305 East 88 Street

Manhattan, NY

BBL 1-01551-0005BIN 1078637Plain-text version

Concern level2 of 4

Moderate

011 open rent-impairing violation(s)
023 active DOB violation(s)
0323 open HPD 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.

Rent regulation

Likely rent-stabilized

The owner registered 6 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 90 apartments.

2018 — 7 units registered2023 — 6

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1929

Built

Floors

Residential units

Elevator apartments

Type

Energy-efficiency grade

Grade B — above average

ENERGY STAR score 80 of 100

Posted at the entrance of buildings over 25,000 sq ft (Local Law 33). It rates energy efficiency — a proxy for comfort and utility cost — not the landlord's upkeep.

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

On record

Open Class C

Open Class B

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. This tax lot has 2 buildings; these counts are for this building only.

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 4DIssued 2018-08-018 violations5+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE & 309 M/D LAW ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF CONCEAL WATER LEAK AT CEILING, IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 4D, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH
§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR EAST WALL AT KITCHEN 4 STY NORTHWEST APT 4D. , SECTION '' ''

6 more from the same inspection

§ 27-2026 ADM CODE REPAIR THE LEAKY AND/OR DEFECTIVE FAUCETS WASHBASIN BATHROOM 4 STY NORTHWEST APT 4D COLD WATER. , SECTION '' ''
§ 27-2018 ADM CODE ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF VERMIN ROACHES THRU OUT 4 STY NORTHWEST APT 4D. , SECTION '' ''
§ 27-2026 ADM CODE REPAIR THE LEAKY AND/OR DEFECTIVE FAUCETS KITCHEN SINK 4 STY NORTHWEST APT 4D COLD WATER. , SECTION '' ''
§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR WATER DAMAGE CEILING AND WALLS IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 4D, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST
§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR CEILING IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 4D, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH
§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPLACE WITH NEW THE MISSING ESCUTCHEON PLATE, AT RISER PIPE IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 4D, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 5BIssued 2018-08-015+ YRS OLD

D26-20.08,20.09 ADM CODE PROVIDE AN APPROVED AND OPERATIONAL SMOKE DETECTING DEVICE, INSTALLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH DEPARTMENT OF BUILDINGS RULES AND REGULATIONS 5TH STY FRONT CENTER APT 5B MISSING. , SECTION '' ''

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 5EIssued 2018-08-012 violations5+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2018 ADM CODE ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF VERMIN MICE 5 STY NORTH APT 5E. , SECTION '' ''
§ 27-2018 ADM CODE ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF VERMIN MICE AT 5 STY NORTH APT 5E. , SECTION '' ''

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS A · NON-HAZARDOUSApt 4DIssued 2018-08-015+ YRS OLDRENT-IMPAIRING

§ 27-2026 ADM CODE REPAIR BY CLOSING SO AS TO BE GAS TIGHT ALL OPENINGS IN THE WASHBASIN SINK WASTELINE BATHROOM 4 STY NORTHWEST APT 4D ER. , SECTION '' ''

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Electric1

Heat/Hot Water1

Paint/Plaster1

ElectricNo Lighting2025-06-13 · closed

Paint/PlasterWall2023-03-06 · closed

Heat/Hot WaterEntire Building2022-01-06 · closed

Complaints record what a tenant reported, not a finding by the city. "Closed" often means the inspector could not gain access.

311 complaints from tenants

Neighborhood noise

Much higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

1250

Noise reports · last 12 mo

104

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential418

Unspecified342

Commercial211

Street/Sidewalk174

Vehicle99

Park3

House of Worship2

Helicopter1

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.

Neighborhood noise

Neighborhood crime

Higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

312

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony120

Misdemeanor157

Violation35

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.

Neighborhood crime

Bedbug history

Infested, latest filing

Annual filings

2024–20250 infested · 0 eradicated

2024–20251 infested · 1 eradicated

2023–20240 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.

Bedbug history

DOB building violations

Active

On record

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 · E-ELEVATOR ELEVATORREQUIRED2019-10-25

ACTIVE · E-ELEVATOR ELEVATORREQUIRED2018-10-04

ACTIVE · E-ELEVATOR ELEVATORREQUIRED1990-09-11

DOB building violations

OATH/ECB violations and fines

Balance due (active)

Active violations

Lost by default

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.

OATH/ECB violations and fines

Evictions

No marshal-executed evictions on record for this building. Eviction cases filed in court but not carried out aren't included.

Housing court: repair & harassment cases

Cases on record

Open now

Tenant-brought

Harassment found

With a judgment

Most cases are tenants taking the owner to court to force repairs. A case is not proof of wrongdoing; a harassment finding or judgment is a court ruling against the owner.

CLOSEDOpened 2011-12-05

Tenant action

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.

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

305315 EQUITIES CORP

Head officer

IRA DORFMAN

Managing agent

TERRIS REALTY LLC

No other buildings found sharing this building's registered contact.

Landlord and related buildings

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale1983-09-07 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2016-09-29 · $2,005,577.79

Mortgage2016-09-29$2,005,577.79

borrower 305315 EQUITIES CORP. · lender VALLEY NATIONAL BANK

Mortgage1998-07-15$200,000

borrower 305315 EQUITIES CORP. · lender NATIONAL CONSUMER COOPERATIVE BANK

Mortgage1998-07-15$2,100,000

borrower 305315 EQUITIES CORP. · lender NATIONAL CONSUMER COOPERATIVE BANK

Mortgage1994-05-05$186,500

borrower 305315 EQUITIES CORP. · lender QUEENS COUNTY SAVINGS BANK

Mortgage1987-02-24$484,829.62

borrower 305315 EQUITIES CORP. · lender MANHATTAN SAVINGS 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.

Ownership & money

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.