# 488 East 74 Street, Manhattan, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/1014680032/488-east-74-street-manhattan).
BBL 1014680032 · BIN 1045878 · Generated 2026-10-23

## Concern level: moderate

- 2 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 13 apartments
- 1 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 1 active DOB violation(s)

Scale: low, moderate, high, severe. Set from open hazardous violations relative to building size, raised by distress signals (HPD's Alternative Enforcement Program, court harassment findings, evictions, unpaid OATH/ECB fines, open housing-court cases, a sold tax lien). It describes the public record, not any one apartment.

## Rent stabilization

Likely rent-stabilized. The owner registered 3 stabilized units for 2023, of about 26 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 4, 2019: 3, 2020: 3, 2021: 3, 2022: 3, 2023: 3.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1910, 6 floors, 26 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

13 open (class C immediately hazardous: 2, class B hazardous: 11, class A non-hazardous: 0); 30 on record.
1 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.

## DOB building violations

1 active (0 issued in the last 3 years); 24 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

0 active of 10 on record; 0 decided by default; $0 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

5 in the last 12 months; 28 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (9), UNSANITARY CONDITION (6), WATER LEAK (4), ELECTRIC (3), PLUMBING (2).

## Bedbugs

6 annual bedbug filings by the owner; latest reports 0 infested units.

## Evictions

0 executed in the last 3 years; 1 on record.

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

3 cases on record, 0 open, 3 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: 488 EAST 74TH LLC
- Agent: MARK SCHARFMAN
- HeadOfficer: MARK SCHARFMAN
- SiteManager: REDA BOUZID

The same owner is linked to 113 other buildings (MARK SCHARFMAN at 111 N CENTRAL PARK AVE).

## Sources and limits

NYC Open Data (HPD, DOB, OATH/ECB, 311, DOF, PLUTO) and NYS DHCR building lists. This is a screening signal from public records, not legal advice; records lag and contain errors. Full interactive report with violation details and maps: https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/1014680032/488-east-74-street-manhattan