# 219 East 85 Street, Manhattan, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/1015310038/219-east-85-street-manhattan).
BBL 1015310038 · BIN 1085218 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: high

- 7 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 6 apartments
- 6 open rent-impairing 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 25 stabilized units for 2023, of about 42 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 26, 2019: 26, 2020: 25, 2021: 25, 2022: 26, 2023: 25.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1925, 5 floors, 42 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

16 open (class C immediately hazardous: 4, class B hazardous: 3, class A non-hazardous: 9); 42 on record.
3 open violations are rent-impairing.
This tax lot has 3 buildings; these counts are for this building only.

## DOB building violations

0 active (0 issued in the last 3 years); 8 on record.

## 311 housing complaints

2 in the last 12 months; 17 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (9), UNSANITARY CONDITION (3), GENERAL (2), PAINT/PLASTER (1), PLUMBING (1).

## Bedbugs

12 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)

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

## City debt and tax-lien sale

On a tax-lien sale list in 2019 (60-day notice), water/sewer debt only.

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: 220 EAST 86TH STREET LP
- Agent: KEYSTONE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
- HeadOfficer: TRUDY SWABY
- SiteManager: ELVIN BLANCO

The same owner is linked to 3 other buildings (TRUDY SWABY at 220 EAST 86TH STREET).

## 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/1015310038/219-east-85-street-manhattan