505 East 79 Street

Manhattan, NY

BBL 1-01576-0005BIN 1050765Plain-text version

Concern level3 of 4

High

0117 active DOB violation(s)
027 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

Not on the rent-stabilized list

Not found in the DOF tax-bill records nor the 2024 DHCR registered building list. Absence isn't proof a unit is unregulated — buildings can be missing or newly deregulated.

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1963

Built

Floors

209

Residential units

Elevator apartments

Type

Energy-efficiency grade

Grade D — least efficient

ENERGY STAR score 27 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 building6 others linked to the same owner

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.

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSIssued 2008-07-015+ YRS OLD

D26-10.01 ADM CODE ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF DOOR IN FIRE PROOF VESTIBULE BETWEEN GARAGE & CELLAR NOT ADJUSTED SO AS TO PREVENT OPENING OF ONE UNTIL THE OTHER IS SHUT.

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 2DIssued 2007-09-105+ YRS OLD

SECTION 27-2045 ADM CODE REPAIR OR REPLACE THE SMOKE DETECTOR MISSING IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 2D, 2nd STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS A · NON-HAZARDOUSIssued 2008-07-013 violations5+ YRS OLD

D26-10.01 ADM CODE ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF CONCEALED LEAK EAST WALL AIR CONDITIONER ROOM CELLAR AT EAST.
D26-10.01 ADM CODE ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF WIRE STRETCHED ACROSS ROOF AT NORTH.

1 more from the same inspection

D26-10.01 ADM CODE REFIT WEST FIRE STAIRS DOOR TO 13 STY PUB HALL.

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS A · NON-HAZARDOUSApt 2BIssued 2008-07-015+ YRS OLD

D26-12.01 ADM CODE PAINT WITH LIGHT COLORED PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT WALL 2 STY EAST APT 2B AT PVT HALL. LOCATED AT APT 2B

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Elevator1

Heat/Hot Water1

Safety1

Unsanitary Condition1

SafetyWindow Guard Broken/Missing2026-02-05 · closed

Heat/Hot WaterEntire Building2025-10-15 · closed

ElevatorMaintenance2022-06-10 · 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

Higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

554

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential255

Unspecified188

Street/Sidewalk58

Vehicle40

Commercial9

Helicopter4

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

About averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

186

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony80

Misdemeanor69

Violation37

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

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.

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 · C-CONSTRUCTION OTHER OPTIONAL2026-06-17

FAILURE TO COMPLY W/COMMISSION'S ORDER:DOB VIOLATION REQUIRED THE IMMEDIATE 100% HANDS ON INSPECTION OF ALL FACADES BY NYS LIC PROF & SUBMIT A REPORT TO FACADES VIA EMAIL BY 5/22/22. AS OF TODAY 6/17/26, NO HANDS ON INSPECTION REPORT SUBMITTED TO FACADES UNIT. REMEDY: COMPLY WITH DOB VIOLATION #04022CLL0802NS IMMEDIATELY

ACTIVE · C-CONSTRUCTION OTHER OPTIONAL2022-04-20

EMERGENCY WORK ORDER DUE TO CRACKED UNSTABLE BLUGING BRICK WORK AT EXP4 EAST ELEVATION 18TH AND 19TH FLOORS. REMEDY: REMOVE ANY AND ALL LOOSE AND UNSTALBE MATERIALS UNDER SUPERVIONS OF A LIC PROF. TAKE AND PROVIDE SAFETY MEASURES

ACTIVE · C-CONSTRUCTION OTHER OPTIONAL2022-04-20

DUE TO CRACKED UNSTABLE BULGING BRICK WORK EXP 4 EAST ELEVATION 18TH AND 19TH FLOORS AND EXP 1 SOUTH ELEVATION. REMEDY: OWNER TO IMMED RETAIN A NYS LIC PROF TO PERFORM A 100% HANDS ON INSPECTION OF THE NOTED EXPOSURES AND PROVIDE INSPECTION REPORT AND REPAIR PLANS AND PROPOSAL TO DOB FACADES UNIT BY 05/22/2022

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.

UnknownClass 22021-01-26$1,250 penalty

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.

Evictions

Housing court: repair & harassment cases

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.

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

79TH STREET EAST OWNERS INC

Head officer

ROBERT MCCARTHY

Managing agent

HALSTEAD MANAGEMENT CO.

6 other buildings share this owner's registration contacts. Shared contacts suggest common control, but they are not proof of ownership.

1280 3 AVENUEMANHATTAN 208 EAST 36 STREETMANHATTAN 38 EAST 10 STREETMANHATTAN 440 RIVERSIDE DRIVEMANHATTAN 509 AVENUE OF THE AMERICASMANHATTAN

Landlord and related buildings

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale1971-11-18 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2021-04-28 · $2,500,000

Mortgage2021-04-28$2,500,000

borrower 79TH STREET EAST OWNERS INCORPORATED · lender OCEANFIRST BANK N.A.

Mortgage2018-03-15$200,000

borrower 79TH STREET EAST OWNERS INCORPORATED · lender NEW YORK COMMERCIAL BANK

Mortgage2010-05-17no recorded price

borrower 79TH STREET EAT OWNERS INCORPORATED · lender NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK

Mortgage2010-05-17no recorded price

borrower 79TH STREET EAT OWNERS INCORPORATED · lender NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK

Mortgage1990-04-19$3,200,000

borrower 79TH STREET EAST ETAL · lender GUARDIAN LIFE INS COAMR

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.

City debt & tax-lien sale