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.
DOB building violations
0
Active
1
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.
No active DOB violations.
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
0
Infested, latest filing
7
Annual filings
2024–20250 infested · 0 eradicated
2023–20240 infested · 0 eradicated
2022–20230 infested · 0 eradicated
Self-reported by the owner for the year ending each filing. Counts are building-wide and do not say which apartment was affected.
OATH/ECB violations and fines
No OATH/ECB violations on record for this building.
311 complaints from tenants
20
All time
7
Last 12 months
Unsanitary Condition6
Plumbing4
Electric3
Door/Window2
Water Leak2
General1
Flooring/Stairs1
Heat/Hot Water1
Complaints record what a tenant reported, not a finding by the city. "Closed" often means the inspector could not gain access.
GeneralCabinet2026-10-16 · closed
Unsanitary ConditionPests2026-10-08 · open
Unsanitary ConditionPests2026-09-28 · open
Evictions
No marshal-executed evictions on record for this building. Eviction cases filed in court but not carried out aren't included.
The building
1910
Built
4
Floors
17
Residential units
Walk-up apartments
Type
Neighborhood crime
About averagevs. NYC apartment blocks
238
NYPD reports · last 12 mo
20
≈ per month
Felony101
Misdemeanor90
Violation47
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.
Rent regulation
Likely rent-stabilized
The owner registered 14 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 17 apartments.
18
19
20
21
22
23
2018 — 17 units registered2023 — 14
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.
011 open class-C HPD violation (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 17 apartments
021 of those issued in the last 3 years
031 open rent-impairing 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
4
Open now
37
On record
1
Open Class C
3
Open Class B
0
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.
CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 3AIssued 2025-11-19
§ 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 MISSING OR DEFECTIVE HINGES AT DOOR IN THE ENTRANCE LOCATED AT APT 3A, 3rd STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH
Status: Notice issued, not yet certified
CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 1AIssued 2023-02-01
§ 27-2005, 27-2007, 27-2041.1 HMC: REPLACE OR REPAIR THE SELF-CLOSING DOORS THAT IS MISSING OR DEFECTIVE AT ENTRANCE LOCATED AT APT 1A, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST
Status: Notice issued, not yet certified
CLASS B · HAZARDOUSIssued 2023-02-01RENT-IMPAIRING
§ 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE FIRE EGRESS DEFECTIVE. RESTORE EGRESS BY REMOVING LOCKING DEVICE AND ARRANGE TO OPEN READILY THE GATE IN FENCE AT LOT LINE EAST BUILDING FRONT YARD
Status: Notice issued, not yet certified
CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 3CIssued 2018-05-025+ YRS OLD
§ 27-2018 ADMIN. CODE: ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF MICE LOCATED AT APT 3C, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST
Status: Notice issued, not yet certified
Landlord and related buildings
Registered owner
420 EAST 78TH LLC
Head officer
MARK SCHARFMAN
Managing agent
MARK SCHARFMAN
No other buildings found sharing this building's registered contact.
This building and the landlord's others
This building
Neighborhood noise
Much higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks
1010
Noise reports · last 12 mo
84
≈ per month
33
% from neighbors
Unspecified346
Residential334
Commercial161
Vehicle98
Street/Sidewalk65
Helicopter5
House of Worship1
311 noise complaints within about 1,000 ft (a few blocks) in the last year. Most reports here are about outdoor noise (mostly unspecified) — 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.
Ownership & money
3
Recorded sales
8
Mortgages / refinances
Last recorded sale2017-11-22 · $6,500,000
Most recent mortgage2017-11-22 · $2,376,000
Sale2017-11-22$6,500,000
420 E. 78TH ST., LLC → 420 EAST 78TH LLC
Mortgage2017-11-22$2,376,000
borrower 420 EAST 78TH LLC · lender NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK
Mortgage2003-10-24$94,970.99
borrower 420 E. 78 ST., LLC · lender INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK
Sale1999-12-06no recorded price
QUINN, JAMES, QUINN, EILEEN → 420 E. 78 ST. LLC
Mortgage1999-01-12$282,558.21
borrower QUINN, JAMES, QUINN, EILEEN · lender INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK
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.