No HPD housing-court cases on record for this building.
These are cases HPD is a party to, mostly tenants suing to force repairs or stop harassment. Eviction cases landlords file against tenants are not in the city's open data, so they don't appear here; the Evictions section shows only evictions a marshal carried out.
The building
1900
Built
4
Floors
16
Residential units
Walk-up apartments
Type
City debt & tax-lien sale
Not on the city's tax-lien sale list (2019–2025). The owner has not fallen far enough behind on property tax or water charges to be flagged for a lien sale.
Bedbug history
No bedbugs reported
The owner filed 6 annual bedbug reports and reported no infested units. Filing with zero infestations is the compliant, reassuring case.
Evictions
1
Executed, all time
0
Last 3 years
2023-06-22Apt 4Cresidential
Executed by a city marshal. An eviction can be lawful; a high or rising count is a displacement signal, not proof of wrongdoing.
DOB building violations
1
Active
2
On record
0
Active, last 3 yrs
Violations issued by the Department of Buildings that the owner must correct. Most don't carry a fine on their own; summonses that go to a hearing and can be fined are listed separately under OATH/ECB.
ACTIVE · P-PLUMBING NONE2019-03-20
THE DEPARTMENT OF BUILDINGS INTENDS TO REVOKE ALL PLUMBING WORK UNDER PERMIT# 123471439 DUE TO MASTER PLUMBER LICENSE REVOKED LMP# 2084 . STOP ALL PLUMBING WORK UNDER ABOVE MENTIONED PERMIT AND OBTAIN A NEW MASTER PLUMBER TO SUPERSEDE THE PLUMBING PERMIT.
Rent regulation
Likely rent-stabilized
The owner registered 5 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 16 apartments.
18
19
20
21
22
23
2018 — 5 units registered2023 — 5
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.
Registration counts apply to the building, not to unit numbers. To confirm your own apartment, request your rent history from New York State Homes and Community Renewal — it is free and takes a few weeks.
These are separate from DOB violations. They are summonses written by DOB inspectors and decided at a hearing before OATH, the city's administrative court (formerly the Environmental Control Board), and they can carry a fine. "Lost by default" means the owner never appeared at the hearing. An unpaid balance is a stronger "ignoring the city" signal than a raw violation count.
311 complaints from tenants
17
All time
3
Last 12 months
Water Leak7
Plumbing5
Door/Window3
Heat/Hot Water1
Unsanitary Condition1
PlumbingRadiator2026-01-29 · closed
Heat/Hot WaterApartment Only2026-01-29 · closed
PlumbingRadiator2026-01-29 · closed
Complaints record what a tenant reported, not a finding by the city. "Closed" often means the inspector could not gain access.
Neighborhood crime
Higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks
325
NYPD reports · last 12 mo
27
≈ per month
Felony100
Misdemeanor180
Violation45
NYPD complaints reported within about 1,000 ft (a few blocks) in the last year, by severity. This reflects what gets reported and where police are active as much as actual safety, and busier, denser, higher-foot-traffic blocks log more. Locations are approximate — the NYPD shifts each report to the nearest corner for privacy — so read this as rough context, not a safety score.
Ownership & money
Speculation watch
·Bought and resold within a few years — rapid turnover is a common speculation signal
A pattern, not a prediction — many transfers are ordinary or between related companies.
