111 East 88th Street, Manhattan

A 1929 Carnegie Hill condo where the public record is mostly quiet, with a few fresh items worth following up on.

One open HPD violation, two open 311 complaints, and a small but recent cluster of unit-level issues. Nothing here is a red flag, but the clean-on-its-face read needs an asterisk. Three things to know:

One open violation, two open complaints — all minor, all recent. Class B HPD from March 2025 for a broken window spring balance. Open 311s from May 2026 (cooking gas) and April 2026 (ceiling paint/plaster). The gas one is worth tracing — unfixed gas issues can mean a Con Ed shutoff on the whole riser.

A 2024 311 call tagged the passenger elevator 'no alternate service.' That's NYC's label for the passenger car — it doesn't tell you whether a service elevator exists alongside it. Closed in the record, but worth asking the managing agent directly.

Generational turnover — heirs and trusts selling, LLCs buying. What looks like 22 sales in three years is closer to ~12–14 arm's-length trades plus a wave of estate and trust transfers (Arnhold, Allen, Lane, Cohen, Fortinsky). Buyers skew LLC and trust (Third East Holdings, 1095 Park, Blue Scooter, Millel) — pied-à-terre territory for Carnegie Hill. One quirk: lot 69 shows ~8 transfers in the same window, either a hard-to-hold unit or an ACRIS attribution overlap.

Quieter signals on this building and the blocks around it:

• Three air-conditioner / ventilation noise calls in 2024 — mechanical, not lifestyle.
• A loud-television call and a loud-music/party call inside one week in May 2024.
• A 2020 lead-kit request — closed, but it tells you somebody's checked.

111 East 88th Street is a 58-unit building in Manhattan, New York City (BBL 1015177501). This building is associated with The 111 Condominium C/o J&C Management CORP. Brix tracks 15 open HPD violations for this property, along with inspection history, DOB filings, tenant complaints, and rent stabilization status.

Built in 1929, this condominium sits in Manhattan and is tracked by Brix using public NYC records from HPD, DOB, ACRIS, and 311.

Tenants have filed 32 HPD complaints about this building over the last five years, most often about unsanitary condition.

What tenants have called the city about here over the last five years:

• Paint/plaster: 8 complaints
• Unsanitary Condition: 8 complaints
• Water Leak: 3 complaints
• General: 3 complaints

The most recent complaint on this building was filed June 1, 2026.

Conditions cited on open violations at this address:

• § 27-2005 HMC: POST, IN A FORM APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER, AND MAINTAIN A NOTICE IN A COMMON AREA OF THE BUILDING REGARDING THE PROCEDURES THAT SHOULD BE FOLL
• § 27-2070 ADM CODE PROVIDE AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF GAS TO THE FIXTURES AT RANGE IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 7A, 7th STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST
• § 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR AT CEILING IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 7A, 7th STORY, 2nd AP
• § 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR AT CEILING IN THE 1st PRIVATE HALLWAY FROM NORTH LOCATED AT AP

The building last changed hands on March 9, 2026, according to recorded deeds.

Brix rating: Concerning (37/100). View the Building Report on Brix.

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