44 East 74th Street, Manhattan

A 1905 townhouse steps from Madison Avenue with a thin building footprint but active block friction.

A 1905 Upper East Side townhouse containing two residential units on a prime residential block off Madison Avenue. The house carries long-term corporate ownership, though housing filings show ongoing paper lapses. Two things to know:

Open citations stem from annual paperwork filings, not physical defects. The house currently carries eight open housing violations, split evenly between Class A notices and administrative registration gaps. Every year brings a repeat notice to file annual bedbug paperwork alongside a requirement to update property registration filings.

Commercial curb activity stays busy right off the avenue. Within three blocks, city services logged 185 illegal parking reports over the last year—heavily concentrated around 64 blocked hydrants—alongside 135 vendor enforcement calls dominated by food vendors. The building's immediate surroundings absorb substantial retail and curb traffic.

Quieter signals on this building and the blocks around it:

• The house transferred to an LLC in 2011 for $15M following an earlier 2003 acquisition at $3.8M.
• Corridor calls include 55 traffic signal condition reports over the past 12 months.
• The building file shows no recent work permit applications on record.

44 East 74th Street is a two-family home in Manhattan, New York City (BBL 1013880043). This building is associated with David Grogan. Brix tracks 8 open HPD violations for this property, along with inspection history, DOB filings, tenant complaints, and rent stabilization status.

Built in 1905, this two-family home sits in Manhattan and is tracked by Brix using public NYC records from HPD, DOB, ACRIS, and 311.

Conditions cited on open violations at this address:

• (A) § HMC:FILE ANNUAL BEDBUG REPORT IN ACCORDANCE WITH HPD RULE AS DESCRIBED ON THE BACK OF THIS NOTICE OF VIOLATION OR AS DESCRIBED ON HPDS WEBSITE, WWW
• §27-2107 ADM CODE OWNER FAILED TO FILE A VALID REGISTRATION STATEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT AS REQUIRED BY ADM CODE §27-2097 AND IS THEREFORE SUBJECT TO CIVIL PEN

The building last changed hands on March 10, 2011 for $15,000,000, according to recorded deeds.

Brix score: 40/100. View the Building Report on Brix.

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