61 East 86th Street, Manhattan

Boutique prewar co-op on East 86th Street with a thin building record but an active street footprint.

Built in 1910, this boutique 42-unit building sits just off Park Avenue in a highly active stretch of the Upper East Side. While the building's own maintenance history carries no open housing-code violations, its immediate surroundings reflect a dense commercial footprint. Three things to know:

Restaurant venting and indoor air quality issues show up on the local block. Within three blocks of the building, there were 11 food establishment complaints and 4 indoor air quality calls filed over the last year. This combination suggests that kitchen venting or commercial exhaust can drift into residential lines. The most recent air quality issue was reported on March 25, 2026, and the restaurant complaints ran through July 9, 2026.

Street-level food vendors are concentrated heavily on the surrounding blocks. Within three blocks of the entrance, 249 food vendor enforcement complaints were logged in the last 12 months, with the most recent filed on August 3, 2026. This density is fueled by the busy subway transit hub and major retail corners nearby, making the immediate sidewalk a highly active zone.

Zero public unit transfers have gone through here in the last three years. For a 42-unit co-op, a three-year stretch without a single recorded sale is a long gap. This means the board hasn't had fresh transaction data to set internal pricing comps or recent flip-tax contributions to help fund capital reserves. Prewar infrastructure requires consistent planning when transfer activity is low.

Quieter signals on this building and the blocks around it:

• 96 illegal parking complaints within three blocks over the last year, with most being posted sign violations rather than blocked hydrants.
• 42 calls for homeless person assistance in the surrounding three blocks, with the most recent logged on July 28, 2026.
• 14 encampment complaints within three blocks of the entrance over the past twelve months, ending on July 12, 2026.
• An active streetscape means the neighborhood's footprint is highly visible, but the building itself stays out of the operational filings.

61 East 86th Street is a 42-unit building in Manhattan, New York City (BBL 1014980027). This building is associated with 61 East 86 Owners CORP. Brix tracks 0 open HPD violations for this property, along with inspection history, DOB filings, tenant complaints, and rent stabilization status.

Built in 1910, this elevator apartment building sits in Manhattan and is tracked by Brix using public NYC records from HPD, DOB, ACRIS, and 311.

The building last changed hands on August 27, 2025, according to recorded deeds.

Brix rating: Clean (100/100). View the Building Report on Brix.

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