# 344 East 85 Street, Manhattan, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/1015470032/344-east-85-street-manhattan).
BBL 1015470032 · BIN 1049970 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: moderate

- 10 open HPD 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 14 stabilized units for 2023, of about 64 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 14, 2019: 14, 2020: 14, 2021: 14, 2023: 14.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1920, 6 floors, 64 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

10 open (class C immediately hazardous: 0, class B hazardous: 6, class A non-hazardous: 4); 165 on record.

## DOB building violations

0 active (0 issued in the last 3 years); 38 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

0 active of 43 on record; 0 decided by default; $0 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

42 in the last 12 months; 113 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (40), FLOORING/STAIRS (14), UNSANITARY CONDITION (13), PAINT/PLASTER (13), GENERAL (10).

## Bedbugs

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

## Evictions

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

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

19 cases on record, 0 open, 19 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: 344 EAST 85TH ST LLC
- Agent: HUBB NYC PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
- HeadOfficer: JOHN MCCARTHY
- SiteManager: Deborah Kasner

The same owner is linked to 50 other buildings (JOHN MCCARTHY at 579 5TH 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/1015470032/344-east-85-street-manhattan