A modest record — below the level that usually signals systemic problems. More recorded distress than 64% 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 30.9. In ZIP 10035, 36% of residential buildings hold an A and
17% 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
5 total — 1 class C (immediately hazardous), 2 class B, 2 class A. Oldest open since 1998-07-29.
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
Patterns
6 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2024–25: 4 · winter 2025–26: 2). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
4
’24–25
2
’25–26
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
What 311 hears from this address
7 service requests in the last three years. Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (3) · Missed Collection (2) · WATER LEAK (1) · PLUMBING (1).
Filed construction activity
No permitted work with a declared cost filed in the last decade. 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 (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)
1775-77-79 MADISON AVE HDFC
Head officer
GINGER OTIS
Managing agent
VERITAS PROPERTY MANAGEMENT LLC
Last registered
2026-07-17
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
$963,000
$433,350
2026
$1,047,000
$471,150
2027
$1,094,000
$492,300
The city's market estimate has risen
14% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
For property tax, the Department of Finance values this co-op
as if it were a rental building. Its 2022 estimate: gross income $176,059 a year
($20.64 per sq ft), operating expenses $61,160
($7.17 per sq ft), net operating income $114,899. These are the
city's estimates from comparable rentals, not the building's actual budget, rents or maintenance
charges.
Flood exposure
Not in the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary maps).
Hurricane evacuation zone 6 of 6 — zone 1 evacuates first.
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
116 St — 6 · 900 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: none 116 St — 2 3 · 0.3 mi straight-line (about an 8-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
Bus
Nearest boarding stop: Madison Av / E 116 St — M1 · 100 ft
Citi Bike
E 118 St & Madison 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.
7 311 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.
2025-08-06RPTT&RET $275,000 — from MORGAN, ALEXANDER P to CAVALLARO, MARA MARQUES$275,000
2025-07-29311: PLUMBING — WATER SUPPLY
2025-07-29Tenant complaint: PLUMBING — WATER SUPPLY
2025-07-25Sold for $275,000$275,000
2025-07-25FDNY inspection (RISK)
2025-05-12Rodent inspection: Passed
2025-04-09HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE ROOF SO THAT IT WILL NOT LEAK AT CEILING IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 502, 5th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NOR
2025-04-09HPD class C: HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF MICE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 502, 5th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM
2025-04-09HPD class C: § 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE REMOVE DEVICE PREVENTING DOOR FROM BEING SELF-CLOSING HOOK AND EYE DOOR STOPPER INSTALLED AT VESTBULE DOOR AT PUBLI
2025-04-09HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY SECURE THE LOOSE 3RD MARBLE TREAD FROM BOTTOM TO UP AT PUBLIC HALL STAIRS, 3rd STORY
2025-04-09HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR AT CEILING IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT
2025-04-09HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY SECURE THE LOOSE 3RD AND 5TH MARBLE TREADS FROM BOTTOM UP AT PUBLIC HALL STAIRS, 5th STORY
2025-04-09HPD class C: § 27-2005 ADM CODE & 309 M/D LAW ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF SCALDING HOT WATER EXCEEDING THE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 130F DEGREES AT AL
2025-04-09HPD 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
2025-04-09HPD class C: § 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE COUNTER BALANCE AT LOWER WINDOW SASH AT EAST WALL WINDOW LEADING TO THE FI
