALIMIAN SAKHAIE$4,510,000
2011-04-20RPTT&RET $4,510,000 — from KALIMIAN, ROUHOLLAH to TRUST F/B/O DEBRA KALIMIAN SHOKOUHI$4,510,000
2011-04-20RPTT&RET $4,510,000 — from KALIMIAN, ROUHOLLAH to TRUST F/B/O EDNA KALIMIAN AMIRIAN$4,510,000
2011-03-17Permit EQ — ISSUED
2011-01-13Deed — from KALIMIAN, ROUHOLLAH to 440 EAST 81ST STREET LLC
2010
2010-12-15311: Blocked Driveway — No Access
2010-11-29311: Blocked Driveway — No Access
2010-11-28311: Blocked Driveway — No Access
2010-11-28311: Blocked Driveway — No Access
2010-11-24311: General Construction/Plumbing — Debris - Falling Or In Danger Of Falling
2010-11-24DOB complaint, category ?
2010-11-16Rodent inspection: Passed
2010-10-04DOB violation E:
2010-09-15311: Street Condition — Blocked - Construction
2010-07-26311: General Construction/Plumbing — Sidewalk Shed/Pipe Scafford - Inadequate Defective/None
2010-07-26311: Air Quality — Air: Dust, Residential (AE1)
2010-07-26DOB complaint, category ?
2010-06-14Permit EQ — ISSUED
2010-06-14Job filed: INSTALLATION OF 113 LINEAR FEET OF HEAVY DUTY SIDEWALK SHED FOR BUILDING ALTERATION, FILED SEPARATELY. LIVE LOAD 300 PSF. SIDEWALK SHED SHALL COMPLY W
2010-06-14Job filed: INSTALLATION OF 113 LINEAR FEET OF HEAVY DUTY SIDEWALK SHED FOR BUILDING ALTERATION, FILED SEPARATELY. LIVE LOAD 300 PSF. SIDEWALK SHED SHALL COMPLY W
2010-03-26DOB violation E:
2009
2009-11-04Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2009-11-04Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2009-01-07DOB violation E:
2007
2007-09-11DOB violation E:
2006
2006-09-12DOB violation E:
2005
2005-04-26DOB violation E:
2004
2004-02-04DOB violation E:
2002
2002-05-14SAGE — from APPLE BANK FOR SAVINGS
2002-05-14Agreement — from A & R KALIMIAN REALTY; KALIMIAN, ROUHOLLAH to APPLE BANK FOR SAVINGS
2002-05-14SAGE — from APPLE BANK FOR SAVINGS
2001
2001-01-22DOB complaint, category ?
1997
1997-02-10DOB violation LL6291:
1994
1994-12-22Mortgage satisfied — from MILLER, WILLIAM to CITY BANK FARMERS TRUST CO.
1994-12-22Agreement — from KALIMIAN, ROUHOLLAH to APPLE BANK FOR SAVINGS
1994-12-22Mortgage $2,750,000 — from KALIMIAN, ROUHOLLAH to APPLE BANK FOR SAVINGS$2,750,000
1989-01-25DOB violation E: (51) FILE A BUILDING NOTICE PERMIT WITH THIS DEPARTMENT FOR TAB LINING NEW CONTROLLER AND ALL WORK DONE ON ELEV 25216
1988
1988-09-27ECB Non-Hazardous violation: WORK WITHOUT A PERMIT WORK NOTED REMOVAL OF PLASTER AT BLDG. ENTERANCE NEW ENTERANCE DOORS INSTALLED TO THE BLDG., AND ALTERATION
1988-07-27HPD class B: SECTION 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE ARRANGE AND MAKE SELF-CLOSING THE DOORS 4 STY NORTHWEST APT 4C. , SECTION '' ''
1983
1983-12-16Deed — from 436- 422 EAST 81 STCORP to KALIMIAN, ROUHOLLAH
1983-12-16Mortgage $811,507 — from KALIMIAN, ROUHOLLAH to METROPOLITAN SVG BK,FSB$811,507
1983-12-16Agreement $811,507 — from KALIMIAN, ROUHOLLAH to METROPOLITIAN SV BK,FSB$811,507
1983-12-16Mortgage assigned — from AMERICAN SAVINGS BK,FSB to METROPOLITIAN SV BK,FSB
1973
1973-03-14MISC — from KALIMAN, R; NEW YORK TELEPHONE CO
1972
1972-10-20Deed — from KAL HOLDING EAST SIDE to RAHOULLAH, KALIMIAN; 436 442 E 81ST ST CORP
1971
1971-11-09Deed — from 436-442 EAST 81ST ST to KAL HOLDING EAST SIDE
1971-11-04Deed — from YAGOWBZADEH, MOUSSA; MANOCHERIAN, AMIR to FLEETWOOD & COMPANY
1971-11-04Deed — from MANOCHERIAN, AMIR; YAGOWBZADEH, TOURAN to FLEETWOOD & COMPANY
1971-11-04Deed — from FLEETWOOD & COMPANY to KAL HOLDING EAST SIDE
1971-11-04Mortgage assigned — from DRY DOCK SAVINGS BANK to UNITED MUTUAL SAVINGS BK
1971-11-04Mortgage — from KAL HOLDING EAST SIDE to UNITED MUTUAL SAVINGS BK
1971-11-04Deed — from 436-442 EAST 81ST ST to YAGOUBZADEH, MOUSSA; YAGOWBZADEN, TOURAN
1971-11-04PAT — from YAGHOWBZADEH, MOUSSA to MANCHERIAN, AMIR; YAGHOWBZADEH, PARVIZ
1971-11-04PAT — from YAGHOWBZADEH, TOURAN to MANOCHERIAN, AMIR
1900
1900-01-01Air permit (CERTIFICATE TO OPERATE), fuel: NO2FUEL