# 518 East 88 Street, Manhattan, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/1015840041/518-east-88-street-manhattan).
BBL 1015840041 · BIN 1051333 · Generated 2026-10-23

## Concern level: moderate

- 1 open class-C HPD violation (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 20 apartments
- 1 active DOB 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 1 stabilized unit for 2023, of about 20 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 2, 2019: 1, 2020: 1, 2021: 1, 2022: 1, 2023: 1.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1910, 5 floors, 20 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

1 open (class C immediately hazardous: 1, class B hazardous: 0, class A non-hazardous: 0); 54 on record.

## DOB building violations

1 active (1 issued in the last 3 years); 9 on record.

## 311 housing complaints

1 in the last 12 months; 19 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (7), UNSANITARY CONDITION (5), SAFETY (2), PAINT/PLASTER (2), PLUMBING (1).

## Bedbugs

6 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.

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: 518 E 88TH 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/1015840041/518-east-88-street-manhattan