The owner registered 13 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 60 apartments.
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2019 — 14 units registered2023 — 13
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.
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 6GIssued 2023-05-30
§ 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 ... IN THE ENTRANCE LOCATED AT APT 6G, 6th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST
Status: Notice issued, not yet certified
CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 6GIssued 2023-05-30
HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF MICE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 6G, 6th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST
Status: Notice issued, not yet certified
CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2022-01-03RENT-IMPAIRING
§ 27-2010, 2011, 2012 ADM CODE CLEANSE AND DISINFECT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT AFTER REMOVING THE SOOT, AT CEILING AND WALLS, AT 5TH STORY PUBLIC HALL.
Status: Notice issued, not yet certified
CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 1FIssued 2022-01-03
§ 27-2005, 2007, 204.1 HMC CODE: ARRANGE AND MAKE SELF-CLOSING THE DOORS ... IN THE ENTRANCE LOCATED AT APT 1F, 1st STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH
Status: Notice issued, not yet certified
Unpaid city fines
$0
Balance due (active)
0
Active violations
0
Lost by default
DOB violations adjudicated by OATH carry money penalties. "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.
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.
The building
1925
Built
7
Floors
60
Residential units
Elevator apartments
Type
Energy-efficiency grade
D
Grade D — least efficient
ENERGY STAR score 41 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.
DOB building violations
2
Active
26
On record
0
Active, last 3 yrs
ACTIVE · LBLVIO-LOW PRESSURE BOILER BOILER REQUIRED2023-06-20
VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2018 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION
ACTIVE · LBLVIO-LOW PRESSURE BOILER BOILER REQUIRED2023-06-20
VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2019 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION
Neighborhood noise
Higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks
852
Noise reports · last 12 mo
71
≈ per month
39
% from neighbors
Residential330
Unspecified290
Street/Sidewalk105
Commercial61
Vehicle54
Helicopter7
Park5
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.
311 complaints from tenants
17
All time
0
Last 12 months
Unsanitary Condition6
Door/Window5
Flooring/Stairs2
Heat/Hot Water2
General1
Paint/Plaster1
Flooring/StairsFloor2024-02-13 · closed
Unsanitary ConditionPests2024-02-13 · closed
Door/WindowDoor2024-02-13 · closed
Complaints record what a tenant reported, not a finding by the city. "Closed" often means the inspector could not gain access.
Bedbug history
No bedbugs reported
The owner filed 7 annual bedbug reports and reported no infested units. Filing with zero infestations is the compliant, reassuring case.
Ownership & money
8
Recorded sales
9
Mortgages / refinances
Last recorded sale2011-12-07 · no recorded price
Most recent mortgage2020-09-16 · $1,212,159.73
Mortgage2020-09-16$1,212,159.73
borrower 440 EAST 85TH STREET LLC · lender PEOPLE'S UNITED BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Mortgage2011-12-08$7,000,000
borrower 440 EAST 85TH STREET, LLC · lender JPMORGAN CHASE BANK NA
Sale2011-12-07no recorded price
PAMELA EQUITITES CORP. → 440 EAST 85TH STREET, LLC
Mortgage1996-12-11$249,661.87
borrower PAMELA EQUITIES CORP. · lender REPUBLIC NATIONAL BANK OF NEW YORK
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.
Housing court
1
Cases on record
0
Open now
1
Tenant-brought
0
Harassment found
0
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 2011-04-01
Heat / hot water
Evictions
1
Executed, all time
0
Last 3 years
2022-11-18Apt 1Fresidential
Executed by a city marshal. An eviction can be lawful; a high or rising count is a displacement signal, not proof of wrongdoing.
Concern level3 of 4
High
016 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 10 apartments
021 open rent-impairing violation(s)
032 active DOB 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 DOB 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.
Landlord and related buildings
Registered owner
440 EAST 85TH STREET LLC
Head officer
GEOFF RINGLER
Managing agent
PAN AM EQUITIES INC
13 other buildings share this owner's registration contacts. Shared contacts suggest common control, but they are not proof of ownership.
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.