2025-04-07311: WATER LEAK — SLOW LEAK
2025-04-07311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2025-04-07311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2025-04-07Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2025-04-07Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2025-04-07Tenant complaint: WATER LEAK — SLOW LEAK
2024-11-07RPTT $220,000 — from MARION, THOMAS to TEIXEIRA, NICHOLAS$220,000
2024-10-29Sold for $220,000$220,000
2024-05-14Rodent inspection: Passed
2024-04-04Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2024-04-01HPD class A: (A) § HMC:FILE ANNUAL BEDBUG REPORT IN ACCORDANCE WITH HPD RULE AS DESCRIBED ON THE BACK OF THIS NOTICE OF VIOLATION OR AS DESCRIBED ON HPD
2023-06-11HPD class B: § 27-2045 ADM CODE REPAIR OR REPLACE THE SMOKE DETECTOR MISSING IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 204, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SO
2023-06-11HPD class B: § 27-2046.1 HMC: REPAIR OR REPLACE THE CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTING DEVICE(S). MISSING IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 204, 2nd STORY, 1
2023-05-12Rodent inspection: Passed
2023-03-05311: WATER LEAK — SLOW LEAK
2023-03-05Tenant complaint: WATER LEAK — SLOW LEAK
2022
2022-12-15311: Missed Collection — Recycling - Paper
2022-12-05Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2022-11-06311: GENERAL — BELL/BUZZER/INTERCOM
2022-11-06311: PLUMBING — BASIN/SINK
2022-11-06Tenant complaint: GENERAL — BELL/BUZZER/INTERCOM
2022-11-06Tenant complaint: PLUMBING — BASIN/SINK
2022-07-06Rodent inspection: Passed
2022-06-02311: Missed Collection — Recycling - Paper
2022-02-26Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2022-02-15HPD class A: (A) § HMC:FILE ANNUAL BEDBUG REPORT IN ACCORDANCE WITH HPD RULE AS DESCRIBED ON THE BACK OF THIS NOTICE OF VIOLATION OR AS DESCRIBED ON HPD
2016-02-25RPTT&RET $100,000 — from RODRIGUEZ, BARBARA to MORAES, FERNANDO$100,000
2016-02-08Sold for $100,000$100,000
2016-02-08Rodent inspection: Passed
2015
2015-08-05HPD class C: § 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE REMOVE THE ILLEGAL FASTENING , LOCKABLE SLIDE-BOLT IN THE ENTRANCE LOCATED AT APT 402, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FRO
2015-08-05HPD class A: § 27-2013 ADM CODE PAINT WITH LIGHT COLORED PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT CEILING IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 402, 4th STO
2015-08-05HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR KITCHEN, AT NORTH WALL IN THE KITCHEN LOCA
2015-08-01311: WATER LEAK — SLOW LEAK
2015-08-01311: PAINT/PLASTER — CEILING
2015-08-01311: ELECTRIC — WIRING
2015-08-01Tenant complaint: WATER LEAK — SLOW LEAK
2004-06-29Tenant complaint: PLUMBING — WATER SUPPLY
2004-06-29Tenant complaint: NONCONST — VERMIN
2003
2003-05-14Tenant complaint: GENERAL — FIRE-ESCAPE
2001
2001-07-03DOB complaint, category ?
2000
2000-02-24Job filed: Combine Apartments in conformance with Department memorandum. Provide new door between apartments, remove 1 kitchen and cap lines.$3,000
2000-02-24Job filed: Combine Apartments in conformance with Department memorandum. Provide new door between apartments, remove 1 kitchen and cap lines.$3,000
1998
1998-07-29HPD class A: § 300 M/D LAW FILE PLANS AND APPLICATION AND LEGALIZE THE FOLLOWING ALTERATION OR RESTORE TO THE LEGAL CONDITION EXISTING PRIOR TO THE MAKIN
1997
1997-09-16DOB violation LL6291:
1997-04-07Deed — from NYC HPD to 1775-77-79 MADISON AVENUE HOUSING DEVELO
1996
1996-03-08Permit EW — ISSUED
1996-03-08Permit PL — ISSUED
1995
1995-08-29DOB violation LL6291:
1994
1994-03-18DOB violation LL6291:
1993
1993-11-26Permit EW — ISSUED
1993-03-18DOB violation LL6291:
1991
1991-08-27Permit AL — ISSUED
1991-08-27Permit AL — ISSUED
1991-08-26Permit PL — ISSUED
1991-08-26Permit EW — ISSUED
1983
1983-10-20Deed — from COMMISSIONER/FINANCE to CITY OF NEW YORK
1979
1979-06-21Deed — from ROY L GILMORES FNRLETAL to KWRG REALTY CORP
1979-02-07Mortgage — from ROY L GILMORES FNRLETAL to 254 W 143RD ST CORP
1979-02-07Deed — from 254 W 143RD ST CORP to ROY L GILMORES FNRLETAL