5
Recorded sales
8
Mortgages / refinances
Last recorded sale2015-03-27 · $15,341,667
Most recent mortgage2015-03-27 · $8,990,000
Sale2015-03-27$15,341,667
319-321 EAST 78TH STREET LLC → KC3 - 319-321 EAST 78TH STREET, LLC
borrower 104 EAST 7TH STREET LLC, 410 EAST 64TH STREET LLC, 319-321 EAST 78TH STREET LLC, 310 EAST 83RD STREET LLC, 101 MACDOUGAL STREET LLC, 438-440 EAST 13TH STREET, LLC, 354-356 STATE STREET LLC, 234-238 EAST 33RD STREET, LLC, 504 EAST 88TH STREET LLC, 233 EAST 82ND STREET LLC, 325 EAST 83RD STREET LLC · lender PARLAX 5 FINCO, LLC
Mortgage2012-11-15$17,152,608.98
borrower 101 MACDOUGAL STREET LLC, 504 EAST 88TH STREET LLC, 319-321 EAST 78TH STREET LLC, 354-356 STATE STREET LLC · lender ACRC LENDER LLC
Mortgage2012-11-15$3,176,424
borrower 319-321 EAST 78TH STREET LLC, 101 MACDOUGAL STREET LLC, 354-356 STATE STRET LLC, 504 EAST 88TH STREET LLC · lender ACRC LENDER LLC
From ACRIS recorded documents. Amounts are often $0 or nominal for transfers between related parties, and LLCs can obscure who is really involved — treat this as public-record context, not a valuation.
Concern level3 of 4
High
012 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 8 apartments
021 of those issued in the last 3 years
034 open rent-impairing violation(s)
041 active DOB violation(s)
How this is set: open hazardous violations measured against the building's size, then raised by strong distress signals — HPD's enforcement program, court harassment findings, recent evictions, unpaid OATH/ECB fines, open housing-court cases, and a sold tax lien. Neighborhood noise and crime are not part of it. It describes the public record, not the condition of any one apartment, and a quiet record is not proof of a good building.
HPD housing-maintenance violations
18
Open now
76
On record
2
Open Class C
13
Open Class B
3
Open Class A
Class C is immediately hazardous, Class B is hazardous, Class A is non-hazardous. A violation stays open until HPD certifies the repair, so some open items may already be fixed. HPD writes a separate violation for each room or spot, so one inspection can produce several near-identical entries; those are grouped below by apartment and date.
CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2026-02-03
§ 27-2033 ADM CODE PROVIDE READY ACCESS TO BUILDINGS HEATING SYSTEM LOCKED DOOR AT BOILER ROOM
Status: Notice issued, not yet certified
CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 1CIssued 2008-07-025+ YRS OLDRENT-IMPAIRING
§ 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE REMOVE THE ILLEGAL FASTENING DOUBLE CYLINDER KEY OPERATED LOCK REAR DOOR TO YARD 1 STY REAR WEST APT 1C. , SECTION '' ''
Status: HPD couldn't get in to re-inspect
CLASS B · HAZARDOUSIssued 2024-08-26
§ 27-2005 ADM CODE FIRE ESCAPE DEFECTIVE. FILL IN HOLES IN WALL AROUND BRACKETS AND/OR RAILS 1ST FIRE ESCAPE FROM WEST AT SOUTH, AT (BUILDING FRONT) , 2nd STORY
Status: Notice issued, not yet certified
CLASS B · HAZARDOUSIssued 2024-07-302 violationsRENT-IMPAIRING
§ 27-2005 ADM CODE MAKE SAFE BY PROPERLY REPAIRING THE STRUCTURAL DEFECT HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL CRACKS AT PARAPET WALL BUILDING FRONT
§ 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE CRACKED CERAMIC TILE AT FLOOR AT PUBLIC HALL, 2nd STORY
Status: Notice issued, not yet certified
Landlord and related buildings
Registered owner
KC3- 319-321 EAST 78TH STREET LLC
Head officer
TARA DEXTER
Managing agent
LIVINGSTON MANAGEMENT SERVICES LLC
20 other buildings share this owner's registration contacts. Shared contacts suggest common control, but they are not proof of ownership.
311 noise complaints within about 1,000 ft (a few blocks) in the last year. Most reports here are about outdoor noise (mostly residential) — street life and traffic more than neighbors. This counts how often people call 311, which tracks how densely populated and busy an area is as much as how loud it is — it is not a sound measurement.